Google Docs + Yahoo Pipes = CMS
So, you’ve got a client that wants to manage their website content. They want to be able to update every field on their Flash website, er I mean “experience”. But there’s a catch… they FEAR technology and complex interfaces. They feel that Wordpress is too complex, never mind a proprietary custom build CMS.
What’s a developer [...]
Javascript vs Flash
A recent post by famed Flasher Paul Ortchanian, reflektions miniml, announced that he’s leaving Flash for Javascript. After his rant at Flash Forward last year on AS3, I’m not surprised. Though many in the industry will agree that Javascript is making some leap and bound advances lately, one also must agree Paul has made a [...]
Music Visualization Engine and Generative Drawing
The Neural Orb from chris teso on Vimeo.
130 seconds of a music visualization engine and generative drawing built in AS3 using particles and physics engine.
See it in it’s 4:02 entirety HERE.
512 particles are released with instructions to randomly disperse throughout the scene. Variants include friction and wander. Particle location is constantly tracked and more particles [...]
Interactive Motion Detection Installation
Interactive Motion Detection Installation from chris teso on Vimeo.
Interface and motion design idea for future interactive installation using motion detection.
Words are chosen at random from a random pool of Flickr tags. The words are then broken down into individual characters. These characters are then animated based on the location of user interaction.
Picture this large. Now [...]