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Ben Fry
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Founder @FathomInfo, co-founder processing.org, lecturer @MIT Please join me at bsky.app/profile/benfry… or information.garden/@benfry
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    Ben Fry
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    Nov 18, 2024
    It's (long past) time to leave this place! I hope you'll join me on Mastodon: information.garden/@benfry or Bluesky: bsky.app/profile/benfry…
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    Ben Fry
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    Oct 4, 2023
    I have made the extremely difficult decision to resign from the Processing Foundation. I am absolutely heartbroken, and have not slept well for months.
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    Ben Fry
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    Aug 9, 2021
    The very first release of Processing (revision 0001) was created exactly 20 years ago today. 🎂 Today we're launching 4.0 beta 1, the 277th release: github.com/processing/pro… In the coming days, we'll also have a new site, a new PDE design, and Community Day events! #processing4
    Release Processing 4.0 beta 1 · processing/processing4
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    Ben Fry
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    Jan 22, 2021
    Finishing a celebratory week, today was my final round of immunotherapy, concluding 3½ years of cancer treatment Friends helped a lot & my bride deserves far more than a just-bought pair of earrings Here's to one more thing that's hopefully less…interesting the next few years
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    Ben Fry
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    Jun 15, 2021
    🚨 🚀 A new Processing release! 🎁 🚢 Here's 4.0 alpha 4, with lots of stability fixes and improvements: github.com/processing/pro… Recommended for most users (even though it's an alpha), especially those on macOS. Have fun!
    Release Processing 4.0 alpha 4 · processing/processing4
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    Ben Fry
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    Dec 19, 2018
    Every cover of The New Yorker, from 1925 to 2018. The horizontal line/artifact comes from the way that they re-run their first cover (and more recently, a variant of it) each year on their anniversary. Much better up close: nfry.be/newyorker/thir…
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    Ben Fry
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    Mar 22, 2022
    A business card sized CD with an alpha release of Processing from 2002… I think this might be exactly 20 years old today/this week.
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    Ben Fry
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    Nov 20, 2019
    What does Wikipedia look like? We've built an interactive map for exploring its topography: laniakea.fathom.info
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    Ben Fry
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    Sep 16, 2020
    Just posted a second alpha release of Processing 4. 🤖 Would have been out a month ago but 1) Apple's ever-changing rules for signing and notarization are… something, and 2) we're in the midst of a pandemic. But uh, enjoy! 🥳
    Release Processing 4.0 alpha 2 · processing/processing4
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    Ben Fry
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    Feb 29, 2020
    Been porting parts of Processing to Swift so I can make native things for watchOS and iOS… Just got these watch faces from Paul up and running 😍 (it's two dozen faces, cycling every couple seconds for debugging purposes)
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    Ben Fry
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    Jul 20, 2017
    “Inexperienced” creators bring talents from domains where they *are* experienced, which is how interesting things happen & progress is made.
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    Ben Fry
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    Jan 24, 2022
    Processing 4 beta 4 has arrived 🤖 🪟 Scaling problems on Windows are resolved! 💻 Crazy fast Apple Silicon release (no OpenGL yet!) 🥧 Raspberry Pi is back (32- and 64-bit) 👾 Fixes for a few OpenGL regressions in beta 3 🎨 And even… a few new icons github.com/processing/pro…
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    Ben Fry
    @ben_fry
    Jul 16, 2018
    We just finished a tool for exploring the Facebook ads purchased by Russia to influence the 2016 election. It shows how they effectively played multiple sides of inflammatory issues, using identical terms in opposite ways to stoke anger and mistrust:
    fakebook
    From fathom.info
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    Ben Fry
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    Nov 20, 2020
    That’s... not how last names work

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