Walk in the park, look at the sky: collected thoughts, processes and observations made during the course of making things
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- 3d
- Analog
- Arduino
- Bash
- Bookmark
- Design
- Face-Tracking
- Git
- Hardware
- IFTTT
- Input
- Inspiration
- Interview
- Kirby
- Mac
- Makerbot
- Notes
- Opinion
- Output
- Process
- Processing
- ThisisHCD
- Tools
- URL
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- Vim
- Web
- Work
- ack
- adobe
- altoids
- analog
- anamorph
- arduino
- automator
- axidraw
- backup
- bash
- boids
- bookmark
- books
- cinema
- cncserver
- code
- coltrane
- conference
- data
- dataart
- design
- dropbox
- eno
- everyday objects
- eyes
- ffmpeg
- flocking
- fotb
- fusion360
- future-everything
- fzf
- generative systems
- git
- gridmarkets
- hardware
- hitfilm
- houdini
- iOS
- ifttt
- imperfection
- indieweb
- input
- inspiration
- installation
- inventory
- ios
- keyshot
- kirby
- leap motion
- lrb
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- machine learning
- making
- markdown
- memory
- misconceptions
- nft
- notch
- notes
- openframeworks
- opinion
- output
- p5js
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- plain text
- plotter
- process
- processing
- python
- robots
- roslindale
- sound
- time
- tmux
- tools
- touchdesigner
- transferwise
- travel
- tw3
- ultisnips
- video
- vim
- vimwiki
- vinyl
- visual systems
- watson
- web
- work
- zx81
- Everything
/Opinion
- 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 …
- 02.11.10 Great work is worth paying for; why free apps are a bad thing
Let's not beat around the bush. Free apps are evil. Now it's not that I think the quality of free apps is bad—there are lots of …
- 03.10.10 Why I dropped the simplicity bomb on www.brendandawes.com
Ten years ago I started www.brendandawes.com, my personal site where I store all my personal projects. The site was full of good …
- 11.08.10 Being selfish: making things for yourself to make better things
In the next few days I will finish work on The Accidental News Explorer - a news exploration iPhone app that celebrates serendipity and the …
- 11.06.10 Augmented Reality: is it a Bit Rubbish?
I've never been a fan of reality. I hate reality TV shows, never watch them and never allow them to invade my home. I can see reality when …
- 03.04.10 The Invisible Computer
I've always hated computers. Well more specifically I hate what the word computer conjures up for many people; a clever, scary machine that …
- 29.01.10 Why the web needs Flash
Back in 1998, inspired by a combined love of Alfred Hitchcock, Saul Bass and the grammar of cinema, I created a little project called …