Doug Pfeffer's Barbarian Blog

Google+ Hangouts Hackathon Update #2

dougp@barbariangroup.com(Doug Pfeffer) — Mon, 21 May 2012 17:57:51 -0400

Nothing to report in the land of the Google Hangouts Hackathon. Trying to wrap my brain around the Hangouts API’s shared state mechanism and how to best capture those concepts in the views. Probably going to settle on using Backbone. Now to merge them together, using threats and/or treats.

Google Hangouts for Fun and Profit!

dougp@barbariangroup.com(Doug Pfeffer) — Fri, 18 May 2012 17:25:46 -0400

We love an API around here. Instagram, Foursquare (example 1, example 2), Twitter, whatever.

So when Google Hangouts recently announced a major API update we were pretty excited. We were thinking about Making a Thing anyway and participating in this Hangouts Hackathon was just the thing to kick us into action.

It’s a two week sprint, which means we’ll be cranking away as we break in the API and build out our toy. We’re going to make a game. It’s going to look like an old, retro-style TV gameshow. We think that Hangouts will really lend itself to that kind of application, given the emphasis on group particpation and video.

Follow along we we build this thing out and share our learnings!

Hairrr

dougp@barbariangroup.com(Doug Pfeffer) — Wed, 22 Jun 2011 18:59:50 -0400

A while ago I was playing around with hair simulation for an idea. I poked at on and off for a few months, and rather than letting it linger in obscurity, where something like that should, I’ve packaged it up as a Mac desktop app for you to try out.

I Am An International Artist.

dougp@barbariangroup.com(Doug Pfeffer) — Thu, 04 Aug 2011 20:00:29 -0400

Despite a life of being a Philistine I am now an artisté.

Not too long ago I released a goofy Cinder app. It was a body simulator. Some folks got a chuckle out of it.

Next thing I know a German emails me.

Read on…

Mike Ma Yourself iPhone App

dougp@barbariangroup.com(Doug Pfeffer) — Mon, 27 Jun 2011 15:34:34 -0400

Recently we celebrated Mike Ma Appreciation Day. It was pretty great. I took it as an opportunity to try out some new face detection software in an iPad app. The end result is this fine piece of advanced augmented reality technology, named Mike Ma Yourself. We’re now accepting venture capital to turn this into the next big thing.