Usefulness of
Uselessness
Experimentation & Process
WebDevCon, April 2016 | Brad Bouse | @bradbouse
Hi.
I'm @bradbouse
Make
Something
Useless
As Developers
We're driven to
make Something
Useful
Efficiency &
Utility
One
Question
How
long will
it take?
I have no
idea
I have no
f***ing
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.
Useful system
for making something
Useless
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.
Commissioned
Project
Meetings
Budget
Meetings
Proposals
Phone calls
Feedback
Schedules
How
long will
it take?
Sinking feeling.
Now we had a
deadline
We had to make
something
Useful
And it was just...
OK
This project was hard.
Deadline
Paralyzed me
webRTC
particles
webGL
Pixelshaders
LEAP
webcam
canvas
frame buffers
pipelines
gestures
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!