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Notes on HCI, new interfaces, local machine learning, Apple-platform development, software tooling, and prototyping systems.

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46 from 23 May 2016 to 6 Jul 2026
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2026 4

  1. Building StitchAI: From Prompt to Graph
  2. Bringing AR to Stitch
  3. Building a 3D System Inside Stitch
  4. Computer Vision Nodes in Stitch

2025 3

  1. Building Chroma for Swift
  2. String Obfuscation in Swift Apps
  3. TiktokenSwift

2024 3

  1. Working with Transformation Matrices in Swift
  2. Working with the Opus Audio Codec in Swift
  3. Freelancing Tactics

2023 6

  1. Designing for AI Notes
  2. Keeping Time in San Francisco
  3. Thoughts on AI Hardware
  4. The Coming of Local LLMs
  5. LLM Powered Assistants for Complex Interfaces
  6. Angel Investing Notes

2022 6

  1. Notes from Functional Swift
  2. Affine Transforms in iOS for Fun and Profit - Guest Post
  3. Not Everything is an OS!
  4. Push Notifications and The Tyranny of Stolen Attention
  5. Distributing Frameworks via CocoaPods
  6. The Causes of Latency in Computing Systems, and Why Exactly It Frustrates Us

2021 7

  1. Working with Server-Sent Events in Swift
  2. A Personal History of Visual Programming Environments
  3. Re-Visiting Old Work - SOLI Sketches
  4. Some Thoughts on Interfaces
  5. Memo - Roboflow
  6. Some Resources For Learning About HCI
  7. Video Tools and Interfaces: Perspectives From Adobe Research

2020 4

  1. Thoughts on Projects Never Finished
  2. Objective-C Review for Swift Developers
  3. Why Writing Should be Part of Your Team's Development Culture
  4. Project Soli & the Coming Use of Radar in Human-Machine Interfaces

2019 3

  1. Classification of Sound Files on iOS with the SoundAnalysis Framework and ESC-10 CoreML Model
  2. Machine Learning Development on Apple Platforms
  3. Things a First Time PM Should Know About iOS Development

2017 8

  1. Machine-Learning Powered Gesture Recognition on iOS
  2. Jazz, Gestures, and Open-Source - Why & How I Learned to Code
  3. Integrating Arduino-Bluetooth Sensors with iOS
  4. Integrating the GRT into an iPhone Project
  5. Real-Time Data Teceiving and Rendering in Processing
  6. Touché, and Water as an Interface
  7. Talking to Plants: Touché Experiments
  8. Tools for Machine Learning and Sensor Inputs for Gesture Recognition

2016 2

  1. EYEO 2016: Observations on Toolmaking
  2. Participating in the SOLI Alpha Developer Program