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Theo Watson

@theowatson.bsky.social
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Interactive installation artist. 
Co-founder of Design I/O (2020 National Design Award winner). 
Co-founder of open source toolkit: openFrameworks.
design-io.com || openframeworks.cc

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Rachel Binx @binx.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
project launch! postcardgifts.com create & send postcards for cheap, delight your loved ones with physical mail 💌
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Postcard Gifts
Design your own postcards for $1.50 each, send them to multiple addresses, and schedule them to arrive every few days.
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Theo Watson @theowatson.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Omg yes!! I used an earlier version of this to send post cards to an elderly relative. It absolutely rocks!! I used the scheduled queue feature too. Glad it to see it being relaunched .
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Casey Newton @caseynewton.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Some more on the show from our friends at NPR: www.npr.org/2026/09/16/g...
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Casey Newton and Kevin Roose partner with NPR to launch 'Machine Gods'
The video-first, twice weekly show from the creators of 'Hard Fork' will unpack the most consequential technology stories of our time for broadcast and digital audiences.
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Ben Fry @benfry.com · 11/09/2026
There's a 10% chance that Rowboat will kill us all before the end of the decade. Until then, I hope you'll find it's drastically faster, more accurate, less expensive, and more fun than using an LLM to play with large datasets. Our latest: buttondown.com/rowboat/arch... Give it a try: rowboat.net
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Tim Gfrerer @tgfrerer.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
sweep (colourful) Realtime, 240hz Made with Island #generativeart #handmade
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Chris Coleman @digitalcoleman.art · 04/09/2026
I am also heading to Linz tomorrow and will be co-hosting the Creative Coding Open House with these great people!
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Design I/O @design-io.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
A new Onnx model loading and Pose / Hands / Face tracking addon for @openframeworks.bsky.social by @nick-hardeman.bsky.social forum.openframeworks.cc/t/ofxonnx-an...
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ofxOnnx and ofxRtmPoseTracker
ofxOnnx addon for running inference on onnx models using the Microsoft Onnx Runtime. ofxRtmPoseTracker uses ofxOnnx to interface with the RtmPose and RTMO models by MMPose. Includes ofxRtmModel...
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Theo Watson @theowatson.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
I’m obsessed with this book cover!
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Theo Watson @theowatson.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Great quote.
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Theo Watson @theowatson.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
Huh. Weird arrangement to have them stacked like that. Never seen that approach before.
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Joanie Lemercier @joanielemercier.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
No wall at Big Bend.
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Golan Levin @golan.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
PSA: I have updated the p5js+MediaPipe tracking demo for late 2026— this repairs several breaking changes by vendors (ahem). It now uses p5 v2.3.2 and MediaPipe v.1.0.0. Ready for your students! openprocessing.org/@golan/2760298 editor.p5js.org/golan/sketch... cc @openprocessing.bsky.social
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MediaPipe_2026! - Golan Levin - OpenProcessing
Track face, hands, body pose, and body contour with the Google MediaPipe trackers. Uses MediaPipe v1.0.0 and p5.js v.2.3.2.
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Theo Watson @theowatson.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
Really enjoyed this from @emmanewman.bsky.social and @aptshadow.bsky.social where they dive into one of my favorite Gene Wolfe books. It’s definitely not a simple read but so rewarding and the final chapter of book 2 is probably one of my favorite Wolfe moments of all time. Great podcast!! Hooked
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kyndinfo @kyndinfo.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Multitrack visualization www.kynd.info/geom/multitr...
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Golan Levin @golan.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
I'm pleased to announce the release of a browser-based tool for viewing, reconstructing, and exporting 3D data from a GelSight Mini tactile sensor. This unusual $500 device connects like a regular webcam, but can be used as a depth-scanning microscope for surface texture: github.com/CreativeInqu...
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Derek Kın̈sman @derekkinsman.com · 05/08/2026
Went to the Cleveland Museum of Art and took a bunch of really bad photos of one of the really cool installations that @theowatson.bsky.social and his studio Design I/O worked on. It was super fun to play with. The other installation was down for maintenance. (I was in town for Earthquaker Day)
Random people playing with objects on a table.Not strangers playing with objects on a table. Those objects affect some art being projected on the wall above them. A close up of the table and the objects you can use to interact with.
