IMD Forum for 9/20/06: M. J. Hawley
Speaker: Michael J. Hawley
Time: Wednesday, September 20, 6-8pm
Location: USC's Robert Zemeckis Center for Digital Arts (RZC)
Room 201 Zemeckis Media Lab (ZML)
Title: The World's Biggest Book and Other Adventures.
Abstract:
Computers have always kept me on my toes. I had the opportunity to
produce the world's first digital books (including the works of
Shakespeare, circa 1986) and the world's largest printed book
("Bhutan", in 2003). But in between those efforts were a cornucopia
of projects ranging from pioneer efforts in computer music to the
first major scientific expedition on Everest. All of these have, in
various ways, helped to stretch the capacities of digital
technologies and the creative possibilities we imagine through them.
For this class session, I thought it might be fun and productive to
reminisce a bit on some of the more intriguing efforts I've stumbled
across, and brainstorm a little on what might be worth doing next.
Wikipedia Profile here.