Walk in the park, look at the sky: collected thoughts, processes and observations made during the course of making things
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- Everything
- 28.03.19 There’s nothing more satisfying than when you manage to figure out something …
Currently working on a project in TouchDesigner and needed an elegant way to fade out and fade in audio programmatically. In the end I used …
- 26.03.19 That Was The Week That Was — 24th March 2019
Monday saw me travel to Manchester to give a little talk at PrintCity, based at MMU. It's been a while since I took the early morning train …
- 26.03.19 Strata
- 25.03.19 Contours
- 25.03.19 Matthew Ragan’s TouchDesigner Resources
Matthew Ragan’s TouchDesigner Resources One of my current projects sees me working in TouchDesigner. This resource from Matthew Ragan is a …
- 21.03.19 Vents
- 17.03.19 That Was The Week That Was — 17th March 2019
There seemed to be a big German theme this week. I had an email from an agency in Germany asking if I would be available to speak at an …
- 13.03.19 Flowing Dragon
#houdinifx
- 11.03.19 Molecular
- 10.03.19 That Was The Week That Was — 10th March 2019
Much of the week was spent finally getting round to doing a much needed update to Kennedy, my app for capturing the now. Since iOS 12 came …
- 08.03.19 You Are Not a Tool
When I first got a job in the world of design — as a web designer with northern web design company Subnet — my main role was doing things …
- 05.03.19 Slow Looking at Art
Slow Looking at Art
- 02.03.19 That Was The Week That Was — 3rd March 2019
Monday I started in earnest on a title sequence for an upcoming conference — another project I'm creating in Houdini. It's based on the …
- 01.03.19 Hail to the g
The more I dig into Vim the more I discover the power of the most simple commands and key combinations. One of those is the use of the g …
- 27.02.19 Seeking alternative rectangles
My career has largely been predicated by things emanating from glowing rectangles. Whilst I'm incredibly grateful for everything that …
- 27.02.19 Trying to improve my typing speed with Keybr
Trying to improve my typing speed with Keybr I’m a few days in to using this free service to help you improve your typing skills. It’s …
- 27.02.19 More interference studies
- 26.02.19 Noisy sketch
- 24.02.19 That Was The Week That Was — 24th February 2019
Monday saw me deliver work for a wonderful new client that will be rolled out during an event starting on the 4th March in California. The …
- 22.02.19 A Handy Command Line Script to Generate a Readme File for Project Delivery
When a project is completed I often have many files to deliver to the client. When I'm delivering these files I like to create folders for …
- 22.02.19 The Machine Stops
The Machine Stops Love this piece by Oliver Sacks about his fears for the future.
- 12.02.19 Using FFmpeg to convert image sequences to video
Often times my workflow involves converting a series of images into a video. I've always used Quicktime Player 7 Pro as the app I use to do …
- 09.02.19 Marking Time with Yuji Agematsu
Marking Time with Yuji Agematsu As a fan of exploring discarded scraps off the cutting-room floor, I love the work born from found things …
- 06.02.19 Metallic disco noise
- 06.02.19 Noisy vinyl
- 06.02.19 Noise ridges
- 02.02.19 Quick sketch of Boolean growth test
- 30.01.19 The First Things I Install on a New Mac
Having recently put my trusty 2012 iMac out to pasture — a machine that has given me great service over the years — I had the task of …
- 29.01.19 Interview on This is HCD Podcast
When I was speaking at Pixel Pioneers Belfast in November 2018, Gerry Scullion — founder and host of the This is HCD podcast — asked if I'd …
- 27.01.19 Florence Knoll Basset Interview from 2010
Florence Knoll Basset Interview from 2010 “That revolution in the office took place 20 years ago and Florence Schust (Schu) Knoll, the …