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March 07 2010

tuna

Grand Opening展覽揭幕



今天全區公共藝術與地下街展覽揭幕。在BIGPOW公園有熱鬧的活動，地下街也換上新的燈箱廣告。

March 06 2010

tuna

BIGPOW記事











三月六日是BIGPOW洗澡的日子，阿海帶領當代館的義工們幫BIGPOW洗SPA，打蠟全身亮晶晶。當天早上簡余晏議員和里長帶著媒體到BIGPOW公園來檢測音響的分貝數，讓BIGPOW上了各大媒體。
中山地下書街(B30/B32/B34)的展覽也布展完成：『聽說』台北當代藝術館廣場至捷運站公共藝術設置案特展，有 李億勳的『台北傳奇』、梁任宏『也通風也報信』、許唐瑋『歡迎光臨銀河鐵道車站』還有我的BIGPOW，展期2.27～4.11早上11：00到晚上8：00。從Do you know？的翻板可以知道許多BIGPOW作品背後的故事。這兩頂『BIGPOW音響安全帽』每週日的下午2：00～5：00將開放拍照時間，歡迎大家去拍照，也可以騎著『BIGPOW Vespa』入鏡喔！

March 03 2010

tuna

2010台北市府燈節投影幕後







燈節投影以奧地利團隊(Pain)的十八台巨型投影機為主體，其中包括6台BGT12GT projector以及12台BGT6GT projector。外加兩台15000流明的LCD投影機，再搭配Skybeam、citycolor等舞台燈具。從控台就可以看到這是一個整合巨型投影、動態投影、舞台燈光、音響設備及煙火特效的複雜工程，大部分的投影機、燈光都安裝於市府路對街的四座巨大層架中。節目『台客花』中跳舞機器人LuLubo使用了動作擷取技術，由龍華科技大學多媒體與遊戲發展科學系協力製作。

February 25 2010

tuna

音響機器人 全力出擊！


2010.2.27- 4.11（11:00-20:00）起，在MOCA Studio 地下實驗‧創意秀場（台北捷運中山地下書街B30/32/34），將有一檔『台北當代藝術館廣場至捷運站公共藝術設置案特展』。BIGPOW會展出新作品『TWINPOW音響安全帽』，這是展覽的宣傳酷卡，搶先曝光！
tuna

Akibo+MOCA






最近幫台北當代藝術館設計兩套商品，當代系列有Tee、書包，黑白色系，做給認同、喜歡當代館的粉絲們，走在路上告訴大家自己喜歡當代藝術館；另一套機器人系列，集合了我的機器人們，有提袋、背包、布皮筆記本，讓可愛的機器人陪著擁有者生活。這些商品將在當代館相關商店販售！
tuna

福虎生花三部曲














台北燈節即將於26日週五登場，除了傳統的虎年主燈，今年台北燈節的另一個最大特色，就是延續去年虛主燈的概念，將市府大樓變裝為公共藝術燈區，今年的公共藝術主燈展演，以青春花‧台客花‧宇宙花三部曲，展現動漫風格，將市府幻化成230米長×54米高，「會跳舞」的大燈籠。

副市長李永萍表示，文化局去年首度首次將白天是土黃色的市府大樓，晚上利用光畫藝術，讓市府大樓變身成一個大花燈，以燈光投影呈現變幻莫測的視覺饗宴，廣受好評。為呼應花博盛事，今年更是擴大規模，邀請動漫及流行音樂界赫赫有名的李明道藝術總監操刀，想像力十足。為求效果更亮麗，除了加強投影強度外，今年市府大樓每扇窗都貼上窗貼；市府後方華興麗華信義大樓更是慨然配合，燈節期間暫停夜間照明。今年的公共藝術主燈展演絕對會讓大家目不暇給，捨不得把目光移開！

藝術總監的李明道(Akibo)特別安排了三個不同年代藝術家的作品，搭配三首不同時代背景的音樂，規劃「福虎生花三部曲」，以「青春花」、「台客花」、「宇宙花」為主題，在市府大樓牆面譜出絢麗繽紛的聲光秀，讓民眾欣賞百花齊放的盛況。視覺與聽覺的感官體驗完美結合，整個市府大樓將幻化成一個大舞台，讓民眾就像看演唱會一樣過癮。李明道表示，今年燈節就是要大家開心好玩。

