Theo Watson
@theowatson.bsky.social
Interactive installation artist.
Co-founder of Design I/O (2020 National Design Award winner).
Co-founder of open source toolkit: openFrameworks.
https://design-io.com || https://openframeworks.cc
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We just shipped a desktop version of Rowboat that runs fully offline: rowboat.net
It's silly fast, the app loads almost instantly, and you can plunk a multiple gigabyte dataset into it and it just starts spilling out answers.
Lots more in the pipeline; try it out and send us your feedback!
It's silly fast, the app loads almost instantly, and you can plunk a multiple gigabyte dataset into it and it just starts spilling out answers.
Lots more in the pipeline; try it out and send us your feedback!
We just launched a desktop version of Rowboat!
* Open much larger files (offline!)
* Own Desktop as a one-time purchase.
* Use a double-clickable app that’s even faster than the web version.
Browser or desktop, your data never leaves your machine.
Read more: www.fathom.info/notebook/251...
* Open much larger files (offline!)
* Own Desktop as a one-time purchase.
* Use a double-clickable app that’s even faster than the web version.
Browser or desktop, your data never leaves your machine.
Read more: www.fathom.info/notebook/251...
November 11, 2025 at 1:01 PM
We just shipped a desktop version of Rowboat that runs fully offline: rowboat.net
It's silly fast, the app loads almost instantly, and you can plunk a multiple gigabyte dataset into it and it just starts spilling out answers.
Lots more in the pipeline; try it out and send us your feedback!
It's silly fast, the app loads almost instantly, and you can plunk a multiple gigabyte dataset into it and it just starts spilling out answers.
Lots more in the pipeline; try it out and send us your feedback!
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All new Island release v.0.15.1 adds a new platform (and CPU architecture): Raspberry Pi5 (arm64). Hot-reloading and callback forwarding works (wrote some arm assembly for that)!
I've added special README #Vulkan 1.3 on RPi5: github.com/tgfrerer/isl...
I've added special README #Vulkan 1.3 on RPi5: github.com/tgfrerer/isl...
November 7, 2025 at 9:26 AM
All new Island release v.0.15.1 adds a new platform (and CPU architecture): Raspberry Pi5 (arm64). Hot-reloading and callback forwarding works (wrote some arm assembly for that)!
I've added special README #Vulkan 1.3 on RPi5: github.com/tgfrerer/isl...
I've added special README #Vulkan 1.3 on RPi5: github.com/tgfrerer/isl...
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Just Released: Version 0.15 of the Vulkan hot-reloading Island renderer -- Highlights: GPU accelerated 2D curves, interactive rendergraph visualizer, support for Slang shading language; + a new target platform: Raspberry Pi 5...
github.com/tgfrerer/isl...
#slang #shading #rendering #gpu #vulkan
github.com/tgfrerer/isl...
#slang #shading #rendering #gpu #vulkan
Release v0.15.1-gpu_2d-rendergraph_visualizer · tgfrerer/island
This release brings a GPU-accelerated 2D rendering context, improved modularity in build scripts, support for Raspberry Pi 5, an interactive rendergraph visualizer, and support for a new shader lan...
github.com
November 6, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Just Released: Version 0.15 of the Vulkan hot-reloading Island renderer -- Highlights: GPU accelerated 2D curves, interactive rendergraph visualizer, support for Slang shading language; + a new target platform: Raspberry Pi 5...
github.com/tgfrerer/isl...
#slang #shading #rendering #gpu #vulkan
github.com/tgfrerer/isl...
#slang #shading #rendering #gpu #vulkan
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Very honored to win a special jury prize for the Tokyo 2025 Digital Ehon Award, for our sustainability focused project Connections Wall.
www.digitalehonaward.net/en/sakuhin/n...
www.digitalehonaward.net/en/sakuhin/n...
November 4, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Very honored to win a special jury prize for the Tokyo 2025 Digital Ehon Award, for our sustainability focused project Connections Wall.
www.digitalehonaward.net/en/sakuhin/n...
www.digitalehonaward.net/en/sakuhin/n...
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Really enjoyed talking with @geoffreybunting.bsky.social about the OpenKinect project. Can’t believe it’s been 15 years since we got the Kinect open sourced. Was a ton of fun at the time and it totally changed our project workflow. Going to have to dig up some old screenshots.
Happy birthday to the Microsoft Kinect, a device I dearly hope to never write about again. For @theverge.com, I recounted the history of its hacking and the echoes of an older, now unreachable, internet that resound in its story. Also, AI, because… 2025.
How a bunch of hackers freed the Kinect from the Xbox
November 4, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Really enjoyed talking with @geoffreybunting.bsky.social about the OpenKinect project. Can’t believe it’s been 15 years since we got the Kinect open sourced. Was a ton of fun at the time and it totally changed our project workflow. Going to have to dig up some old screenshots.
Absolutely loving Viriconium by M. John Harrison. Some of the quotes are just so good.
