daniel shiffman

First, anyone in NYC, come and check out the ITP show this week!

In other news, there’s a nice write-up at Gizmodo about the Big Screens show at IAC. I should point out that three of the projects this year used openFrameworks (including “Caves of Wonder” by Matt Parker which was mistakenly attributed to Processing [...]

Please note RSVP is required: itp dot rsvp at nyu dot edu

More info about the projects

Some recent (outside of ITP!) uses of the most pixels ever framework.
MPE at DKDS from vorg on Vimeo.
and. . .

The Emergence Project

Big Screens Class @ IAC, Session 2 from shiffman on Vimeo.

Just a quick note to let you know that my book, Learning Processing, is now available for purchase. If you are local to NYC, you can buy the book at the NYU bookstore.
Amazon says “out of stock”, but I’m told by the publisher that this is an error and they do, in fact, [...]

I’m pleased to announce that my new programming with Processing book will be released this August (by the end of the month). You can pre-order the book from Amazon, download a sample chapter from the web site, and, yes, even become a fan of the book on facebook (since that’s what all the [...]

I recently participated in 7 in 7, a scheme cooked up by the ITP resident researchers to do seven creative projects in seven days. The project inspired the currently running and oh so more manageable 5 in 5. The rules are:
Projects must be completed in a day.
Each project needs a name and documentation [...]

I just returned from a trip to Savannah, GA to for technology and art week. Mary Flanagan gave a great talk on the nature of video games as an expressive medium and Andrew Schneider demoed his wacky and incredible Experimental Devices for Performance.
Voronoi from shiffman on Vimeo.
Download QT version (better quality)
I [...]

The ITP Show finished up with some nice write-ups on the internets: ny times blog and MAKE.
About a week or so before the ITP show, my Big Screens class had their own show at the IAC Building on their rather large video wall. I’m hoping we set the world record for largest Processing sketch [...]

While it may not be nearly as kooky as calling Processing on the phone, I’ve been asked about checking e-mail from Processing several times this semester. So rather than try to dig up example code on the internets, I’ve quickly thrown together one that checks a POP account and/or sends mail via SMTP. [...]