Eoin Griffin » Development

Flock

Eoin — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 02:10:26 +0000

Flock is an interactive media installation created in 2008 by myself (Eoin Griffin), Gerard Mangan and Catherine Philpott. The aim of Flock was to create an interactive environment in a public space that would encourage social interaction between members of the public, particularly strangers that wouldn’t ordinarily interact.

Flock visual prototype

Using camera tracking software, artificial intelligence to simulate the movement of a flock of birds, a webcam, a projector and an artfully created, sturdy frame to house the entire apparatus (thanks Ger!), we were able to successfully complete the tasks we set ourselves for this project.

Credits:

Project Manager: Gerard Mangan

Design & planning: Catherine Philpott, Eoin Griffin, Gerard Mangan

Coding & software implementation: Eoin Griffin (Created using Processing (Java) )

Hardware design & planning: Gerard Mangan

Phone GUI project

Eoin — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 02:10:18 +0000

Created as part of a GUI studies assigment. The task was to create a prototype interface for an imaginary competitor to the iphone.
All design, image creation and coding was implemented by me (with the exception of the Firefox and RSS logos).

Uses: Actionscript, Flash, Illustrator, Photoshop

Icon set:

Icon set created for the interface. Click for larger version.

Work Calendar

Eoin — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 22:28:37 +0000

The work calendar is a personal project of mine. I wanted to create an application that would allow myself and others to easily track work hours from week to week, provide a simple, secure, easy-to-use printable interface and perform some calculations the the average user might want to know (totals, pay rate, tax deductions etc). As well as that, my friends kept losing the pieces of paper they used to write down their hours, so I thought this might help them out.

MySQL provides a powerful and efficient database which makes it easy to store and retrieve the data for each user.

Uses: XHTML(strict), CSS, PHP, MySQL, JavaScript, jQuery, AJAX

Work Calendar screenshot

This app was also created to help me brush up on some of my skills, so it’s also a bit of a demo to help prove I can do what I say I can do. If you’re a techy, you’ll understand what goes into making something like this

Work Calendar is free to use by anyone. If you like it, hate it or have any comments please let me know.

Internet Storytime

Eoin — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 20:45:05 +0000

Internet Storytime is a project I’m currently involved in as a Flash and Actionscript developer.
The goal of the application is to create a book player that will allow people with little or no Flash scripting skills to easily create children’s storybooks for an online audience.
What makes this player stand apart from a regular book or other online books is its versatility. The IST book player allows a person to easily script text, images with animations and audio in their books to create a unique interactive experience that will help them engage a young audience.

The instructions for the player are received from an accompanying XML file which I have designed to be as simple as possible, human-readable yet still remain robust and versatile. Flash is not needed to create or edit a book’s XML file.

This project is currently under development. Please not that the content inside does not reflect how the final version will look, however the code (because that’s what i do) is top notch

Uses: Actionscript, Flash, XML

IST Book Player screenshot