“To recall the momentous events of your life, he went on, is to pull up nettles with the flowers.”
www.goodreads.com/book/show/30...
#books
“To recall the momentous events of your life, he went on, is to pull up nettles with the flowers.”
www.goodreads.com/book/show/30...
#books
Viriconium (Viriconium, #1-4)
This landmark collection gathers four groundbreaking fa…
www.goodreads.com
October 29, 2025 at 11:52 PM
Absolutely loving Viriconium by M. John Harrison. Some of the quotes are just so good.
“To recall the momentous events of your life, he went on, is to pull up nettles with the flowers.”
www.goodreads.com/book/show/30...
#books
“To recall the momentous events of your life, he went on, is to pull up nettles with the flowers.”
www.goodreads.com/book/show/30...
#books
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Pumped to check this out.
Congrats @patricio.io 👏👏👏
Congrats @patricio.io 👏👏👏
Very excited to finally share openly what I have been working on, Project Graph. Adobe's newest app we started with a handful of talented individuals last year. I'm so proud of the team and what we are building.
October 29, 2025 at 1:55 AM
Pumped to check this out.
Congrats @patricio.io 👏👏👏
Congrats @patricio.io 👏👏👏
DJ’d a Halloween party. First DJ set in a long time but so much fun. Lots of Fred Again, Barry Can’t Swim, Jamie XX and a little Italo Disco thrown in for good measure.
October 28, 2025 at 4:00 PM
DJ’d a Halloween party. First DJ set in a long time but so much fun. Lots of Fred Again, Barry Can’t Swim, Jamie XX and a little Italo Disco thrown in for good measure.
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No Quarter is back!
On Saturday November 22nd No Quarter will be returning for its 2025 edition!
No Quarter is an annual playable exhibition where four newly commissioned works from outstanding artists working across games are debuted. Tickets here noquarter2025.eventbrite.com
On Saturday November 22nd No Quarter will be returning for its 2025 edition!
No Quarter is an annual playable exhibition where four newly commissioned works from outstanding artists working across games are debuted. Tickets here noquarter2025.eventbrite.com
October 28, 2025 at 3:09 PM
No Quarter is back!
On Saturday November 22nd No Quarter will be returning for its 2025 edition!
No Quarter is an annual playable exhibition where four newly commissioned works from outstanding artists working across games are debuted. Tickets here noquarter2025.eventbrite.com
On Saturday November 22nd No Quarter will be returning for its 2025 edition!
No Quarter is an annual playable exhibition where four newly commissioned works from outstanding artists working across games are debuted. Tickets here noquarter2025.eventbrite.com
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October 10, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Wondering if a “Praise the Sun” Halloween costume would be too obscure. #darksouls
Backup plan is Sir Robin the Brave.
Backup plan is Sir Robin the Brave.
October 10, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Wondering if a “Praise the Sun” Halloween costume would be too obscure. #darksouls
Backup plan is Sir Robin the Brave.
Backup plan is Sir Robin the Brave.
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Relieved to read that MIT has rejected the “Compact for Higher Education” proposed by the Trump administration
orgchart.mit.edu/letters/rega...
“The document includes principles with which we disagree, including those that would restrict freedom of expression & our independence as an institution.”
orgchart.mit.edu/letters/rega...
“The document includes principles with which we disagree, including those that would restrict freedom of expression & our independence as an institution.”
Regarding the Compact | MIT Organization Chart
orgchart.mit.edu
October 10, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Relieved to read that MIT has rejected the “Compact for Higher Education” proposed by the Trump administration
orgchart.mit.edu/letters/rega...
“The document includes principles with which we disagree, including those that would restrict freedom of expression & our independence as an institution.”
orgchart.mit.edu/letters/rega...
“The document includes principles with which we disagree, including those that would restrict freedom of expression & our independence as an institution.”
Super proud!!
( that’s my sister 🤘 )
( that’s my sister 🤘 )
New Brian Eno & Beatie Wolfe album is pure ambient heaven (the first two in the collaboration, Luminal, and Lateral, are also stellar). brianeno.lnk.to/Liminal
Brian Eno, Beatie Wolfe - Liminal
Listen to Liminal by Brian Eno, Beatie Wolfe.
brianeno.lnk.to
October 10, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Super proud!!