第一部曲「青春花」，在鳳飛飛演唱的台灣歌謠「青春嶺」輕快歌聲下，已故台灣素人畫家洪通充滿鄉土純真情感的畫作為視覺主軸。第二部曲「台客花」，由李明道自創虛擬機器人角色「LuLubo」，隨伍佰「你是我的花朵」歌曲大跳花朵舞。第三部曲「宇宙花」則以台灣新世代藝術家許唐瑋前衛科幻的畫作，搭配紐約新生代電子搖滾樂團MGMT歌曲「Kids」，市府大樓將變身太空船或外星球基地，帶領民眾進入幻想的空間。

除了聲光秀可滿足視聽感官，這次燈會還有更棒的創意，「開心福虎照過來─穿虎衣、戴虎帽」活動，讓民眾便成演出的一部份。李明道運用錯視的效果，將兩隻「開心福虎」投射在牆面上，這時市府大樓幻化成艋舺剝皮寮老街的紅磚街屋，兩隻開心福虎的臉部表情，則是由六千六百位民眾的臉不斷更替循環播放組成！而這些畫面，是事前在台北市實地拍攝民眾的大頭貼照，透過後製處理，成為老虎表情的一部分，為燈節增添不少趣味。

（引用自 台北市文化局 文化新聞）

February 22 2010

tuna

100+ RSS Feeds for the Reading List of the Well-Rounded Freelancer


Feeds for FreelancersI am an RSS feed nut. I subscribe to hundreds of RSS feeds and the list is growing all the time. If I come across a blog or a site that appears to have interesting resources that are relevant for me, I subscribe to their feed without hesitation. Every morning I open up my Google Reader with a cup of coffee just like I used to do with my daily newspaper, only now the latest headlines are from my chosen sources and related specifically to my interests.

For freelancers, RSS feeds can be a great way to stay on top of the latest news and developments in your specific area of expertise. They can be utilized to continue your education, strengthen your skills and keep you on the forefront in your line of business. However, many people stop at only reading the feeds of their specific genre, rather than branching out and gathering knowledge in a number of other areas that, should you choose to learn about them, could broaden your capabilities and increase your offerings as a freelancer.

This post will look at a more elaborate approach to using RSS feeds in an effort to expand your understanding and knowledge in ways that can contribute to the growth of your freelance business. The idea is that you can never learn too much, and RSS feeds can be a valuable tool in the ongoing education of the well-rounded freelancer.

Freelance Folder’s Recommended RSS Feeds

Freelance Folder has published several articles focusing on RSS feeds for specific genres. Make sure to visit each of these to add to your feed reader:

My suggestion is that you go ahead and subscribe to at least a few, if not all, from each list. I am a strong believer that the more you can read that has any relevance to your field whatsoever, the more you will gain.

Suggested Feeds to Expand Your Horizons

The following feeds are some of my personal favorites, ranging from freelance to social media to SEO. It doesn’t matter what type of freelance work you specialize in, you will benefit from reading these feeds and keeping your finger on the pulse of what is going on in each of these areas. Think about it. Every freelancer should have a website and/or blog, which in turn will improve if you are at least a little knowledgeable about best design and development practices and search engine optimization. Every freelancer should be utilizing some type of social media to network, so it is important to keep up with the latest trends and resources in the field. The obvious conclusion: the more you read in any related field, the better off you and your freelance business will be.

Clicking on any of the links will take you directly to the feed subscription.

  • Digital Influence Mapping Project
    A real, hard look at the latest in digital innovations and how they apply to business.
  • MediaShift
    PBS.org’s guide to the digital media revolution.
  • Posts from the Econsultancy blog
    Digital marketing – GREAT hot topic and timely subjects.
  • DailyBloggr.com
    Covers a range of topics from Search, Online Media, Blogging, Social Media, Technology, Trends and the like. Anything that’s of interest to an average web surfing technology enthusiast.
  • Social Business
    ZDNet’s social media blog.
  • Social Media Examiner
    A relatively new site with lots of good posts and resources.
  • Social Media Today
    What I consider one of the primary sites for keeping tabs on what’s going on in social media and people’s thoughts about it.
  • Search Engine Journal
    Specializes in a community approach to the reporting of search engine news & the sharing of Search Engine Marketing knowledge & tactics.
  • Search Engine Land
    A news and information site covering search engine marketing, searching issues and the search engine industry.
  • SEOmoz Daily SEO Blog
    The most current News, Tips & Highlights from the search marketing industry.
  • SEOptimise
    More SEO news and insights.

