Writing
A mix of what I write here and pieces from Bitstream Media. Posts marked Bitstream open on the studio site.
Projection mapping on a Mac, from an empty room
Most mapping tutorials start with content. Start with the surface instead, and the content problem gets much smaller.
02 APR 2026Read ↗
Wedding gift etiquette: registries, cash, and the group gift question
How much to give for a wedding, whether cash is acceptable, how registries really work, and when a group gift is the smartest move.…
01 APR 2026Read ↗
Movement vs posture: two ways to read a crowd
We ended up with two detection modes rather than one, because a still crowd and a moving crowd are genuinely different measurement…
25 MAR 2026Read ↗
The permission prompt that stops your show
Capture worked in rehearsal and shows black at doors. Nine times in ten it is one row in a privacy database, and it broke…
19 MAR 2026Read ↗
Easter gifting beyond the chocolate mountain: a big-family coordination guide
When four aunties all bring eggs, the sugar mountain wins. How big families coordinate Easter gifts for kids — chocolate caps, basket themes and…
15 MAR 2026Read ↗
What we learned pointing a webcam at forty people
First real test: a webcam, a laptop, and about forty people who had been told nothing beforehand. Here is what broke. They…
11 MAR 2026Read ↗
We Started Building Tools for Ourselves. Now We Want to Share Them.
Every one of these tools started as a workaround for something that annoyed us on a show. Then the workarounds got good enough to…
05 MAR 2026Read ↗
GiftGambit registries vs Zola, The Knot and Babylist
The big registries are free to the couple because shops pay them. Here is what that trade actually costs, and when paying $39 instead…
04 MAR 2026Read ↗
The gift cupboard: why organised families keep a present stash
A small stash of pre-bought gifts turns forgotten birthdays and surprise invitations from emergencies into non-events. How to build and run a gift cupboard.
01 MAR 2026Read ↗
Camera or microphone? Choosing a sensor for crowd input
If you want a room to control something without anybody installing anything, you have two sensors available. They are good at different…
25 FEB 2026Read ↗