( that’s my sister 🤘 )
( that’s my sister 🤘 )
We have finally released our new puzzle, the Flummoxagon! We've done more tweaking and playtesting on this than any other puzzle, and I think we've managed to make a unique and addictive game. It's turned into something completely different from our original idea
n-e-r-v-o-u-s.com/blog/?p=9827
n-e-r-v-o-u-s.com/blog/?p=9827
Meet the Flummoxagon
We’re excited to announce Flummoxagon, a new geometric puzzle game that might just leave you flummoxed. Imagine a mash-up of Pentominoes and Sudoku. Your goal is to fit all the pieces into the hexa…
n-e-r-v-o-u-s.com
October 8, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Made my a good friend of mine. Check it out!!
hey BlueSky! we're PhotoDare – photo sharing you'll flip for
It's anti-curated: it shuffles your camera roll to help you rediscover forgotten life moments. People say "I could scroll forever", "perfect ice breaker", "more personal than IG"
real life > social media life
photodare.ca #photodare
It's anti-curated: it shuffles your camera roll to help you rediscover forgotten life moments. People say "I could scroll forever", "perfect ice breaker", "more personal than IG"
real life > social media life
photodare.ca #photodare
October 6, 2025 at 3:11 AM
Made my a good friend of mine. Check it out!!
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Making some videos again. youtu.be/qhs-xppFRgE
Coming soon!
YouTube video by The Coding Train
youtu.be
October 5, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Making some videos again. youtu.be/qhs-xppFRgE
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i’m on day 19 of 50 days in the south pacific, helping upgrade power and internet for two traditional voyaging organizations—and trying to capture a rare flash of light called “te lapa”. i’m posting daily on instagram instagram.com/kcimc
October 6, 2025 at 12:30 AM
i’m on day 19 of 50 days in the south pacific, helping upgrade power and internet for two traditional voyaging organizations—and trying to capture a rare flash of light called “te lapa”. i’m posting daily on instagram instagram.com/kcimc
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Found a forgotten piece from late 2022 buried in my Gdrive. PLUS ANGEL is a collaboration with Angus Andrew. It's a study in drift, sound, and fracture. Now it finally has a home on my site.
makeitdoathing.com/plus-angel
makeitdoathing.com/plus-angel
October 4, 2025 at 12:52 AM
Found a forgotten piece from late 2022 buried in my Gdrive. PLUS ANGEL is a collaboration with Angus Andrew. It's a study in drift, sound, and fracture. Now it finally has a home on my site.
makeitdoathing.com/plus-angel
makeitdoathing.com/plus-angel
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I had the pleasure of speaking with @tega.bsky.social + @lav.io about their new exhibition — which engages with surveillance, data infrastructures, and climate — at @pioneerwork.bsky.social!
Climate Hacks | Broadcast
Tega Brain and Sam Lavigne’s pirate solutions to climate change.
pioneerworks.org
September 22, 2025 at 4:12 PM
I had the pleasure of speaking with @tega.bsky.social + @lav.io about their new exhibition — which engages with surveillance, data infrastructures, and climate — at @pioneerwork.bsky.social!
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Oh the King finally woke up
September 21, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Oh the King finally woke up
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I've written more on Rendergraphs and how Island does this in a blog a little while ago: poniesandlight.co.uk/reflect/isla...
Rendergraphs and how to implement one
How the Island Renderer works at its core
poniesandlight.co.uk
September 19, 2025 at 2:16 PM
I've written more on Rendergraphs and how Island does this in a blog a little while ago: poniesandlight.co.uk/reflect/isla...
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𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐓𝐞𝐜𝐡𝐧𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐲 𝐃𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐠𝐧 𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐯𝐞
10/11 – 12/6, 2025 • Online
Our popular course with award-winning critical designer, researcher, and artist Caroline Sinders returns!
Apply by October 1
➡️grayarea.org/course/responsible-technology-design-intensive-2025
10/11 – 12/6, 2025 • Online
Our popular course with award-winning critical designer, researcher, and artist Caroline Sinders returns!
Apply by October 1
➡️grayarea.org/course/responsible-technology-design-intensive-2025
September 18, 2025 at 12:59 AM
𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐓𝐞𝐜𝐡𝐧𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐲 𝐃𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐠𝐧 𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐯𝐞
10/11 – 12/6, 2025 • Online
Our popular course with award-winning critical designer, researcher, and artist Caroline Sinders returns!
Apply by October 1
➡️grayarea.org/course/responsible-technology-design-intensive-2025
10/11 – 12/6, 2025 • Online
Our popular course with award-winning critical designer, researcher, and artist Caroline Sinders returns!
Apply by October 1
➡️grayarea.org/course/responsible-technology-design-intensive-2025
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Dust off your organization skills, because Unpacking and A Little to the Left by @maxinfernogames.bsky.social are now available in a bundle together on Steam! 📦 🧩
If you haven't played A Little to the Left, we heartily recommend it—it's a real delight!
store.steampowered.com/bundle/58260...
If you haven't played A Little to the Left, we heartily recommend it—it's a real delight!
store.steampowered.com/bundle/58260...
September 12, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Dust off your organization skills, because Unpacking and A Little to the Left by @maxinfernogames.bsky.social are now available in a bundle together on Steam! 📦 🧩
If you haven't played A Little to the Left, we heartily recommend it—it's a real delight!
store.steampowered.com/bundle/58260...
If you haven't played A Little to the Left, we heartily recommend it—it's a real delight!
store.steampowered.com/bundle/58260...