Tag: demoscene

Present

Small Experiences

Post author By David
Post date August 16, 2010

Entry #292

Creating a rich experience, with as little code as possible, is challenging. But the results can be marvels of creative programming. Remember, when back in 1996, using just 12k of code, Red Sky created HP Pong — the first interactive banner ad. There are two contests currently running to find the best small-sized web applications. […]

Tags banner ad, challenge, contest, demo, demoscene, open standards, pong

Past Present

Demos, Hacks, Robots and OK Computer

Post author By David
Post date May 20, 2010

Sex'n'Crime #14, one of the first disk magazines (Commodore 64,1990)

Over the past couple days, everywhere I turn it seems I’m finding stuff that has, for me, a nostalgic feel. So here’s my digital ramble… It first started with a series of posts (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6) at Rhizome on the demoscene. (Demos are computer-based audio-visual presentations that run in real-time with […]

Tags demos, demoscene, events, hacking, Los Angeles, programming