Walk in the park, look at the sky: collected thoughts, processes and observations made during the course of making things
- 3D
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- Analog
- Arduino
- Automator
- Axidraw
- Backup
- Bash
- Boids
- Bookmark
- Books
- Cncserver
- Design
- Dropbox
- Eno
- Eyes
- FOTB
- Flocking
- Fusion360
- Future-Everything
- Git
- Hardware
- IFTTT
- IndieWeb
- Input
- Inspiration
- Inventory
- Keyshot
- Kirby
- Leap Motion
- Mac
- Making
- Markdown
- Misconceptions
- Notes
- OpenFrameworks
- Opinion
- Output
- P5js
- Plain Text
- Plotter
- Process
- Processing
- Python
- Roslindale
- Tools
- Transferwise
- Travel
- Ultisnips
- Video
- Vim
- Vimwiki
- Watson
- Web
- Work
- ZX81
- adobe
- anamorph
- coltrane
- conference
- dataart
- ffmpeg
- fzf
- gridmarkets
- hitfilm
- houdini
- iOS
- making
- nft
- notch
- photoshop
- robots
- touchdesigner
- tw3
- tx3
- Everything
/2020
- 29.03.20 That Was The Week That Was — 29th March 2020
First week of full lock-down following the announcement on the Monday night. Watching the address from Boris Johnson was certainly "a …
- 22.03.20 That Was The Week That Was — 22nd March 2020
Last weekend we were meant to be in Paris, but of course we had to cancel due to COVID-19. We lost pretty much all our money, with the …
- 15.03.20 That Was The Week That Was — 15th March 2020
Whilst sequences were rendering for this client video piece in 4K, we managed to steal away a few hours at the park — making sure to keep …
- 14.03.20 Talk on going mouseless with Vim, Tmux, and Hotkeys
Talk on going mouseless with Vim, Tmux, and Hotkeys One of the best talks I’ve seen on the power of Vim.
- 08.03.20 That Was The Week That Was — 8th March 2020
This week I've been working towards delivery of the static images for my new Trend Micro commission. Last week I had gone too hard on brand …
- 03.03.20 Word of Mouth — Real Talk
Word of Mouth — Real Talk Wonderful episode of Word of Mouth about the science of conversation.
- 01.03.20 That Was The Week That Was — 1st March 2020
Notch is something I've been meaning to get into, ever since my friend Marc Theile mentioned it to me last year. As a fan of node based …
- 25.02.20 Richard D. James speaks to Tatsuya Takahashi - Aphex Twin
Richard D. James speaks to Tatsuya Takahashi - Aphex Twin Love this chat between James and Takahashi, which gets lovely and geeky.
- 24.02.20 That Was The Week That Was — 24th February 2020
Over the year's my desk has been host to many different notebooks, from the default Moleskine, to a super-posh Smythson Soho I picked up in …
- 16.02.20 That Was The Week That Was — 16th February 2020
I really dislike Slack. Had to use it a few times and discovered it's not for me. I find it a huge distraction to actually getting work …
- 09.02.20 That Was The Week That Was — 9th February 2020
A beautiful book arrived in the post this week from Christopher Grünberger. Analog Algorithm — Source Related Grid Systems, is a kind of …
- 04.02.20 How to convert a JSON file to CSV — PYTHON SCRIPT
How to convert a JSON file to CSV — PYTHON SCRIPT Just used this handy script for something I’m working on, needing to convert JSON to CSV. …
- 03.02.20 That Was The Week That Was — 2nd February 2020
This week I started on a new client piece of work — something quite different to the things I've been doing of late, seeing me back using …
- 01.02.20 Splendid isolation: how I stopped time by sitting in a forest for 24 hours | …
Splendid isolation: how I stopped time by sitting in a forest for 24 hours | News | The Guardian Great read about the concept of Wilderness …
- 29.01.20 Radio Four Word of Mouth — Metaphor
Radio Four Word of Mouth — Metaphor Great episode of Radio 4’s Word of Mouth on the use of Metaphor. Bren
- 27.01.20 Matthew Walker: "Why We Sleep: The New Science of Sleep and Dreams"
Matthew Walker: "Why We Sleep: The New Science of Sleep and Dreams" Fascinating and disturbing talk from 2017 on how sleep effects our …
- 26.01.20 That Was The Week That Was — 26th January 2020
With a new commercial piece of work starting next week, which will see me working in Processing, my thoughts turned to having to switch …
- 26.01.20 An Epidemic of AI Misinformation
An Epidemic of AI Misinformation Interesting read on the current state and overpromise of AI.
- 25.01.20 Creating Gradients from the Edge of a Shape in Houdini
This was something which had me baffled for a few hours. I wanted to scatter points onto an irregular shape, but control the scatter in …
- 20.01.20 That Was The Week That Was — 19th January 2020
This week I did something I've been meaning to do for a long time — I went to the cinema on my own, in the day time. For many, the cinema …
- 17.01.20 Handy Timecode to Frames Calculator
Handy Timecode to Frames Calculator Right now, find this very handy.
- 16.01.20 3DPeople Dataset
3DPeople Dataset Handy datasets of people doing various actions.
- 16.01.20 Making The Art of Cybersecurity
A year on from when this work was commissioned, I thought I'd write up my thinking and process that went into The Art of Cybersecurity — my …
- 12.01.20 That Was The Week That Was — 12th January 2020
The Entagma Houdini tutorials are always really high quality, so I wasn't surprised to see just how good this series of videos were …
- 05.01.20 That Was The Week That Was — 5th January 2020
Every now and then I like to go back and revisit an experiment I've been playing with, to see if I can dig down further, to see what might …
- 04.01.20 Kazuo Ishiguro: how I wrote The Remains of the Day in four weeks
Kazuo Ishiguro: how I wrote The Remains of the Day in four weeks Love this piece about how Ishiguro created an environment to force himself …
- 03.01.20 It's Good to Talk — How Having Video Calls With My Peers Keeps Me Sane
A few years ago Joel Gethin Lewis sent me a private message on Twitter, asking how I was and how we should have a catch-up sometime on …