As advertised, these notes are for real, not some prettied up approximation. These were done on a napkin grabbed from a cafe near Washington Square Park in New York City, as part of the 100 Days Envizualized project.

I was up in New York to check out the Interactive Telecommunications Program(ITP) Spring Show. ITP is the grad program I went to that bills itself as a “Center for the recently possible.”

(photo: Mark de Vinck, Creative Commons Non-Commercial/Attribution license)

The image in the upper right of the napkin is my rendition of an amazing project I saw at the show, in which the creator stands on top of a moss covered mound with tree bark wrapped around her legs. As she sways back and forth, her movement is sensed and processed through a computer, which then generates creaking sounds. Spectators can walk around on the mossy mound as well, triggering equally cool sounds.

Back to the viznotes. Moving clockwise, is a doodle commemorating Mothers day. Mom and I had a nice (but too brief) chat. If you have ever wondered what my mom is like, you can check out her writings.

Next we come to a little doodle of my Brooklynite friend Kim. She accompanied me to the show. Always great to see you, Kim.

Last, you can see a little pie chart. This was inspired by a chat with fellow ITP alum, Dave Gusick. We were discussing collaborating on a project he has in the works. More on that if it actually comes to fruition. But in the course of the conversation, Dave mentioned how valuable he finds my visualizions. He said that if I could turn them into polished visuals, then that could be a very good business proposition. If I were to go that route, I think I’d want to partner with someone to do the polished versions. It was great to meet Dave face to face, as we had been communicating by phone and web until now.