Dan Zen will be re-branding the Dan Zen Creativity Framework to CreativityFramework.com and providing the framework free of charge. He would like people to consider the framework as theirs to use for creativity. He would also like to encourage the framework be used in schools and thinks a more generic name will help meet these goals.
Hangy at http://hangy.mobi is the mobile app for wearable devices that will make you:
Easily express your moods, give greets, show pics or promotions and even wear styling lights! Watch the Hangy YouTube Playlist to see how it works and how to make a Mobidallion wearable device in two minutes!
iPad, iPad Mini, iPod, iPhone, Android, Blackberry 10
The Hangy site offers a fun view of famous characters wearing Hangy and imagines how they would express themselves. Click any character to VOTE for your favourite.
Inventor Dan Zen recounts, “For years, I have been watching the Web for mobile devices used as wearable expression – and have found nothing. The closest is the digitalDudz fellow – I was telling my students about putting a device on the front and back so you could see through your body since the dawn of mobile video – so we seem to have similar interests.
Why are we waiting around for digital fabric that can show the same old thing over and over – why not make use of our current devices with all the apps in the world! A whole series is planned – with similar interface, so try out Hangy and let others know!”
There are a couple existing fasteners to hang Apple devices as a necklace iHangy (not related) and Necklit. These require extra production and cost and only work with Apple devices. You can create a Mobidallion wearable device in less than 5 minutes with tape and string or use a gel case and thread string through two pencil poked holes. These free and easy techniques are more than strong enough to hold the device even with the most rambunctious of dancing! Please watch the videos to see what we mean (see the second and third in the playlist).
All the best and send us your pictures wearing Hangy!
Inventor Dan Zen is an award winning digital media creator with over 80 games, gadgets, communities, and tools at http://danzen.com. Hangy was made with Adobe Flash and easily published to all platforms through Adobe AIR. Dan Zen has launched a half dozen mobile apps in FLASH/AIR such as Touchy, Wavy and Swoodle.-12-
Here is a look back through the various interfaces. Click on any picture to go to the interface.
The “dark” interface is better suited for mobile and like the interfaces of the past offers a touch of playfulness with a light metaphor of early text based games. [It almost made me want to make one of those.] There is the recent http://altura.mobi if you are in the mood for text based interactive storytelling.
Up top we have the Dan Zen logo as a pixel art logo this time around (click it too). Note that each interface is represented by a vertical totem logo variation. There is a * link to a surprise feature, an about link, a contact link, a text ad and a GOGO Ad.
The main body as has five sections roughly as follows:
The first section is always at the top and the others randomly rotate. There are little >> marks after links that will pop up more options. The other links pop up a new browser window or tab. You can use key press letters to launch the links as well.
We hope you enjoy the site. The design makes it simple to feature items although it is a bit more exploratory which is good or less good depending on your mood and purpose.
Dan Zen
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Touchy, the mobile game from Dan Zen will be featured in a short segment on CBC’s Dragon Den on January 18th, 2012 at 8PM.
Touchy – visit http://touchy.mobi – is available on the Apple iTunes store and Android Market. It is a social game where players physically try to touch each others’ mobile screens. So it is a game of reaching and protecting – with shrieks of laughter!
Arlene and Robert play Touchy on Dragons' Den
Arlene and Robert laughing after a game of Touchy
The pitch went well – but I was called in the day after a three day conference with late parties each night and this was just after a long open house – after I stopped talking, I could hardly get my mouth open – all I could do was nod and smile! Oh well – Inventor Dan Zen.
Touchy Inventor Dan Zen on Dragons' Den CBC
We would love your help getting Touchy out to the people – please check out the game on iTunes and Android Market – just search for Touchy – links are available at http://touchy.mobi, leave a review and tell anyone who you think would like to play – it is hard getting the message out to the youth – the primary market.
If you are interested in getting involved in an upcoming Touchy Tournament – find us on facebook and leave a message on the Wall – http://facebook.com/touchymobi – all the best!