Other Freelance Sites

Google News Feeds

Did you know you can keep up with the latest news on your topic of choice by creating your own feed from a search on Google News? It’s a very simple way to automate something you may tend to search for or look up often, saving time, increasing productivity, and strengthening your education and awareness. Simply go to Google News, enter your search term, and then scroll down to the bottom of the results page and click on the RSS link or icon. Some of my favorite search terms are Facebook, Twitter, branding and social media. Here are the quick links to these feeds to save you some time:

Shameless Plug Feeds

Last but not least, this list would be incomplete without suggesting you subscribe to the Freelance Folder feed for all the latest news and resources from real-life freelancers like you and me. While I’m at it, I must also suggest my own personal blog at bkmacdaddy designs, where I share my thoughts and experiences in design, social media, freelancing and more.

Your Feed Favorites?

Do you use RSS feeds? Do you try to read about other related or unrelated fields? Perhaps you already have amassed a list of your own feeds you would care to share with the rest of us, or there are one or two that you think should be added to this list. Please be sure to share your thoughts and add your feeds in the comments below.

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February 17 2010

tuna
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deskspace
though I'd take a photo before it all gets packed away.
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I don't have an office
I offered a consultancy session as an auction item recently. It was for a good cause. I didn't think the winner would contact me (you know how these things sometimes turn out), but lo and behold, within a week they did.

We had our meeting on Monday afternoon and I was impressed by what they're planning to do and the product they're developing (NDA was signed, so no further info will be forth coming). It also looks like they'll be bringing me onto the team going forward, in a consultancy basis.

However, the meeting ended up with me consulting with them. You see, the clients are a retired couple who invested wisely in their business and were able to 'get out' in their very early 50s. Both have served in upper executive management positions and they helped form the company the worked for until they sold their equity and retired.

They were really inspirational and gave me some great tips and pointers on what I should be doing to maximise my knowledge and earning potential, while increasing the time I have for the voluntary work I do for my church (I'm part of the Core Leadership Team, among other things). It's about that work-life balance.

One thing I'm planning on achieving in 2010 is having my own office. I like working from home, but it's becoming harder and harder as Fergus gets older to get the required space and peace to work efficiently. Another of my clients has a business incubation centre where you can rent furnished, managed offices. I'm looking to do a quid pro quo deal whereby I get an office for no money...That would tide me over for a few months until another of my clients moves into their new premises, whereby I'll have a space I can use.

Photo taken on my Nikon D40 and tweaked in CameraBag for Mac. Uploaded with Flickr Uploader.

February 15 2010

tuna
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Great working atmosphere

February 13 2010

tuna
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Preparing my Next Sermon
I'm preaching more regularly these days and it's something I really enjoying doing. Along with leading the Alpha Course at our church, I'm asked to preach almost once a month there and in other churches around Glasgow. At first churches were asking me to come and speak about my journey from being a Jehovah's Witness to seeing the "glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ" (2 Cor 4:6). Nowadays I'm asked to preach on more traditional gospel themes.

Tomorrow morning I'm at Lenzie Christian Fellowship, a fairly new church, and I'm preaching on John 1:14, where it says that "the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we have seen his glory, glory as of the only Son from the Father, full of grace and truth". I've preached on this verse before and what jumped out at me was the idea of the grace that filled Christ reacting in varying degrees to the sin our lives, something that's intangible, unfathomable, unreachable, a bit like a rainbow. The analogy I use is that if our sin is like rain, Christ's grace is like the sun. When one hits the other a rainbow is formed, something beautiful and beyond our grasp. We're unable to do anything with our sin, only Christ with grace and truth can, the same as we can't ever get to the end of a rainbow, we can't get to the end of Christ's grace.

I love talking about grace. I was always brought up to use the term "underserved kindness" instead of grace. William Barclay has said that to call grace "underserved kindness" is to miss the point and puts an unnecessary negative connotation on it.

