Alan @whilesoftware

I make Subnote, the game-inspired platform for collaborative note-taking and sketching. Sign up for the beta @ https://t.co/LzsL3Sv9sI while.software Portland, OR Joined December 2011

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Marcin Ignac @marcinignac

a year ago

What if timelines were drawn not point-and-clicked? Setting keyframes and easing curves is such PITA. Here brushes would represent different props / components / behaviours. 🤔 I know some music trackers allow you to paint notes / beats. How would it look like for motion design?

Figs From Plums @FigsFromPlums

a year ago

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Alan @whilesoftware

a year ago

This! Getting things right takes work. Focus and simplification take work. “Show your work” should expose all the not-yet-good-enough ideas scattered across the cutting room floor.

Visakan Veerasamy @visakanv

a year ago

This! Getting things right takes work. Focus and simplification take work. “Show your work” should expose all the not-yet-good-enough ideas scattered across the cutting room floor.

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Alan @whilesoftware

4 years ago

This tweet lands like a knife in the heart. What am I doing with my life? Steady day job? Good pay? Crushed soul.

Vy ⚡ Alechnavicius @va_experience

4 years ago

This tweet lands like a knife in the heart. What am I doing with my life? Steady day job? Good pay? Crushed soul.

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Alan @whilesoftware

4 years ago

day 1 - Draw 10,000 of something #genuary2022 #genuary #unity3d #creativecoding

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Rasmus Andersson @rsms

4 years ago

Profound realization from the Design Principles Behind Smalltalk: cs.virginia.edu/~evans/cs655/r…

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Boggo @boggodan

4 years ago

Beep boop

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Alan @whilesoftware

4 years ago

😅

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4 years ago

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Steve Silberman @stevesilberman

4 years ago

"Healing Grid" by Ryota Kanai, 2005.⁠⁠ ⁠⁠ This is blowing my mind a bit: If you stare at the center of the grid, the irregularities at the edges start to "heal" themselves because your brain strongly prefers to see regular patterns.

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Programming Wisdom @CodeWisdom

5 years ago

"The number one skill required for learning any complex system is patience." - Kelsey Hightower

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Alan @whilesoftware

5 years ago

. @x01010111 I just fired up RSBS on my linux machine and played with a PS5 controller? Note: I do not have a PS5, but I definitely picked up some of these sweet new gamepads :)

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Alan @whilesoftware

5 years ago

Goldmine

Molly Mielke McCarthy @mollyfmielke

5 years ago

Goldmine

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Alan @whilesoftware

5 years ago

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Alan @whilesoftware

5 years ago

Alan: 10/10 Howdy, friend! Al: 0/10 only my dad is allowed Jacob: 1/10 first day of class? Telemarketer? McCosh: 4/10 We worked together, but are not friends. MC Cosh: 15/10 Hi Santiago! omaha: 99/10 hack the planet

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Alan @whilesoftware

5 years ago

small sample size, but communities on @discord seem to be significantly friendlier and more engaged than communities on @SlackHQ.

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Alan @whilesoftware

5 years ago

Xcode 12b5 fixed the SwiftUI preview w/ statically-linked spm dependency issue! I no longer need to break my app's UI into isolated frameworks to enjoy the preview workflow. Thank you @Apple #xcode!

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Alan @whilesoftware

5 years ago

Building a data model that transparently recovers from DB corruption felt like over-engineering when I was getting started, but in the real world it has proven a fantastic investment.

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Alan @whilesoftware

5 years ago

This is how you tech-dad. Step 1: Invent a world-class VR collaboration tool (if you aren't familiar with @TheWildXR you should be). Step 2: See below.

Gabe Paez @gzeap

5 years ago

This is how you tech-dad. Step 1: Invent a world-class VR collaboration tool (if you aren't familiar with @TheWildXR you should be). Step 2: See below.

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Alan @whilesoftware

6 years ago

The very first Portland Playful Media #creativecoding workshop is next Thursday, March 5th. Come make some dots move around on your screen! RSVP required. Space limited to 25. meetup.com/Portland-Playf…

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Alan @whilesoftware

6 years ago

No. They are all about curiosity. Exploration. Discovering, applying, and breaking the “rules”.

John Carmack @ID_AA_Carmack

6 years ago

No. They are all about curiosity. Exploration. Discovering, applying, and breaking the “rules”.

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Nathalie Lawhead @alienmelon

6 years ago

i think what makes an art tool (creative toy?) interesting is simplicity and restrictions. setting the mood with the UI, and making a fun silly environment is a big part of this, but i noticed that things that restrict you end up being really fun to people. [small design thread]