Adjunct Prof. Josh Goldberg will be teaching a two-day intensive in Max/Jitter between now and the end of the semester. For those who don't know, Max is a visual programing language similar to PureData - they share the same creator - used often for building roll-your-own audio and video applications. If you saw Anton Marini's beautiful VJ program V001 at reMUX - its all Max under the hood.

The workshop was originally scheduled for Graduate students but there are some openings for Undergrads, and even non-Poly students for a fee, if there is room.

The Arduino Hacklab now has its own webpage: NYC Arduino Hacklab

Attention! This was rescheduled to Sunday, Dec 3rd! We spend enough time alone staring at our computers; we are proposing to work together. So often issues that arise when working can be solved with a quick two minute discussion that would take hours to solve alone. We have Dorkbot to see people's work, we have Share where anyone can play, we have workshops and universities to learn from. But we don't have a meeting where we all can come to work. The idea is to get a bunch of people together working on projects using the same tools or in the same field. Come alone or as a group, form impromptu working groups or work individually. When you have an idea or a problem, you will be in the company of helpful brains to turn to. What it key here is that this is a place for people to come and get actual work done.

This is an informal gathering of patching and patchers (Max/MSP/Jitter, Pure Data, and even jMax, EyesWeb, vvvv, etc.). Beginners and Experienced welcome. Open to everyone, students, the public, etc. Work on school projects, personal projects, ask for help, help others, or just patch quietly to yourself, in a room full of other people patching patches and helping other people patch. This meeting, there will be an informal focus on controllers: MIDI control surfaces, gamepads, tablets, joysticks, custom electronics, etc. IDMI has a number of such devices to play with, bring your own too!

With so many people at all levels discovering amazing ways in communicating, organizing, using technology to make a difference and adapting to new-media habits, it doesn't make sense for a post-election debrief to exclude you... This is why we are calling all technologists, local union activists, grassroots community leaders, precinct captains,-heads of a local parties-and activists who are kicking ass in-a bold new way! We invite you to attend RootsCamp NYC on Saturday, 18 November 2006, starting at 9am and going all day.