Looking Outwards

Looking Outwards


Summary of Looking Outwards Assignments

  2. (Due 1/21) Self-Quantification Tools. Forage widely in order to compile a set of at least three apps, workflows, software tools, measuring devices or other systems which you are interested in using to monitor yourself. You will be using these, for real, so look carefully, and decide which aspects of your life you will use them to track. There are many places to get started looking, including resources like: The Quantified Self Guide, where

    you can find more than 500 different tools for collecting data about yourself (of which more than 300 are free); articles like the Beginner’s Guide to Quantified Self, which includes a curated List of the “Best Personal Data Tools Out There”; and other blogged lists such as this one. Your tools don’t have to be digital, as long as you can digitize the information they provide. Some tools that I especially admire, which are highly flexible and user-definable, are:


    As an alternative starting point, you may also consider looking at the work of Aaron KoblinAmanda CoxBen Fry & FathomFernanda Viegas, Giorgia LupiJen LoweJer ThorpJonathan Harris, Kim ReesLev ManovichLisa JevbrattMarcos WeskampMartin WattenbergMoritz StefanerNicholas FeltonRachel BinxStamen Design, Santiago OrtizStephan Thiel & Nand.ioStephanie PosavecW. Brad PaleyWes Grubbs, or CMU’s own Chris Harrison.


    You may also find it helpful to check out the work of people like: Andreas MuellerCaitlin MorrisChris O’SheaDaito ManabeDiederick HuijbersElliot WoodsGreg BorensteinJessica RosenkrantzJames GeorgeJoel Gethin LewisJosh NimoyKarolina SobeckaKyle McDonaldMemo AktenSofy YuditskayaTheo Watson and Emily Gobeille, and Zachary Lieberman, among many others.

  5. (Due 1/30) ofxAddons. Scan the master list of addons for openFrameworks. Select three that sound interesting to you (why?); explain their possible potential for you. Brainstorm a little.
  6. (Due 2/18) Interaction. Identify and discuss three projects that demonstrate interesting forms of interactivity.

What is a “Looking Outwards” Assignment?



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