@ajdant

UI engineer @projector. Formerly graphics @NYTimes, @Guardian. Legal alien

 Berkeley, CA
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Joined July 2009
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This 'worst volume slider' contest is UX gold: designernews.co/stories/8444…
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hardmaru
@hardmaru
26 May 2024
Incredible blog post by @KilledByAPixel that explains the magic of this tiny raycasting engine and city generator that fits in a standalone 256 byte html file. frankforce.com/city-in-a-bot…

City In A Bottle – A 256 Byte Raycasting System

Hello size coding fans. Today, I have something amazing to share: A tiny raycasting engine and city generator that fits in a standalone 256 byte html file. In this post I will share all the secrets…

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Frank Force 🌻@KilledByAPixel
22 Apr 2022
A City in a Bottle 🌆 <canvas style=width:99% id=c onclick=setInterval('for(c.width=w=99,++t,i=6e3;i--;c.getContext`2d`.fillRect(i%w,i/w|0,1-d*Z/w+s,1))for(a=i%w/50-1,s=b=1-i/4e3,X=t,Y=Z=d=1;++Z<w&(Y<6-(32<Z&27<X%w&&X/9^Z/8)*8%46||d|(s=(X&Y&Z)%3/Z,a=b=1,d=Z/w));Y-=b)X+=a',t=9)>
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This crocodiles was drawn by me about 30 years ago. This time, Tiled.art includes three of my works including the crocodiles from that time. Through carefully animated visualizations, you will be able to relive the symmetry on which this work was based.
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😅 is anyone else getting sick of chatbots? I wrote down a few thoughts on why chatbots are not the future of interfaces and how we can be more thoughtful: wattenberger.com/thoughts/bo…
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rauno
@raunofreiberg
10 Feb 2023
Hold to confirm
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Mystical witchcraft! This palette generator eschews conventional color science to anchor choices in polar coordinates. Captivating site & fun to use meodai.github.io/poline/
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Peter Gorman@barelymaps
18 Jan 2023
The West Coast.
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Shu
@shuding
28 Dec 2021
I made github.com/shuding/cobe a while ago: a 5kB globe lib, and it improved our page performance* by almost 60%. How is it created? Time for a WebGL & shader thread!
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Nikita Lisitsa@lisyarus
18 Dec 2021
I've learnt about logistic regression and decided to implement it as an interactive online tool: lisyarus.github.io/webgl/cla…. You can add points, move them around, and change the regression order!
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Noah Veltman@veltman
8 Dec 2021
tried rendering "cubist new york subway map" and the results were better than expected
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GRAPHICS JOBS! Every major media organization in the US is hiring graphic journalists. A thread with a few on the top of my head, and a couple of thoughts...
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If you're looking for some good Covid news, turn to page 21 of today's FT: The vaccines work, folks 💉💪🙌
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Manuel Lima@mslima
8 Apr 2021
Have you ever though how major religions have evolved over centuries, splitting, subdividing, and inspiring numerous others, just like an intricate evolutionary tree? The chart below is your answer.
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Ben Lesh
@BenLesh
25 Feb 2021
TIL that Error objects in #JavaScript will leak closures until you read `stack`. So don't keep them around. In other words, everything in the closure at the point `new Error` was called, will stick around for as long as you have a reference to the error until you read `stack`.
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mrdoob
@mrdoob
18 Feb 2021
Message for @mrdoob 10 years ago: Yes, making a 3D engine using canvas2d is stupid. But in 10 years you'll watch a simulation in realtime of @NASA landing a rover in Mars that uses that stupid code. eyes.nasa.gov/apps/mars2020/
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Mike Bostock@mbostock
23 Feb 2021
It’s been ten years since I pushed the first release of D3.js to GitHub. Have I learned anything? I hope so… but it’s a journey. observablehq.com/@mbostock/1…

10 Years of Open-Source Visualization

An Observable notebook by Mike Bostock

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We have some open roles too, so get in touch if you'd be interested in working on a collaborative graphics tool
Projector@projector
17 Dec 2020
Our mission is to build a more inclusive creative space for graphic design. We’re grateful to have investors who share our goals, and today, we’re proud to announce a new $10M Series B funding round, led by @foundrygroup. Here's more on what's ahead: bit.ly/34mgLNL

Design for the Future

Building a graphic design platform that brings people together

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Luke Millar
@ltm
15 Dec 2020
We're hiring a backend engineer at @projector! I would love it if you could share this to get more exposure outside my direct network and help us build a larger and more diverse candidate pool. jobs.lever.co/projector-2/68…
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Fun working on this one...
Projector@projector
14 Dec 2020
No more tedious trips to the color picker 🙌 Now, you can select multiple objects and apply a consistent fill or stroke at once — or, very quickly change the colors across your scene to something totally new. (This works great for customizing templates!)
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