Walk in the park, look at the sky: collected thoughts, processes and observations made during the course of making things
- 3D
- Ack
- Altoids
- Analog
- Arduino
- Automator
- Axidraw
- Backup
- Bash
- Boids
- Bookmark
- Books
- Cncserver
- Design
- Dropbox
- Eno
- Eyes
- FOTB
- Face-Tracking
- Flocking
- Fusion360
- Future-Everything
- Git
- Hardware
- IFTTT
- IndieWeb
- Input
- Inspiration
- Interview
- Inventory
- Keyshot
- Kirby
- Leap Motion
- Mac
- Makerbot
- Making
- Markdown
- Misconceptions
- Notes
- OpenFrameworks
- Opinion
- Output
- P5js
- Plain Text
- Plotter
- Process
- Processing
- Python
- Roslindale
- ThisisHCD
- Tools
- Transferwise
- Travel
- URL
- Ultisnips
- Video
- Vim
- Vimwiki
- Watson
- Web
- Work
- ZX81
- adobe
- anamorph
- coltrane
- conference
- dataart
- ffmpeg
- fzf
- gridmarkets
- hitfilm
- houdini
- iOS
- making
- nft
- notch
- photoshop
- robots
- tmux
- touchdesigner
- tw3
- tx3
- Everything
- 01.03.18 Flights all booked for @offfest — doing the closing talk on the first day in …
Come say hi!
- 24.02.18 Creating ctags for Processing .pde files for use in Vim
Ctags generate a file of language objects — such as method names and vars — so they can then be used and located inside a text editor such …
- 23.02.18 Apertures
- 22.02.18 The Path of Least Resistance — Updating A Server Using DeployHQ
It's very easy to get stuck into certain ways of doing things; there's a comfort in the familiar yet the danger is there's actually a …
- 21.02.18 Prototyping forms
- 21.02.18 Making prototypes of what will be a kind of follow up to Analog In Digital Out
- 21.02.18 Detail
- 21.02.18 Spiky Data Sphere
- 21.02.18 My FormBox is currently on its way to me from China
Really looking forward to playing with the possibilities of this beautifully designed machine.
- 20.02.18 Putting 'stupid' ideas into the world
I've always been a great believer in putting ideas out into the world to represent who you are what you're about. It's something I do a lot …
- 19.02.18 Exporting Git Branches
Here's something that may be handy for some of you working with Git. At the end of a project I'll often have many branches that I made …
- 17.02.18 Work-in-progress
- 16.02.18 Tips on exporting video from Processing
Sometimes my projects involve creating HD format — or larger — videos of coded work created in Processing. There's various ways to create …
- 15.02.18 An introduction to the Dawesome Toolkit — my library for Processing
The Dawesome Toolkit is a library for Processing that I originally made for myself, so I could use bits of code I always use in my projects …
- 14.02.18 New pencil based project coming soon
I’m working on a new personal project with the lovely people @dustcollective that is part book part pencils part poster thing.
- 13.02.18 Not what I expected
This was a mistake but as mistakes go, I quite like it.
- 11.02.18 Make it Shine: Rendering 3D Objects Made in Processing
For a few years now I've been creating physical objects from data — using Processing to essentially terraform an object such as a sphere, …
- 08.02.18 Using a Git Repo to create a physical document of the work
I've always felt it important to document the work. Sketches, scraps, iterations, failures and surprises are all part of the process and so …
- 08.02.18 On Valuing Artists
This morning a friend of mine sent me a link to something she thought would be of interest to me — a Computational Arts Residency at …
- 07.02.18 Using a restaurant style Tab Grabber as a todo list
This is something I’ve been doing for over a year now. Rather than write down my daily task list in a journal or in some web based system, …
- 06.02.18 Creating Systems
Pretty much any work I create usually has a GUI behind it that I can then use to create the final compositions or sequences. I love the CP5 …
- 06.02.18 Automating movie file conversion to MP4
I’m always keen to try and automate processes I repeat a lot, so this is something I’ve done recently that I find handy for my …
- 06.02.18 Creating Systems
. Pretty much any work I create usually has a GUI behind it that I can then use to create the final compositions or sequences. I love the …
- 06.02.18 Currently mapping thousands of pipelines.
- 05.02.18 Making busy data analysis grids.
- 03.02.18 I always find it puzzling when I see “a list of books for designers” that list …
- 31.01.18 Switching to Vim
Last year I made a decision to switch to Vim for all my coding and text editing. Many times before I’ve tried Vim but always ended up …
- 30.01.18 Strangelove. Or how I stopped worrying how web design is meant to be and got …
brendandawes.com has been online since 2000. Over that time it’s been through various incarnations, from purely Flash based (gasp) to …
- 27.01.18 Iteration
- 25.01.18 Prototyping packaging ready for new pencils.