A conversation about craft, code, and creative freedom with indie game artisan Neal Agarwal, creator of Neal.fun.
The tool, the craft, and the joy
On AI, craft, and building things that matter (1300 words)
Why craft-lovers are losing their craft
Les Orchard made a quiet observation recently that I haven't been able to shake. Before LLM coding assistants arrived, the split between developers was…
Beyond Slop
Visions for humane creative AI tools based on craft, process, and emergence.
Cyberdecks, Going Analog, Permacomputing, Medieval Guilds, and the Arts and Crafts Movement
People are moving away from corporate controlled tech, and making their own. How the designs of cyberdecks are being driven by women. And how medieval guilds, Luddites, and the Arts and Crafts movement are all connected to our current moment.
The Soul of Craftsmanship | Ben Cornia
Will AI replace craftsmanship? A reflection of my journey from welding to programming and the meaning of work in the AI age.
On cider and voice and struggle and AI
Adam ponders the struggle of cidermaking and writing under the shadow of AI and macro producers.
The Myth of the Instant Cake Mix
How to think about creative tooling in the new world of generative AI
The Art of Code - Dylan Beattie
Re: The tool, the craft, and the joy | The Paper Pilot
The Paper Pilot's digital garden of thoughts on philosophy, politics, and sociology
Cyberselfish the Book
Introduction Ravers and gilders. In which I describe something of the strange land of technolibertarianism (it's a culture, not a political party) that I will be guiding readers through.
Good Game Well Played: The Story of the Staying Power of ‘StarCraft’
Twenty years after Blizzard’s baby redefined a genre and spawned the esports movement, it remains a timeless proof of concept for what online competition can be
rheingold's brainstorms: rheingoldian writing
MOOSE Crossing is a text-based virtual world (or "MUD") where kids, in Bruckman's words, "are imagining new places and objects, and creating them with words and programs. In their spare time for fun they are reading, doing creative writing, and writing computer programs. Through these activities, they are learning in a self-motivated, self-directed, peer-supported fashion." Imagine combining the educational value of a well-designed curriculum in writing, history, programming, mathematics or other subject areas with the innate fascination that kids exhibit when they play with video games or college students exhibit when they stay online for hours on end, engaged in the role-playing games known as MUDs.
AI, Artifice, And Authenticity
The era of badly-automated homogenized engagement slop is upon us. I desperately want to believe there's a renaissance for authenticity on the other end.
In the Texas Desert, Craft Meets Coding | Artnet News
It was a heady, design-focused desert weekend in Marfa with fiber works, Crypto Punks mirrors, and a lot of generative code.
Another creator workshop! All things monetization. Talking about @sprk.so and the Atmosphere with creators well versed with making a career in social media. sprk.so/post/did:plc:qed67d2sst5xqsbu…
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