Thoughts on “Art and the Moving Image”
In Tanya Leighton’s “Art and the Moving Image,” the production of video as a medium and expression of hybrid media is presented in the format of an abridged yet well considered history. From form...
Author: Colin Budd
Adversarial Design and Social Impact
A new course offered this year, INFO 4240: Designing Technologies for Social Impact has quickly won a spot in my top five favorite classes at Cornell University. Among the long list of reasons to love...
Welcome to the Coffee Hour
[Note: Post updated on August 2013 to reflect the club’s close.] Cornell University’s INFO 2300: Intermediate Web Design course offers as much to students in its class as it does to those outside of the...
Bringing the Farmer’s Market Online
One of Ithaca’s most loved traditions is the weekly farmer’s market which offers everything one could need from humble, handcrafted goods to delicious, farm fresh vegetables. Embracing this tradition yet helping to bring it...
In the News: Microsoft Firenze|BXT 2012
As the excitement of the Microsoft Firenze|BXT competition comes to gradual close, I am surprised to see the competition lives on in myriad ways including the competition event video (above featuring yours truly starting...
My Experiences at Microsoft’s Firenze|BXT Competition
If there is one experience that is undoubtedly the most rewarding and distinctive of being a university student, it is the pure excitement that comes from instantly being plugged into a network of brilliant minds and infinite...
Stop-Motion Animation: An Artist’s Inspiration
Turns out the easiest way to garner attention from just about everyone from students to professors is as simple as playing with Barbie and Ken dolls around campus. Tasked with a stop-motion animation for my Intro...
Generative Music, Art, Poetry
Few things ease the “sting” of paying tuition like attending a course and learning from a professor that truly captivates your imagination. While I’m sure I’ll have the pleasure of finding more courses and...
2036: VIVIFI
Pronounced “vivify,” this video was created in a weekend for my Introduction to Digital Media course at Cornell University in Fall 2011. The project required students to create a new reality within which they...
Drawing Project: Urbanization
For my second Intro to Drawing project at Cornell University, I was assigned to create a map based on an imaginary location and advance that concept to the greatest extent possible. The result is...
