Usefulness of
Uselessness
Experimentation & Process
JSConf EU, September 2014
Hi.
I'm @bradbouse
Make
Something
Useless
One
Question
How
long will
it take?
I have no
idea
I have no
fucking
idea
Go
Away
Don't get
Fired
Time
constrains everything
Backlog
Tickets
Meetings
estimates
Emails
Scrum
specs
planning poker
Throughput
Play
With
Code
Creative
Coding
Don't be
Afraid
The Gap
Practice
Inspiration is
for amateurs.
the rest of us
just show up
and get to
work.
Chuck Close
process
is Your safety net
When doubt kicks in.
Great ideas
Are hidden
Adjacent Possible | Stuart Kauffman
Process &
Exploration
You can get to interesting places.
I'm not an artist
But I married one
Even worse, she's a poet.
Meetings
Budget
Meetings
Proposals
Meetings
Feedback
How
long will
it take?
Sinking feeling.
Now we had a
deadline
This project was hard.
Deadline
Paralyzed me
webRTC
particles
webGL
LEAP
Pixelshaders
webcam
three.js
frame buffers
pipelines
gestures
canvas
gulp
@glitchbooth
Your
Turn
Blank Pages Are
Blockers
Rules help you get started.
Haiku
5-7-5
Bots
Rules for
making text
Using tools you already know
The idea
becomes
a machine
that makes
the art.
Sol LeWitt
SolvingSol.com
Fork and submit a solution.
conditionaldesign.org
We solve
problems
for a living
Technology will change, strategies will not.
Let's Get
Started
Show me what you make!