This is a first approach of an experiment I am doing with the Tweetr library. I first sketched the shape of this sort of clouds, then I created a class of one cloud with the spring system that builds the cloud. Then inside the document class I created an array of 10 clouds that retrieve the last 10 tweets from my twitter account. I am still trying to improve the interaction and the shape of the clouds.
Take a look at this first experiment: http://eduardomenendez.net/test/twitter.html
01
Mar 10
Twitter App
08
Feb 10
Twitter + flash
In the last couple of weeks I have been interested in doing a twitter + flash project. After doing some research I chose Tweetr (an AS3 twitter API library). Since I am not very familiar with protocols and that kind of stuff took me a day to make the first example to work. One of the problems I found was with my hosting account: goDaddy requires you to add some extra code within the php file that set my hosting as a proxy server. Basically what I did was to add this script after $curl = curl_inti();
curl_setopt($curl,CURLOPT_VERBOSE,1);
curl_setopt($curl,CURLOPT_PROXYTYPE,CURLPROXY_HTTP);
curl_setopt($curl,CURLOPT_PROXY,’http://proxy.shr.secureserver.net:3128′);
curl_setopt($curl,CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYPEER,false);
curl_setopt($curl,CURLOPT_URL,$twitterURL);
after doing this, everything worked properly. I hope to have a nice prototype of what i am thinking to do with this library by this weekend. Cheers!
01
Feb 10
AudioPlayer + Particles
A while ago I built a flash website for my friend Noyzu Michinboy (Do Kim). The idea with this website was a test some ideas of how to make a flash website and a custom CMS for it. This simple Flash CMS prototype, that it is 99 percent done, lead me to build a custom audio player. This custom audio player is built with code that I found on the web and some of my own + the help of my friend Rishi Sharma. Soon you will be able to download it and use it for free. it has a nice play list that u can customize a lot and some very simple functionality that make it look pretty nice. However this was just the beginning of some more ideas on my way of working and developing my AS3 skills. I wanted to create a more fun experience when u play songs. Thus, while working on a project for Parsons the New School for Design, I saw a work of Nick Hardeman that inspired me. So I decided to work on an audioplayer + particles. Each particle is a song, click on the song and u will listen it. u have some controls as volume, the pause function will be add very soon though..Hope to hear some comments!
Click here to see it in action
03
Oct 09
Archive: TV Cultural project for Peru
During 2006 and the beginning of 2007. Hernan Medina, Rocio Silva-Santisteban and I worked together designing a TV program for Peru. We wanted to use national TV broadcast as a massive tool for cultural purposes. Part of the idea was not to have a conductor, relying on the interviewers and the structure of the script to guide the audience with the topic of the program. For this experience, we had the support of the Jesuit University: “Antonio Ruiz de Montoya” in Lima. The people interviewed were Salim Vera (lead voice of the rock band “Libido”) and Dina Paucar (the current most popular Peruvian Huayno singer). Both stars from different sides of the Peruvian “pop” culture. Since this first chapter never went life and has been stored in shelves for several years, I decided to post it here. Unfortunately it is only in Spanish and was designed for a Peruvian audience as well. Anyway, Peruanos vean este video!!!
Casa Tomada Part 1 from Eduardo Menendez on Vimeo.
15
Aug 09
Thesis Pics
I have been trying to select some pics from my thesis. This is the first delivery, but I will keep posting some stuff related to it, as well as some documents. For now take a look at these pics.

Testing

Visual Testing

Visual Testing

Thesis Sketch of the Setup

Little Girl Playing with the Visuals. Photo by Ben Bacon

Zach Lieberman Giving Feedback. Photo by Conway Liao
08
Aug 09
Check this video about ESCUELAB
This video explains (in Spanish only) the idea of ESCUELAB.
ESCUELAB is a Center located in Downtown Lima, that gathers artists, designers, scientist and any one who is interested in develop projects related to the fields of ART, TECHNOLOGY and SOCIETY.
05
Aug 09
Art Residencies in Lima- PERU
If anyone has a citizenship from Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Perú, Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panamá, Barbados, Cuba, Haití, Puerto Rico, Dominican Republic, Jamaica or Trinidad and Tobago; should apply for this Residency. This people are organizing such a thing that is completely new in PERU and could be a good excuse to visit and know Southamerica plus doing some cool stuff too. Just follow the instructions… unfortunately only in Spanish!!!!
http://www.escuelab.org/aplicacion

ART, TECHNOLOGY, AND SOCIETY
26
Jun 09
Moving to Wordpress
I have been thinking for a while in moving all my thesis blog and all other stuff into Wordpress, so this is my first step.
