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Slowly going out on a limb. Making experimental creative tools on the web at He/him.

[grant @GrantCuster]

@mayli I'm always interested to have people hammer on any of the https://t.co/ZAfJt3QkCh tools! https://t.co/xZ6FGA39oB and https://t.co/kU63iIDGQW seem like the favorites. I think https://t.co/Shoa9NRuUo is underrated and am currently excited about https://t.co/4qaLk84l6g

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After a lapse when I switched things around https://t.co/DjnuqZFfEQ now has functioning RSS (https://t.co/KQ1T8nLNki) again.

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Someone has drawn a nice flower-eye (amongst many other things).

[grant @GrantCuster]

New on Constraint Systems:
Sphere Paint - multi-player painting without edge
https://t.co/dELD0Pn7rB

A sphere surface is interesting because each points is continuous on all sides. You can respond, extend, or connect in any direction.

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I kept the feature set small - no undo, and erasing is just drawing over with white. As LLM-assisted coding opens up new possibilities I find myself looking to the physical world (like drawing on a piece of paper with our toddler) for inspiration in constraints.

[grant @GrantCuster]

New on Constraint Systems:
Sphere Paint - multi-player painting without edge
https://t.co/dELD0Pn7rB

A sphere surface is interesting because each points is continuous on all sides. You can respond, extend, or connect in any direction.

[grant @GrantCuster]

I'm curious to see if certain drawings might become landmarks or growing territories over time. The dynamic where you can only draw zoomed in is a play on the fact that we can only act locally, in small patches of a larger world.

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@rsnous fond memories of @mynameisfiber hacking at one of these (not entirely sure it was successful?) at our old office

i do think in sphere-paint's case having it within the larger rectangle is an affordance/part of the fun

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https://t.co/dELD0Pn7rB test

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@leland_mcinnes And as a radial tree (by way of d3 https://t.co/H5x3ypnNmK)

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Trying out @leland_mcinnes's EVōC to hierarchically cluster all my embedded blog posts. A lot of my posts are over roughly similar material - it's cool how much nuance it can split out of them.

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I think about Andrew Sutherland's paper computer demo related to this https://t.co/gkV0f6zS4l

[grant @GrantCuster]

I now often request a codebase report at EOD to print and read the next morning. Also been experimenting with having auto-printed writing prompts (for me) based on my own writing.

Itching to experiment with a range of printers, e-ink, projectors, small screens.

[Geoffrey Litt @geoffreylitt]

A trick to regain focus: have AI write a report on anything, and then print it out on paper.

- Learn about a codebase
- Catch up on Slack messages
- Compare options for a purchase

No screens, no distractions

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I do have to admit that none of my single-purpose screens to this point have lasted very long. The unbounded possibilities are still always kind of lurking. More experiments to be done!

[grant @GrantCuster]

Experiments in single-purpose screens Documenting some raspberry pi-based apps I have setup in my office, with lessons learned and some philosophical questions still unanswered.

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https://t.co/Gctg1otfz0

I'm drawn to these as a way to make the digital and computers - which can sometimes feel boundless in an overwhelming way - more tangible.

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@abustamante @andy_matuschak huh! seems like a less cartoon-y microsoft bob (which I loved as a kid)

[Geoffrey Litt @geoffreylitt]

AI agents bring a ton on the flexibility side.

So then the question becomes more, what are the right rigid units to compose? What's the right size for those modules, the right expressiveness of the compositional interface? 5/

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@rikard_io I would buy prints of some of these!

[Joel Simon @_joelsimon]

New essay: Beyond Slop

Reflections on 6 years making creative AI tools and why the field feels stuck on content production rather than personal expression.

We're building molds with dials rather than new clay.

On embracing craft, process, and open-ended mediums (with some new demos!)

https://t.co/V2ArsgV59y

[Guy Dupont @gvy_dvpont]

Made an "analog" YouTube book for my kid so she can choose what she wants (from pre-approved list) without being exposed to a thumbnail hellscape. Also automatically cuts her off after x scans

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Semi-regular atproto is interesting link: https://t.co/ffHvFlUjob