Archive of August 2009
Aug 19, 2009

Free Chicago Presentation

I will be giving a presentation this Friday, August 21st, at the Chicago Portfolio School. I will cover a lot of the same material as my recent appearance at the Denver Art Museum, including Big Spaceship's approach, culture, techniques, philosophy, and process.

The event on Friday begins at 5:30 and is free! More info about the event can be found here.

Aug 07, 2009

Supershapes - Coder Challenge

Charlie discovered the idea of the super formula. Since it sounded super, Charlie proposed a challenge, a coder challenge, a super coder challenge. The challenge was straightforward – create a super formula editor that creates a super shape. The other parameters being that the shape must spin in 3D (well at least look like it), the shape must be composed of at least 10,000 particles, the shape must be editable and it must be made in Flash. The winner determined by the fastest FPS, as judged by Mr Doobs stats class.

Aug 06, 2009

DelveUI Wrap Up

Just wanted to post a thank you note to those who came out to DelveUI and came to see my talk. I felt like there was some small spark of an understanding that designers and programmers in this industry don't have to relegate themselves to "Standards" or "Flash" camps... a subject I'll probably write on at some greater length at some point.

Slides coming soon.

Aug 04, 2009

Denver Art Museum Gig

I will be speaking at the Denver Art Museum on Wednesday, August 5th as a part of the AIGA Colorado speaker series.