Archive - Andrew’s Newsletter

Nov 22, 2022 •

Generative art can seem like a new, flashy art form. But within the space of computers, it's been around for a while. The first works of computer…

Nov 1, 2022 •

September 2022

The real benefits of programming

The greatest benefits of programming computers come not from the products made or the renumeration received, but who you become as a result of…

Sep 14, 2022 •

July 2022

Not too comfortable

There's no feeling like when you first sit down on a train or plane after boarding. You've rushed and stressed to get to this point. Now, your job is…

Jul 1, 2022 •

May 2022

Learning from rap lyrics

Let's talk about rap.

May 13, 2022 •

March 2022

What's missing in photos of presidents

Look at a photo of a president from the past couple decades working in their office. They're as pressured by technology as we are. Probably more so…

Mar 24, 2022 •

Getting my creative coding sketches printed and framed taught me the difference between doing things on the screen versus off of it. It goes like this…

Mar 5, 2022 •

February 2022

The sidewalk isn't straight

You don’t walk on the sidewalk.

Feb 11, 2022 •

January 2022

Software and life

After years of working as a software developer, I've noticed some similarities about how to make software that carry over outside the realm of ones and…

Jan 29, 2022 •

Sketch code on Github

I put the code for some of my sketches on Github. Hopefully they'll be of interest to someone interested in creative coding. Reading other people's…

Jan 13, 2022 •

December 2021

What I missed about deep work

Deep Work is one of the top five books I've read in the do-this-actionable-impact genre. I've revisited that book and read one of Newport's more recent…

Dec 30, 2021 •

A sketch of a church in Maipú

This creative coding sketch is my favorite out of the ones I've made.

Dec 20, 2021 •

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