Cameron Yick
@hydrosquall.bsky.social
data vis & diagrams. co-organize @DatavizNYC + software @datadoghq . visual exaptation | creative (en)coding
The video of Ben's talk is now available! www.youtube.com/watch?v=P4TS...
Ben Garvey on Lineage 3.0
YouTube video by Naomi Robbins
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May 7, 2025 at 1:59 AM
The video of Ben's talk is now available! www.youtube.com/watch?v=P4TS...
It's not well known, but it's so useful: you can have excalidraw data embedded directly in PNG so you don't need separate JSON and PNG from exports whe in VSCode. This way Github previews the file in browser, and it's still editable. See @pomdtr.me 's PR github.com/excalidraw/e... for more info
Support embedded scene in png · Issue #10 · excalidraw/excalidraw-vscode
I believe the workflow with the plugin currently requires having a separate excalidraw file per exported png. Would it be possible to take advantage of excalidraw's embedded schene in png feature?
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January 17, 2025 at 3:44 AM
It's not well known, but it's so useful: you can have excalidraw data embedded directly in PNG so you don't need separate JSON and PNG from exports whe in VSCode. This way Github previews the file in browser, and it's still editable. See @pomdtr.me 's PR github.com/excalidraw/e... for more info
I liked this collection + the prompt to watch for more “primary sources”, thanks for starting this.
I’ll nominate @natbat.bsky.social‘s writeup on Lanyrd, covering the story from the spark to YC to exit (plus details on collabing with @simonwillison.net ). blog.natbat.net/post/6165840...
I’ll nominate @natbat.bsky.social‘s writeup on Lanyrd, covering the story from the spark to YC to exit (plus details on collabing with @simonwillison.net ). blog.natbat.net/post/6165840...
Lanyrd: from idea to exit - the story of our...
Natalie launched the first version of Lanyrd.com with her co-founder and husband Simon Willison, while on honeymoon in Casablanca. As the site took off, they realised their side project was destined to become something much bigger.
blog.natbat.net
December 22, 2024 at 5:01 PM
I liked this collection + the prompt to watch for more “primary sources”, thanks for starting this.
I’ll nominate @natbat.bsky.social‘s writeup on Lanyrd, covering the story from the spark to YC to exit (plus details on collabing with @simonwillison.net ). blog.natbat.net/post/6165840...
I’ll nominate @natbat.bsky.social‘s writeup on Lanyrd, covering the story from the spark to YC to exit (plus details on collabing with @simonwillison.net ). blog.natbat.net/post/6165840...
Reposted by Cameron Yick
Programming Historian is an amazing resource w/100+ lessons (in English version) covering code, data, map methods; labeled difficulty levels; written, peer-reviewed, edited by humanities scholars to accessibily walk you through new ways to approach your research: programminghistorian.org/en/lessons/
December 7, 2024 at 1:10 PM
Programming Historian is an amazing resource w/100+ lessons (in English version) covering code, data, map methods; labeled difficulty levels; written, peer-reviewed, edited by humanities scholars to accessibily walk you through new ways to approach your research: programminghistorian.org/en/lessons/
I’m reflecting on how games promote intuition even outside the gameframe, and encourage safe and curiosity-driven risk-taking (a cornerstone of experimentation) after learning of Jeanette Wing’s paper at #NYCsoData #opendataweek www.cs.cmu.edu/~15110-s13/W...
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March 24, 2024 at 4:43 PM
I’m reflecting on how games promote intuition even outside the gameframe, and encourage safe and curiosity-driven risk-taking (a cornerstone of experimentation) after learning of Jeanette Wing’s paper at #NYCsoData #opendataweek www.cs.cmu.edu/~15110-s13/W...