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Theo Watson @theowatson.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
@nick-hardeman.bsky.social testing the limits of our pose matching installation at Cleveland Museum of Art
Person doing a handstand with a matching artwork
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ƀēꞥɉī @benjibleak.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
glitches created by opening apps and loading up my VRAM and having my OpenFrameworks app spit out what’s in the VRAM #glitch #glitchart #openframeworks #creativecode
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Adrian Tchaikovsky @aptshadow.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
Shadow of the Torturer all the way to Return to the Whorl. It's a really entertaining listen and a good way to visit or revisit the series.
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Adrian Tchaikovsky @aptshadow.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
If you fancy a re-read of Gene Wolfe's Solar Cycle (Book of the New Sun et al) or want to have a first read with some critical accompaniment, @alzabosoup.bsky.social podcast have just finished their commentary on the entire sequence from
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Julian Oliver @julian0liver.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
A new edition of Tunnel will run August 3-6. There are 2 seats left. Sign up if you'd like to learn system administration fundamentals while building up your own very private, sovereign, fast and diversely flexible VPN, running on geothermal energy in Iceland. courses.nikau.io/tunnel/
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Tunnel – Nīkau Courses
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Jessica Rosenkrantz @nervousjessica.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
Two of our sculptures are on display at the Hortus Arboretum for the next year. If you find yourself in the Hudson Valley, please stop by! #sciart
Dragonfly gyroid in white and gold aluminum at the Hortus Arboretum Cloud Flora. A larger silver flower with a mirrored ball reflecting the sky at its center
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Julian Oliver @julian0liver.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
Pleased to share a new (long) article providing guidance to help orgs help themselves move off big tech. It is based on many years experience helping organisations & groups do exactly that. courses.nikau.io/2026/07/03/m... Perhaps someone near you finds some of it useful. #sovereignty #bigtech
courses.nikau.io
Moving your org off big tech – Nīkau Courses
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Golan Levin @golan.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
Today I liberated the GameTrak (c.2004), an unusual 3D sensor featuring two XY joysticks with retractable tethers. It’s ~$20 on eBay and very expressive: 6 channels of 12-bit data at 75Hz. It now emits data for #Processing and #p5.js over OSC, MIDI, WebSocket, and stdout. github.com/CreativeInqu...
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kyndinfo @kyndinfo.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
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Joanie Lemercier @joanielemercier.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
Lit polyhedra Projection on drawing (2026)
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Theo Watson @theowatson.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
absolutely loving these newly released old tracks from @murloo.bsky.social So so good!!! djmurlo.bandcamp.com/album/2015-2...
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2015 - 2018 Dubs Vol 1, by Murlo
15 track album
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Theo Watson @theowatson.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
Congrats!! Very excited to check this out. 91% on Steam too!!
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kyndinfo @kyndinfo.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
Smoothing スムージング [Math short write-up] www.kynd.info/writing/smoo...
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Jessica Rosenkrantz @nervousjessica.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
Come visit Nervous System this weekend (today through Monday) and gaze into our newest sculpture, Cloud Flora n-e-r-v-o-u-s.com/blog/?p=10004
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Theo Watson @theowatson.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
Always enjoy a @laserpilot.bsky.social list / tool / case study
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Blair Neal @laserpilot.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
I have to do a lot of napkin math for interactive installations and just realized i could make a multitool for common things. Welcoming comments! laserpilot.github.io/interactive-... -Monitor placement, LED simulation, projector, sensor, speaker positioning
laserpilot.github.io
Interactive Installation Multitool
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Jessica Rosenkrantz @nervousjessica.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
Our exhibit titled “Code, Light and Form” features work by Fred Kahl, Sophi Kravitz, Ward Fleming, Sage Jenson, and nervous system n-e-r-v-o-u-s.com/blog/?p=10004
Work by Sage Jenson combining physarum and boids displayed rear projected on mylarA child interacts with a giant Pin screen by Ward FlemingFred’s monumental glass sculpture was cast in CNC carved graphite moldsThe entrance to our property showing our signage and a nervous system sculpture in the background
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Theo Watson @theowatson.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
Whoa!! Absolutely beautiful @nervousjessica.bsky.social @nervousjesse.bsky.social NY and New England peeps go check out their open studio. I promise you won’t be disappointed!!
