Creating

Creating animation process toolset with generative AI

I developed a process for creating animations, using Claude 3.7 to code the tools. It worked well, but now I’ve thought of a better way to do it.

My animation process toolset: grouped layer PSD export

Ok so I got the first element of my toolset — the mouse movement recorder — working pretty much exactly as I wanted it yesterday. There are a few more features I could add…

My animation process toolset: the JSON configuration file

I have created a Python script to write a JSON file containing the basic config details of the animation.

Keeping a link blog

Keeping a link blog to make better use of my article reading and online video watching time

Vibe-coded fractal trees with threejs

My son and I created a little application to generate fractal trees. It was great fun and educational too.

Animation of sparks on the back of my childhood fireplace

I created an animation of sparks on the back of my childhood fireplace

Maintaining websites with Bear App and Quarto

Making this website enjoyable and fun to edit has been the single most important change I ever have made to my productivity processes.

Demo videos with OBS Studio

How I am creating the videos for this website

A process to semi-automate research using few-shot classification and GPT-4 summation

I spend several weeks or sometimes months researching new topics. In this post I start to create a method to do this more efficiently, but whilst doing so I realise the…

Creating a bespoke personal exercise tracking application with D3 and Python

I created a bespoke personal exercise tracker!

Creating presentations with markdown and generative AI

Creating presentations in Markdown means that it’s easy to use generative AI to modify them

Pixel perfect layouts for HDTV resolution slides

After much experimentation I discovered these to be the perfect size for my grid:

The perfect presentation recording

I have been doing regular presentations in my meetup groups for over ten years. I also do presentations for clients. It would be good to have a record of them. I have tried…

Creating slides with D3

I create a lot of presentations, and have been doing so for years. Over time, I have refined my methods for creating them. Currently I write the presentation in a single…

Choosing core tools to create charts and diagrams

D3 is a powerful tool for creating bespoke charts and diagrams, with a steep learning curve.

Bear helper

Bear Helper, an easy-to-customize macOS menubar helper for the Bear app, written in Python

Creating a website with Bear app

Creating a website with the Bear App is wonderfully simple

My Personal Knowledge Management system

How I keep notes and choosing the right tool