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Dan Zen has just launched three mobile apps on iOS, Android and Playbook. The apps were made efficiently with Adobe Flash and Flash Builder. Just search the stores for the apps by Dan Zen.
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TITLE: SWOODLE
BUILD: 2 Nights DESC: Swoodle to hone your finger tai chi! |
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TITLE: WAVY!
BUILD: 1 Night DESC: Wave your device to make sounds! |
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TITLE: TADA!
BUILD: 10 Nights DESC: Decision and Faves tool. |
The apps were uploaded to the three stores in one hour. This is amazing cross device efficiency from Adobe Flash and Flash Builder.
Dan Zen is the creator of TOUCHY the mobile app where players try to touch each others’ devices.
Opartica II TUNNEL the online op art making tool where you create and fly through 3D optical art has launched on the Dan Zen site!
Please check out the Opartica Facebook page for postings and discussion. “Likes” are greatly appreciated!
Opartica II makes use of HummingBird the open source Parallax code for Flash written by Inventor, Dan Zen, and part of the Flash Feathers series of advanced interfaces.
Opartica II lets you create a wide variety of op art in two basic formats, tiled with rows and columns and radial with segments. There are a variety of shapes including free form curves. Layers, backgrounds, distances between layers and a unique fill mode and more can be controlled from the left hand panel.
You can save works (Tunnels) with the right hand panel. You can automate a slide show through your Tunnels and animate in 3D at various speed settings. There is an import and export feature to share and save Tunnels.
The original Opartica was launched in 2005 and has received over 200,000 views. It is still available at the bottom of the Opartica site.
Dan Zen used the current Opartica was used to create hundreds of Op Art holiday cards which can be viewed on Flickr at http://www.flickr.com/photos/danzen/sets/72157625558618858/ the collection – perhaps one of the largest collection of hand made Op Art, shows the diversity available in Opartica. Please have fun exploring!
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Snipisode - Facebook Status Storytelling Application
Snipisode lets you schedule status posts as episodes of a story or feature – Snipisodes!
There are status schedulers out there but they are quite tedious to use. Snipisode lets you type or paste in a whole story and then with a click of a button snip up the story either by line or by periods (? and ! too). Then you choose a time either daily or every two days and that’s it!
The story will unfold on your status line. People can click the Full Story link by the status to see all your status posts for the story including comments on one page.
Snips and schedules!
Here is a YouTube video showing the process in action. So come on in and try it out! Please let us know what you think.
Agency Zen has also created The Party and Stick Aliens for facebook.
Party Application on Facebook - see your friends
Stick Aliens on facebook
Dan Zen has a new front menu in the form of a tree with animated blossoms and leaves. A new signature totem logo is at left and the tree grows from the Node Zero logo from Nodism.
This menu was planned about 3 years ago. The previous Deck of Creations from 2005 has been moved to Creations under the Fun branch of the tree. The deck was designed to accommodate any number of features. This can sometimes be a bad design as there is less intensive to update.
The new design reveals a shift in focus for Dan Zen over the last 5 years from game and gadget features to a wide range of areas. The occasional game has been made but the main focus has been on the following topics:
PHILOSOPHY
Nodism Philosophy of Connection
Environmental Ideas
MUSIC
Thee Gnostics – Psychedelic Space Rock Band
PHOTOS
Focuso – Out of Focus Photography
Flickr site of Dan Zen Photographs
EDUCATION
Teaching aspects of Inventor Dan Zen
Tools of Inventor Dan Zen
SOCIAL
Dan Zen Facebook Page
YouTube site of Inventor Dan Zen
Twitter Site of Inventor Dan Zen
BLOGS
Dan Zen Blog of Inventions, Games, Gadgets and Communities
Beryea – a Language, a Culture, an Island
Zen Vlog – Video Logs of Inventor Dan Zen
Inventor Stories and Ideas
All the best!
Dan Zen 