Dave Surgan

  • Does Standardization Breed Innovation?

    Does Standardization Breed Innovation?

    A recent email conversation I had with colleagues at Morpheus Media started off with Google Places, but evolved into a talk about standardization. Lately, there’s been a new network, protocol, standard or service cropping up what every week on the internet. Whether or not this increased diversity is good or bad for innovation is the…

  • Photos from the MoMA Armory Art Show After Party Posted

    Photos from the MoMA Armory Art Show After Party Posted

    Photos I took at the MoMA Armory Art Show After Party were recently posted up on GuestOfAGuest.com, alongisde Patrick McMullan’s photos. Photos of the same party also went up on Dave Surgan’s ObsceneNYC Blog. Cheers! From Guest of a Guest: Wednesday evening kicked off MoMa’s annual The Armory Show from March 5th-8th with an opening…

  • GE Gives Us Wind and Solar Power With Augmented Reality

    GE Gives Us Wind and Solar Power With Augmented Reality

    To promote it’s Smart Grid Technology, GE just put up its super cool Smart Grid augmented reality site. You simply print out a target image on a piece of paper, and show it to your webcam. The Augmented Reality flash element, powered by the FLAR Tool Kit, picks up on the target and shows you…