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What is Creative Coding?

Since 2014 I describe what I do as “Creative Coding” and I think it all started with the insight that […]

Being High on AI

Some time ago, an older friend of mine told me: “Tim, many years ago I used cocaine, once”. “How was […]

I don’t use Apple and Adobe anymore

Edit: Sarah Schröerlücke This video about my transition from proprietary software and hardware to Open Source software is one of […]

Teaching Creative Coding in Design – a Philosophy

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CodeCrafted

When I completed my bachelor’s degree in 2013, coding was considered a marginal topic. There was a dark spirit at […]

Is my Instagram profile shadowbanned?

I am asking myself: Is my Instagram channel possibly shadowbanned? Since I speak out more clearly against the cheeky, shady […]

Diogenes meets Demo Festival

Below is the written version of my talk at DEMO Festival in Amsterdam, January 2025. I’ve also recorded an audio […]

I am writing a Book

Hey you! I hope you are doing good. It’s crazy what times we live in, isn’t it? It feels it […]

Creative Coders against AI Colonialism

It is 2025, almost three years after the “AI shock”, when ChatGPT and Dalle2 suddenly captured humankind’s attention. From then […]

Demystify Technology

One of the guiding principles of my teaching and in the development of this platform is the phrase “Demystify Technology”. […]

Thinking Different – Using Linux in Design

“Think Different” If you are as old as me, you probably remember the iconic advertisement of Apple with the bold […]

A Call for Coding Designers

This is a call for coding designers. It aims to serve as a proposal and a provocation for creative work […]

Meandering Thoughts on “Low Technology”

Intro A few years ago, I received an old Macbook Air from 2011 as a gift from my mother. It […]

A reflection on Processing Community Day Copenhagen 2023

I’ve been travelling a lot in the last few months. Still, it was only during a short stay in Copenhagen […]

What Creative Coding can teach you beyond crafting visuals

Learning to code has had a bad reputation for ages. Many people have the impression that it’s all about acquiring […]

How I built myself a Digital Garden

It was a red hot day in July 2023 when I met Alex Muñoz for breakfast in the morning at […]

Demystify Technology – A kind of Manifesto

A Fortunate Look into the Spam Folder When I opened my email program on an ordinary workday in the morning […]

Early thoughts on Artificial Intelligence (2023)

Photo: Vyběr Socky What a ride! I’m sitting in the room of a luxury hotel in Prague, once again packing […]