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kyndinfo @kyndinfo.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
Gift Wrapping ギフトラッピング [Math short write-up] www.kynd.info/writing/gift...
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Theo Watson @theowatson.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
These are tasty. 👌
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Dave Pagurek @davepagurek.com · 19/06/2026
Environment SDFs are based on angles, and are all automatically blurrable, so you can animate environment light in a way that would be too expensive to do with image based lighting.
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Dave Pagurek @davepagurek.com · 19/06/2026
I've been looking into a way to generate environments for lighting in p5 using strands shader code. That ended up turning into a little library called p5.env to help write some special SDFs that work for this purpose!
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Matt Hammill @matthammill.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
This is tomorrow! Still time to register here: luma.com/8nvmyatm
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Theo Watson @theowatson.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
Why stop at France. Linux is just a better experience all around at this point.
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Jessica Rosenkrantz @nervousjessica.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
We laser cut the parts for 1 of 5 petals yesterday. I’m really glad that we took a chance and backed this fiber laser on Kickstarter.
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Jessica Rosenkrantz @nervousjessica.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
We were invited to exhibit our work at Hortus Arboretum for a year for their Art in the Garden program! Opening is on July 4th in Stoneridge, NY #sciart
Rendering of a flower sculpture we are working on for the hortus show
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Golan Levin @golan.bsky.social · 06/06/2026
Fun reminder that my popup solo exhibition at the @bantamtools.bsky.social Machine Arts Gallery (Peekskill, NY) continues until June 12! I'm showing several different collections of #plotterArt works examining cells and organic form. Works are for sale online, too. bantamtools.com/collections/...
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FightinCowboy @fightincowboy.com · 03/06/2026
The folks behind the More Map Variations mod did a anniversary update and added freaking Bloodborne AND Sekiro bosses so modded Nightreign continues tonight! youtube.com/live/eO0khWZ...
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🔴Live - Elden Ring Nightreign - Modded Games /w Anniversary Update!
YouTube video by FightinCowboy
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Theo Watson @theowatson.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
Well deserved!! One of my favorites from last year. Read it alongside Butcher’s Crossing and wow did those two pair well together ( in quite a sad way ).
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kyndinfo @kyndinfo.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
Complex Mappings 複素数のマッピング [Math short write-up] www.notion.so/kyndinfo/Com...
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Golan Levin @golan.bsky.social · 24/05/2026
Plottimation — my free online software for making GIF #animation from #risograph or #plotterArt frame-sheets — is now in version 1.16 after extensive improvements! golanlevin.github.io/plottimation/
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Golan Levin @golan.bsky.social · 24/05/2026
#Opportunity alert! Bay Area creative research center StochasticLabs.org announces its next round of summer residencies in art, technology, and AI, on the theme of "Liveness + Agency": stochasticlabs.org/liveness-age... -- application deadline is May 31.
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Stamen Design @stamen.com · 22/05/2026
New work! "Mapping Boston’s Curbs: Designing a Public Interface for the City’s New Curb Lab" stamen.com/mapping-bost... #Boston #SmartCities #OpenSource #OpenData #Urbanism
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Mapping Boston's Curbs: Designing a Public Interface for the City's New Curb Lab | Stamen
Recently, we worked with the City of Boston’s Office of Emerging Technology to design a prototype curb regulation map, making it easier for Boston residents and visitors to find parking and understand...
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Golan Levin @golan.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
Friends! Join me this Thursday evening at the @bantamtools.bsky.social Machine Arts Gallery in Peekskill for a popup solo show of blobby #plotterArt and computational intaglio! bantamtools.com/pages/gallery 🤖🎨🦠
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