Retrospectives
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Open Source: The peaceful revolution
Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) has gone from being a futurist movement to a fundamental part of business and technology. Unix-like operating systems such as Linux are installed on…
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A matter of privacy and security
Google provides free services in exchange for access to our data, which it uses for ads that fund the service. Over the years since that model was implemented we’ve seen…
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Balancing compliance, ethics and value in digital
Complex ideas are a bit like the ABOVE island resort — a series of smaller nodes branching off the main node. Since 1999 we’ve experienced a tech revolution in business, government and wider…
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Set Raytracers to Maximum
So I was casually watching a Youtube video about dogfighting in space. They made a great point that guns on fighters should be close instead of far apart — this is something…
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How deep is the river if you cannot see the bottom?
Upgrading your computer isn’t too hard — you work out where you can get good gains or if the whole setup needs a replacement. Unfortunately the latter option isn’t available for the…
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Creating good tools for a brave new world
I’m building a 2D/3D hybrid graphic design tool called Manifold. In this article I’m going to discuss the approach I’m taking in order to fit it into the workflow that…
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My angel is the manifold
Naming is the most important decision in a new open source project. It needs to convey a meaning, be ubiquitous, unique, low GI, etc. I’m coming up to the 5th…
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In order to save time, you must first invent the universe
One of the hardest parts of developing a 3D game is coming up with assets such as models, textures and even concept art itself. This is especially hard if you…
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Confessions of a Dancing Cellocher
I use music as a tool, to perk me up when my brain doesn’t want to undertake the task at hand. A lot of the time this is my day…
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What is me?
I was originally going to use my personal website as a base for blogging, linking off to my other places on the web, maybe showcasing some of my work. Typical…