About midnight and just home from a busy night. We had a maker meet up at the Burlington firehouse Gallery as part of the User required show. There were about 45 people there tonight . we got to go from exhibit to exhibit and hear the artist/maker described his or her work. It added so much to the experience after having seen the pieces and having seen how they were made. It was really wonderful.
John and Collin describes our floorish piece.. I was really proud to see it working well. I get to observe it remotely from my computer and see that many people take time to play with it. That's very gratifying.
Here is hexdump
It's floorish
Here's Karen describing Homer , her and my piece.
I loved learning more about Kathy and Mike's fans.
Jenna described her bell story at length. What hangs in the balance is whether the bell gets rehung. It's actually pretty suspenseful.
I Got to spend significant time looking at Rebecca's piece. The more I see it the more I like it. It actually has a pretty interesting meaning about waste and possessions.
I favorite piece of the show, I must confess, is in.C. I really beautiful tribute to Terry Riley's music all in JavaScript so beautifully executed.
Again it was so great. The artist about work without the tension and haste around getting ready for the opening. I learned a lot about their thought process and about their technology and about their artistic process.
Afterwards we all went to the bluebird. I guess its the restaurant and bar of the maker movement. They're always very welcoming there. I had many good conversations tonight… Mostly about the intersection of the artistic and engineering process. Note to self: I need to think more about design intention less about technology. … Strangely,tat wasthe same message from my meetings at work today. It's funny how that works out.
More tomorrow
Night all, night Sam
– Me
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