Jesus is also full of truth. He described himself as "the truth". Any religious order that refers to itself as The Truth is taking away what's rightfully the Christ's and places on itself a quality that's reserved for Christ (and the Word of God (also the Christ...)). That's sort of unacceptable, right?

Anyway, I've got my notebooks out, filled as they are with thoughts, observations, teachings etc, along with my ESV Study Bible. Oh, and some pens and pencils.
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Command Centre

February 11 2010

tuna

開心福虎


『開心福虎』是2010台北燈節巨型投影燈光秀的主題角色，舊曆年前發表實體裝置暖身。屋頂福虎沒有耳朵、大門福虎沒有尾巴，取自『兩隻老虎』這首兒歌的趣味。搭配今年秋天台北花博，福虎手上拿著粉紅花、牆上也飄落花朵。『開心福虎』是充氣氣球，將近10米高，大門的直立福虎臉部是一個LED螢幕，不停變換開心的表情要祝每個市民新的一年都開開心心，福氣來，好運到！

February 07 2010

tuna
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Seamless
3 identical Acer H233H 23" LCD Monitors. My Hodge Podge monitor setup has been bugging me for a bit now and Ginny said if I sold my other monitors I could get 3 new ones with part of the tax return.

Acer H233H 23", 1080p, VGA + DVI-D w/HDCP + HDMI Inputs. Both my iXtreme 1.61 360 and my stock 360 are on the center monitor with my Intel Core i7 Gaming machine. Q6700 to the right, AMD X2 3800+ on the left doing all my file sharing. Windows 7 Ultimate x64 across the board controlled with Input Director and a 4 Port USB KVM Switch. So many kinds of win.

January 30 2010

tuna

KakaNaNa











KaKaNaNa是我的新機器人。KaKa與NaNa是形影不離的好朋友，他們最喜歡玩的遊戲就是蹺蹺板。KaKaNaNa裝置在台南科學園區主管宿舍的草坪，歡迎所有的好朋友來跟他們一起玩！

January 14 2010

tuna
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For my food is to do the will of him who sent me.
I started a prayer group on Thursday mornings at our church and I spend Thursday afternoons working on the church website or writing stuff, learning stuff or preparing stuff.

Our next Alpha Course starts soon (9th February) and I made this video to adverstise it on the site. It's been viewed over 160 times.

Christianity isn't easy. It requires work, hard work. Faith isn't a robust delusion. It's a fragile hope.

January 13 2010

tuna
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Moonlighting
This was taken at my bed side table, wtih iPhone Hipstamatic.
It was a post and run picture, and i was half-asleep while posting this picture.
Have done a couple of shoots, but this is nicer compare to the rest because of the light reflection.

Writing, has become my everyday, everynight activity. So is reading.
I pen my thots everyday, and i do some planning before i sleep. All in my traveler's notebook.

January 11 2010

tuna
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Tweakbench Studios - Jan 2010
it's become a bit of a tradition for me to photo and annocate my studio whenever i rig it up differently.. so here's the latest!

January 02 2010

tuna

BIGPOW







音響機器人BIGPOW兄妹，就住在台北捷運中山站旁的公園。他們超喜歡音樂，喜歡自己聽，更喜歡把音樂分享給大家。只要將你的手機或MP3播放器接上機器人，他們就會大聲的替你播放音樂。BIGPOW是台北市當代藝術館公共藝術設置計畫之一。原初的靈感來自雙連站跳街舞的年輕人，看到他們熱情的練舞卻沒有好的音響設備；於是想創造一個設置在公園的公用音響，給年輕朋友跳街舞、給社區媽媽跳健康舞、給小朋友聽海綿寶寶、給戀愛中的人聽情歌。設置完成後很受歡迎，成群的朋友接力大聲播放他們喜歡的歌，但也讓戶近居民感到困擾，幾經協調縮短音響服務時間、減低播放的音量。一個互動性的公眾作品必須同時照顧每個觀眾、居民的感受。希望大家有空常常去看BIGPOW，也歡迎加入BIGPOW臉書。

December 16 2009

tuna

Apple Enables Video on iPhone 2G and 3G

Apple Enables Video on iPhone 2G and 3GApple has enabled owners of its older 2G and 3G handsets to record video by admitting the new iVideoCamera app to the iTunes store.
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