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OSCON 2013 6 Aug 2013 | 03:04 am
This year, O’Reilly Media held the 15th anniversary edition of their Open Source Convention (OSCON) here in Portland. I first attended the conference back in 2004, and it’s been one of my favorite con...
The 2nd Annual Second Story Snack-Off! 15 Jul 2013 | 10:47 pm
Here at Second Story, we’re passionate about a lot of things, storytelling and technology arguably most of all. But, like most Portlanders, we’re also really, truly, deeply, unabashedly into food. La...
Mise en Scène and the Extra D 13 Jul 2013 | 04:56 am
3D is fast becoming an expectation of how we want to consume media – a differentiator between old and new technologies and existing and emerging experience paradigms. The public is thoroughly embracin...
Studio Dog Showcase 3 May 2013 | 10:28 pm
Here at Second Story, we certainly consider ourselves to be “dog people.” Our studio canines are essential to our culture and an important part of our every day, from walks around our North Portland n...
One Way Ticket: BOS to PDX 2 May 2013 | 12:53 am
Next stop: Portland. The Pacific Northwest. The Other Side of the Country. Somewhere Over the Rainbow. All names for the same place, if you’ve never been to Oregon before. (And fording a herd of oxen ...
Historical Voices from North Carolina 24 Apr 2013 | 11:15 pm
Visitors to the Emerging Issues Commons may be drawn in by large-scale displays visualizing data, interactive tables enabling them to add their own suggestions for how to improve North Carolina’s futu...
Animated Graphics in the Mainstream 20 Mar 2013 | 05:02 am
The importance of data and its display have been in the media of late. I’m thinking about the recent NY Times review of the Tesla S and CEO Elon Musk’s response to the negative press, complete with hi...
Lose your Occlusion 19 Mar 2013 | 01:24 am
Depth-sensing cameras like the Kinect give us the opportunity to mix physical environments and virtual environments, creating new immersive experiences. In this Second Story Labs experiment, we demons...
Blog on the Run 19 Mar 2013 | 12:48 am
Posterous Spaces has been our faithful blog host since the summer of 2010. From design projects to technology conferences to lab experiments, we've been through a lot together. With Posterous shuttin...
Lose Your Occlusion 9 Mar 2013 | 03:53 am
Depth sensing cameras like the Kinect give us the opportunity to mix physical environments and virtual environments, creating new immersive experiences. In this Second Story Labs experiment, we demons...