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The Cuttlefish Blog is updated weekly by Sean Clark. You can also view the blog as a picture list. You can send any feedback to Sean at . See Sean's Home Page for more information about his past activities.
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News | Off to Bulgaria

I'm taking my 13-year-old son off travelling in Bulgaria for five days. I've never been to the country before so am rather looking forward to it. Subject to the mobile network supporting picture messaging (I've been told it should work), I thought I'd try some international 'plogging'. Keep an eye on the Cuttlefish Picture Log for (hopefully) a pictorial record of our travels.

Author: Sean Clark
News | Pineapster pLog and Radio Update

We've just updated Pineapster to feature its own open-access Picture Log on the home page (is this wise we wonder!). It's only been live for a few hours and already has had 10 postings. I think it's going to be popular...

In another Pineapster-related update, we have also updated the Cuttlefish Radio playlist to contain the most recent 200 Pineapster mp3 uploads. That's hours of great local music for you to listen to for free. P.S. Cuttlefish Radio is no longer in this form.

Author: Sean Clark
Inbox | pLog - Picture Log

We've just finished a demonstrator of how to send pictures directly from a mobile phone to a Web page.

Visit the pLog page to have a go. It works quite well.

Author: Sean Clark
Film | The Ever Winding Road

Steve Wilson from Whistling Mule productions contacted me recently to tell me about his latest project.

'The Ever Winding Road' is going to be a world music documentary that will follow Trevor Watts and Jamie Harris on a world tour.

I think it'll be a great project and I'll report on progress through these pages as and when I hear more news. Visit the www.theeverwindingroad.com Web site for more information.

Author: Sean Clark
Ideas | You Are Here

It seems likely that one of the the next big things in personal communications will be location tracking. The falling costs of satellite navigation (using GPS) together with improvements in mobile mast triangulation mean that it will be soon be possible for all new mobile phones to be equipped with the technology to tell the network exactly where you are.

The communications companies are keen on selling us a range of applications that use this technology, from 'Find My Nearest' directories to dating services and games, but what about the more creative uses?

At Cuttlefish Digital Arts we are currently interested in two ideas that make use of 'location':

1) The first is 'custom mapping'. Using a GPS receiver and a Palm-sized computer or phone it's possible to show a person's current location on a map of your own making. Such maps can contain things that would not normally appear in official guides. For example, imagine the differences between how a skater might see a town's layout and a town planner. What points would would they choose to highlight on their maps?

2) The second is 'photo trails'. A GPS enabled phone can record exactly where you have been during a day and, consequently, any photographs you may have taken with your phone's camera can be attached to a map. If you then allow people to upload their trails to a Website you could produce a very interesting record of how people move around a town or city space.

We hope to have some examples of these ideas ready to upload fairly soon. Join the e-mail list for updates.

Author: Sean Clark
Live | A Great Bathysphere Night
Live | A Great Bathysphere Night

Bathysphere Nights @ The Phoenix is a series of three digital arts/live performance events at Phoenix Arts organised by Leicester-based Bathysphere. The first event was on Friday 22nd April 2005 and featured live music/multimedia from Chin Chin and BJ Cole, plus DJs and installation work in the Phoenix's bar and cafe areas.

Chin Chin were on at 8:30pm and did a 45 minute set. Frankie, TC and Chris were on good form and the visual set I had been preparing over the past month worked well and I had lot's of positive feedback on it after the show.

BJ Cole followed at about 10:00pm and played a banging slide guitar/laptop/live percussion set for around an hour. Visual accompaniment was from Stu Bathysphere, Jonny Auxilec and myself, taking it in turns in a sort of 'VJ Jam'. It was a very chilled way of working, resulting in a great deal less pressure than doing an entire visuals set yourself.

After BJ finished the event moved down the road to The Attik for the after show party. More DJs, some time to chat and - as is the nature of The Attik - standing room only.

I think the whole night went extremely well. The live music and visuals were very well received and the DJ and installation work around the Phoenix added to the sense of it being an 'event' not just a normal show. One of the most pleasing things, however, was the high attendance. Not quite sold out, but busier than many events I have been to at The Phoenix and a good starting point for the following two shows.

Watch out for Bathysphere Nights 2 later in the year. Join the Cuttlefish Digital Arts e-mail list for announcements of dates and times of future events.

Author: Sean Clark
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