Writing
A mix of what I write here and pieces from Bitstream Media. Posts marked Bitstream open on the studio site.
NDI or Syphon? Pick by where the pixels are going
They look interchangeable in a feature list and are not remotely interchangeable in a rig. One never leaves the GPU; the other crosses a…
19 FEB 2026Read ↗
Kids’ birthday party gift etiquette: how much to spend and what to bring
The school-age party circuit is relentless. What to spend on kids’ birthday gifts, what to bring for a child you barely know, and how…
15 FEB 2026Read ↗
Reading a room: what audience energy looks like as a signal
Event people talk about a room’s energy as though it were a mood. If you are trying to measure it with a…
11 FEB 2026Read ↗
GiftGambit vs an Amazon wishlist: when a list stops being enough
An Amazon wishlist is free, universal-ish and already in your account. Here is exactly where it stops working for family gifting — and where…
11 FEB 2026Read ↗
You’ve Got the Content. Now What? The LED Wall Mapping Problem Nobody Talks About.
Nobody compliments the pixel mapping. They compliment the content, which only looked good because the mapping was right. Here is the problem, and what…
05 FEB 2026Read ↗
Great gifts on a tight budget: the January-was-expensive survival guide
Christmas cleaned you out and February birthdays don’t care. How to give genuinely good gifts on a small budget — without it looking like…
01 FEB 2026Read ↗
Audience participation ideas for conferences that aren’t a Q&A app
Most conference “interactivity” is a poll. Here are formats that ask something more of a room, roughly ordered by how much nerve…
28 JAN 2026Read ↗
How to get one window into Resolume on a Mac
Resolume will happily take your whole desktop, notifications and all. Getting it to take one window and nothing else is a different job. Here…
22 JAN 2026Read ↗
We’re building a game the whole audience plays at once
We have started building something odd: a game that cannot be played by one person. The idea came out of watching audience-participation…
14 JAN 2026Read ↗
Gift giving apps: the field in 2026, honestly compared
Elfster, Giftster, DrawNames, Amazon lists, the registries and us — what each is actually built for, who funds them, and which one fits your…
14 JAN 2026Read ↗