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Jim Spadaccini

  • What I do, where I work

  • I am the creative director at Ideum, a company that specializes in multimedia development. We design interactive computer-based exhibits including multitouch tables. We also develop Web applications. We worked along with ASTC and Independent Exhibits to design and develop the ExhibitFiles site.

  • Current position

  • Creative Director at Ideum

Earlier positions

  • Director of Interactive Media at Exploratorium

  • Instructor at Multimedia Studies Program SF State

Website(s)

  • More about me

  • I live in Corrales, New Mexico with my wife Angela, our son Andrea, daughter Caterina, and our two dogs, “Cowgirl” and “Lady Ga Ga.”

Recent publications & presentations

  • California Mapping Multitouch Exhibit

    California Mapping Multitouch Exhibit

    Case Study

    by Jim Spadaccini Published August 26 2010

    Earlier this year we worked with the Oakland Museum of California (OMCA) to create an exhibit allowing visitors to explore early maps of California. A multitouch table with custom software is a centerpiece within the larger exhibition space. OMCA...

  • L.A. Zone Multitouch, Multiuser Table

    L.A. Zone Multitouch, Multiuser Table

    Case Study

    by Jim Spadaccini Published April 02 2010

    The L.A. Zone exhibition at the California Science Center explores the natural and man-made environments that make up the Los Angeles area. The L.A. Zone is one of eight zones found in the new Ecosystems gallery space at California Science Center. This...

  • Space Imaging: Multitouch Multiuser Exhibit

    Space Imaging: Multitouch Multiuser Exhibit

    Case Study

    by Jim Spadaccini Published February 03 2010

    The electromagnetic spectrum has always been a tough topic to make accessible to museum visitors. After all, only a small sliver of the EM spectrum can be seen with our eyes. Most of what gets "imaged" across the spectrum, is pictured with high-tech,...

  • Jukebox Memories

    Jukebox Memories

    Case Study

    by Jim Spadaccini Published December 05 2007

    Jukebox Memories is a computer-based exhibit that plays #1 hit songs from the years 1955 to 1995. It was originally developed as part of the Exploratorium's Memory exhibition. A simple "question and answer" format was developed to keep visitors...

  • North by Southwest: Interactive Kiosk

    North by Southwest: Interactive Kiosk

    Case Study

    by Jim Spadaccini Published July 09 2007

    The kiosk exhibit in this case study shares the same name with the exhibit, North by Southwest: Bering Sea Communities, Collaborations and Collections. The exhibition is currently open at the Maxwell Museum of Anthropology in Albuquerque, New Mexico....

  • The American Image: The Photographs of John Collier Jr.

    The American Image: The Photographs of John Collier Jr.

    Case Study

    by Jim Spadaccini Published May 08 2007

    The American Image: The Photographs of John Collier Jr. was developed with a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities. The Maxwell Museum of Anthropology and College of Education’s Technology & Education Center (TEC) at the University of...

  • Clean Power: The Promise of Fuel Cells

    Clean Power: The Promise of Fuel Cells

    Case Study

    by Jim Spadaccini Published April 09 2007

    Clean Power: The Promise of Fuel Cells is a computer-based interactive exhibit developed by California Science Center and Ideum. The exhibit in-depth information in three basic areas: “How fuel cells work” uses 3D animation to explain the chemical...

  • Old Masters Picture Gallery in Second Life

    Old Masters Picture Gallery in Second Life

    Review

    by Jim Spadaccini Published September 19 2007

    Second Life for those who haven't heard of it, is a popular, Internet-based virtual world. Registered users create their own avatars, interact with other users, and even build structures and spaces. I've ventured into Second Life (abbreviated as...

  • 6 Billion Human Beings (6 millards d'Hommes)

    6 Billion Human Beings (6 millards d'Hommes)

    Review

    by Jim Spadaccini Published May 16 2007

    After seeing the online version of this exhibition, I knew that I needed to see the physical one as well. At the time, I was working for the Exploratorium and was lucky enough to be in Europe on museum business. I remember thinking to myself that this...

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Latest Posts from Ideum » Blog

  • GestureWorks Goes Broadcast

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    Published on August 25, 2010

    We recently completed a GestureWorks application for a CNN-esque multitouch newsroom application. We’re pretty psyched, as this is our first multitouch project for broadcast media. We’re sworn to secrecy about the show, but we can say that t...

  • First Multitouch Flash Website!

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    Published on August 10, 2010

    We’ve embedded multitouch Flash applications into the GestureWorks site, making it (as far as we know) the first site to incorporate Flash multiouch! Many of the tutorial pages now feature their own multitouch examples that a...

  • New Features Added to ExhibitFiles

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    Published on August 03, 2010

    ExhibitFiles is an NSF-sponsored community site for exhibit designers and developers. Together with Project Directors Wendy Pollock and Kathleen McLean, as well as a dedicated group of advisors, Ideum has helped develop and operate the site. Over t...

  • Multitouch Hardware List Updated!

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    Published on July 22, 2010

    We’ve recently built out individual pages for the hardware featured on the Multitouch Hardware section of the GestureWorks site. The hardware is divided into categories for easy sorting, making it easy to compare different models of multitouch all...

  • Multitouch Tutorials Abound

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    Published on July 13, 2010

    . . . on the GestureWorks site. Today, we’ve posted a tutorial on how to make a multitouch twitter application in Flash. Not your cup of tea? Maybe you’d like to make a multitouch Google Maps/flickr mashup or just learn the basics on how to ...

  • BP Oil Spill Multitouch Map Mashup

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    Published on June 29, 2010

    Just like everyone else over the last two months, we’ve watched the continuing oil spill in Gulf of Mexico with a sense of helplessness and despair. Not only did has this unnecessary accident taken the lives of 11 people, it continues to impact mi...

  • Come See Us at Flashbelt!

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    Published on June 14, 2010

    The GestureWorks team from Ideum is currently at Flashbelt 2010 in Minneapolis, MN. We want to learn how you are using (or plan to use) multitouch in your projects, and to discuss our road map for true multitouch in Flash, Flex and beyond. Come by to s...

  • Ideum and Adventure Science Center win a 2010 AAM MUSE Award

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    Published on May 24, 2010

    Last night, at the American Association of Museums Annual Conference MUSE Awards in Los Angeles, our Electromagnetic Spectrum 100″ Multitouch Table Exhibit, developed with Adventure Science Center, won a bronze AAM MUSE award i...

  • American Association of Museums and the Society for Information Design Conferences

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    Published on May 21, 2010

    Next week will be a busy one as we will be exhibiting at the American Association of Museums (AAM) conference in LA and attending the Society for Information Design (SID) in Seattle. If you’re attending AAM please stop by booth #1219 and chec...

  • New video of the MT-50 Multitouch Table

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    Published on May 19, 2010

    We’ve just posted a new video of our MT-50 multitouch table on YouTube.  The previous one had gotten a bit dated as we’ve continued to improve and upgrade the table since its initial release last July. The new video highlights performan...

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