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Electronics

Upgrading a node module that wraps C code

Today I wanted to get this ultra-thin LED matrix working with Raspberry Pi in NodeJS as part of my work on my new ST4i workshop. The SeeedStudio Ultrathin Red LED matrix. It’s such a nice bright matrix, I really love it, but they’re a little weird to work with. They use the HUB75 protocol which […]

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General

Lunar Trails comes to Brussels

Right in the middle of the PixelPyros tour, I’m taking a minor detour to Belgium where I’ll be installing Lunar Trails at the Bozar Night 2013. There’ll be several other digital installations and performances, check it out if you’re in the area.

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Speaking

Live coding examples from Beyond Tellerand

Sorry this one’s taken a little while to post! At Marc Thiele’s excellent conference Beyond Tellerand a couple of weeks ago, I live coded some snow and other things in JavaScript, and here’s the code. Keep an eye on the Beyond Tellerand Vimeo channel and you’ll be able to watch all the presentations as they’re […]

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Projects Speaking

PixelPhones – a huge display made with smartphones

Whew! It’s been a massively intense few weeks getting my PixelPhones project ready in time for my presentation at FOTB. I’ve been coding day and night for months, and I was up until 4am the night before making sure that I’d thought of everything. The worst part was that I had no idea if it […]

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News

Smooth JS animation on iOS – tutorial on CreativeJS.com

Two tutorials in two weeks!? I know, it’s crazy but I’m getting through a bit of a backlog here 🙂 I’ve now posted a guide to making super smooth running games within the browser on iOS. You can wrap it up in PhoneGap and publish to the AppStore if you want! It’s based around the […]

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News

Three.js tutorial now on CreativeJS.com

Our very first tutorial has gone live on CreativeJS.com. Getting up and running with three.js can be tricky, but hopefully this will make it very easy! I’ve refactored it since it launched last week – let me know if you find any errors! This tutorial is part of my CreativeJS training course. Just five spots […]

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News

Launch traffic takes down CreativeJS server

CreativeJS.com is the brand new place to go for all the very best examples of JavaScript and HTML5 projects, libraries and tutorials from across the globe. It launched today at 4pm, and 10,000 visitors brought the site down. Oops. Well I never said we knew how to build reliable hosting solutions. But we are pretty […]

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General

CreativeJS comes home to Brighton

[UPDATE] SOLD OUT! In just a few days. Sign up to be the first to hear about the next one. [UPDATE] Early bird tickets sold out in 10 minutes! 3 tickets left! It’s with a heavy heart that I leave New York, but I’m very excited to be heading home in a week or so. […]

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General

WebGL and Molehill : an overview of in-browser GPU 3D

The Edge magazine recently asked for my thoughts on hardware accelerated graphics within the browser, and I gave them a fairly comprehensive run down. They published excerpts but here is my response in full with some updates, hopefully you’ll find it useful. HelloRacer – a gorgeous WebGL demo from Carlos Ulloa who attended my CreativeJS […]

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News

New CreativeJS dates – NYC, Kansas and UK

New York – SOLD OUT Kansas City – SOLD OUT! UK dates coming soon – August I’m into my second week here in Manhattan and it’s been pretty exciting so far! Last week I had a tour of Big Spaceship and Brooklyn, and I did Jer’s brilliant Processing workshop on Saturday. And now it’s back […]