Links for June 27th

Design with web fonts in the browser – Typecast Hadn't encountered this – interesting tool for sketching/prototyping type selections. (tags: design typography fonts web )

Links for June 23rd

One Weird Trick to Lose Size – Halide Nominally, this is about making your iOS apps smaller, but it's actually a great piece on how to think about software design and production. (tags: programming development software ios business )

Links for June 20th

Is the Printed Circuit Board a Form of Musical Notation? | NewMusicBox "In time I wasn’t plugging in my newly arrived modules so quickly. I was spending more time looking at them, admiring their structures, noting aspects unique to various individual companies. Some modules have lovely design flourishes, bits of fantastic line art right there […]

Links for June 6th

Modularity in plugin design – Valhalla DSP The kind of thinking that makes you appreciate a company's work: clarity of design, whilst understanding themselves as part of an ecosystem (as opposed to: wanting to be your everything). I really like Valhalla's products. (tags: dsp audio plugins design architecture valhalladsp )

Links for May 27th

1968 Demo Interactive – Doug Engelbart Institute Broken down, chapter-ified version of the Mother of All Demos (made by Bret Victor and Christina Englebart). And now easily pointed at. (tags: dougenglebart motherofalldemos interactiondesign design technology interaction )

Links for May 25th

Demographics of the Disquiet Junto | The Ethan Hein Blog I've fallen behind a bit, but Junto has been great for my musical output and also my approach to composition/recording/production. Ethan's survey captures some of the why – including the other great brains you get to run into doing it. (tags: music disquiet disquietjunto composition […]

Links for May 17th

What Animals Taught Me About Being Human – The New York Times "You cannot know what it is like to be a bat by screwing your eyes tight, imagining membranous wings, finding your way through darkness by talking to it in tones that reply to you with the shape of the world. As the philosopher […]

Links for May 16th

In The Shadow of the Holodeck – Charles J Pratt – Medium This is really good. I had some beginning-threads of thought at the time of the Bogost article that I just couldn't frame, and in the meantime, CJP has run with similar threads, a good dose of history, and come to some sharp conclusions, […]

Links for May 4th

The Tune Zoo & Other Stories – Extraordinary Facility Excellent stuff – as always – from Matt B; I'm somewhat envious of his focus and the quality of his output. Nodded along heartily throughout. (tags: music design mattbrown interaction play )