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McCain Supporter Smackdowns

September 12th, 2008 · No Comments

We present a collection of McCain/Palin supporters getting destroyed by the voices of reason:
Strategist Smackdown
A Democrat mouthpiece annihilates his Republican counterpart. Truly humiliating.

via YouTube

O’Reilly Hung Out To Dry by Donahue
Although a pathetic shout-match between partisan extremists, O’Reilly lost this bout.

via YouTube

McCain Utterly Destroyed by a Maine ABC Affiliate Anchor
If this reporter anchored a major news [...]

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Tags: Politics

International Debut: ‘1000 Cellphones’ at Synthetic Times 2008

June 15th, 2008 · No Comments

1000 Cellphones debuts at world’s largest media arts exhibition, Synthetic Times 2008, Beijing

Video clip on YouTube
David Carroll, Sven Travis, Benjamin Bacon, and Haiyan Huang debuted their mobile media installation, “1000 Cellphones” at the opening of Synthetic Times 2008, a media arts exhibition at The National Art Museum of China, Beijing, as a Cultural Olympics venue.

1000 [...]

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Tags: Exhibition

Telecom Immunity Bill Passes Senate

February 12th, 2008 · No Comments

Is this any way to celebrate Abraham Lincoln’s Birthday?
We are appalled with Congress. In a huge victory for the Bush Administration, the Senate passed the revised FISA bill to grant sweeping government spying powers and shield the telecoms, especially AT&T and Verizon, from the legal action they deserve for breaking laws to build a universal [...]

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Tags: Politics

Space Time Play, A Catalog of How Video Games Change Our Landscape

October 15th, 2007 · No Comments

Space Time Play — Computer Games, Architecture and Urbanism: The Next Level
» Book Website (spacetimeplay.org)
» Table of Contents (PDF)
» Introduction (PDF)
Available to the US in November 2007 from Birkhäuser and edited by Friedrich von Borries, Steffen P. Walz, Matthias Böttger, Space Time Play — Computer Games, Architecture and Urbansim: The Next Level offers readers 62 [...]

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Tags: Book Review

Adobe Case Study Published

October 3rd, 2007 · No Comments

Web Ink for Mobile Media Curriculum
Adobe published a case study on my work with students at Parsons Communication Design & Technology in the area of mobile media design.

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Tags: Press