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Circle Grow

avrame — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 20:49:45 +0000

About a month ago I heard tell of a JavaScript Demoscene contest called JS1k. For those who haven’t heard of the Demoscene, it’s basically a sort of programming art-form that allows a programmer (or team of programmers) to show off their hacking skills. Originally due to the storage and processing limitations in the past, demo programmers would have to pull out all sorts of clever tricks or hacks to reduce the size of their program as well as make it run as efficient as possible. Nowadays, with our obscenely fast CPU’s and practically infinite storage capacity, those limitations are self-imposed – Demoscene contests will set a limit on the size of the code to make it challenging. In the case of JS1k, 1000 bytes of JavaScript is the maximum.

What makes this particular contest so exciting is that most modern browsers now have a cool new toy for JavaScript programmers to play with: the canvas object. The canvas object basically defines an area on a webpage where a developer can programmaticly draw images using JavaScript. For the first time, web developers can use an open-standard, non-proprietary technology to create dynamic and engaging rich media.

Inspired by JS1k (but by no means talented enough to compete), I decided to create my own JavaScript and canvas-powered demo. It’s extremely basic compared to the JS1k demos, but it did help me learn a lot more about canvas, and it was fun to program! So, without further ado – I present to you… Circle Grow!

Vimeo Hijinks

David — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 07:20:46 +0000

Hilarious office hijinks from the very good people at Vimeo:

Auto Tuning from Casey Donahue on Vimeo.

It’s all about details at DC

David — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 20:50:55 +0000

Our new conference room door just arrived. Painstakingly designed by Design Commission’s Nicole Stanton, the C&C machine ~~C&C machine~~ CNC machine (and yes, I realize the irony in my error. – DC) etched door tells the story of the studio through iconography.

What are you making with your stencil?

David — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 15:39:14 +0000

Love this little creation from Scott Dierdorf:

Family portrait made with my new web site design stencil from @designcom.http://twitpic.com/82yxa

So, how about it–what are you doing with your DC stencils?

Multi-touch Window at Design Commission

David — Sat, 21 Feb 2009 00:33:45 +0000

This is the beta version of Parker’s multi-touch window installation at Design Commission. The official unveiling will be coming up at our First-Thursday opening, “You Are Here” on March 5, 2009: designcommissiongallery.com/

Parker’s Awesome Multi-touch Window at Design Commission from Design Commission on Vimeo.

Recession Never Sounded So Good

admin — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 21:14:15 +0000

“When life gives you lemons, make lemonade.” Johannes Kreidler has taken that advice to heart and created a series of generative musical compositions based on fluctuating stock values. Maybe these soothing melodies can help you see the silver lining in our global economic meltdown.

bzzz bzzzzb bbzzzzz bzzzSWAT!!

Stephanie — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 20:40:07 +0000

DC’s favorite ups man brought a long awaited package to one Parker Ault this afternoon. I think giddy is a good description….

Oh yeah.

Spice up your workout routine like this:

Stephanie — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 23:01:04 +0000

Don’t sprain your ankle…