In my other life as a teacher, I recently finished a once in a lifetime teaching experience. I learned and then taught about 20 5th graders how to do the dance from Michael Jackson’s Thriller. This was my first time teaching dance and it was a nerve-racking experience. I think one of the great things about teaching is taking a risk and hoping for great results…and the results were great. Over 6 two-hour class periods, these students learned the steps to the dance AND were able to perform it together. It is hard to stress how much work it took for them to all perform it together…it is harder than it seems. Anyway, above is the final performance…that’s my inspiration.
New Vlog About the Completed Chicago 2010 Poster
December 6, 2009 By Leave a Comment
I just created a short video journal to give people a better look at the Chicago 2010 poster. You can see it here.
Sketch2Photo
October 12, 2009 By Leave a Comment
Sketch2Photo: Internet Image Montage from Tao Chen on Vimeo.
I read about this program on Gizmodo and it is amazing. In Sketch2Photo, you create a very crude drawing on the software and label each drawing with a text label. The software will then scour the web for images that will match your drawing and text labels. These images are then fused together to create a complete image. I’m not sure how they wrote the code for this program, but it seems to be another positive step towards creating a better way to classify images on the Internet and making it useful for the user.
