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alexanderchen

  1. Giant, beautiful Lumarca on display at @eyebeamnyc by @madparker and co. Video about it: youtube.com/watch?v=3qdjFB… 11:53 AM Feb 2nd via Twitter for Mac
  2. Informative read about Apple's factories in China in NYT via @readyletsgo nytimes.com/2012/01/22/bus… 6:30 AM Jan 24th via Twitter for iPhone
  3. Such a nice installation idea. Giant mirror turns anyone into spiderman. thisiscolossal.com/2012/01/a-gian… 7:30 AM Jan 23rd via Twitter for Mac
  4. Rashad Alakbarov Paints with Shadows and Light thisiscolossal.com/2012/01/rashad… 7:27 AM Jan 23rd via Flipboard
  5. How Film Was Made – 1958 Kodak documentary j.mp/zpTdbn via @brainpicker 7:07 AM Jan 19th via Flipboard
  6. Why inventors and engineers are like artists. Why group brainstorms don't always work. Why solitude matters: nytimes.com/2012/01/15/opi… 6:22 AM Jan 19th via Twitter for iPhone
  7. Shadow puppets, origami-inspired visuals, two kinects, and kids. Puppet parade: vimeo.com/34824490 6:47 AM Jan 18th via Twitter for iPhone
  8. Intriguing article about the past and future of YouTube. newyorker.com/reporting/2012… 6:28 AM Jan 18th via Twitter for iPhone
  9. New #thisamericanlife episode about conditions at Apple factories in China. thisamericanlife.org/Radio_Episode.… 7:23 AM Jan 15th via This American Life on iOS
  10. Portait of the ghost drummer. A drummer 3d-tracked and visualized. vimeo.com/34682556 7:55 AM Jan 11th via Twitter for Mac
  11. The Future Belongs to the Curious. vimeo.com/34853044 7:42 AM Jan 11th via Twitter for Mac
  12. Paradox of Choice. Older TED talk. Why more options is not always better. youtube.com/watch?v=VO6XEQ… 8:27 AM Jan 8th via web
  13. Daft Punk's Tron soundtrack performed by floppy disk drives. youtube.com/watch?feature=… 11:40 AM Jan 5th via Twitter for Mac
  14. Awesome. Thumb pianos, chord organs, broken instruments, by @mixtapeclub vimeo.com/13947169 9:15 AM Jan 5th via Twitter for Mac
  15. The Voyagers is a short film about Voyager 1, 2, and how Carl Sagan and Ann Druyan fell in love. vimeo.com/13087961 3:15 PM Jan 4th via Twitter for Mac
  16. Great combination of old and new tech. Use contact mic + software to make any real surface a musical instrument. youtube.com/watch?feature=…! 3:09 PM Jan 4th via Twitter for Mac
  17. Limbo. Beautiful looking side scroller. youtube.com/watch?feature=… 2:56 PM Jan 4th via Twitter for Mac
  18. We visited Saxon Woods Park. instagr.am/p/d8IiL/ 1:39 PM Jan 2nd via Instagram
  19. @ianfitzpatrick: nice to hear! - It's 2002 at @bealmighty. @emilytaylorlmt is visiting, and we're all listening to @alexanderchen records. 3:52 PM Dec 30th, 2011 via Twitter for iPhone
  20. Gooseberry island. instagr.am/p/bBVSW/ 3:54 PM Dec 23rd, 2011 via Instagram
  • Name Alexander Chen
  • Location New York
  • Web http://www.chenal...
  • Bio Work: Google Creative Lab. Creations: mta.me, Les Paul Doodle. gplus.to/alexanderchen
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