Deleting Borders

Amatorski, one of Belgiums finest bands, has been fascinated by the way the internet is deleting borders. They collaborated with We Work We Play to create an art project bringing together music and visuals, in a mix of online and offline interaction. Implemented using a custom JavaScript Metronome and Howler.js;Rendered on <canvas> with Delaunay triangulation …

URLs are for People, not Computers

We are all familiar with URLs: the string uniquely identifying the requested document. However, we don’t always consider they are more than that: URLs are user facing and should be considered important UI elements. They should be clean, understandable, semantic, hierarchical and not excessively long. And that’s why I have a (tiny) chapter dedicated on …

The reality of head-mounted displays

I’m concerned about two things: one, that audiences who have never been exposed to VR or HMDs have unrealistic expectations and will be disappointed when they see the real thing; two, that software ported from the desktop world will carry over baggage from that world that will lead to a sub-optimal experience. Watch the video. …

Openness does not scale

Openness and success are not compatible. Openness does not scale, no matter how hard you try. Openness does not scale → Related: Why What You’re Reading About Blink Is Probably Wrong, a Chrome Developer talking about the aforementioned Blink: When landing a patch in both WebKit and Chromium stretches into a multi-day dance of flags, …