grant
@grantcuster.com
Slowly going out on a limb. Making experimental creative tools on the web at http://constraint.systems. He/him. grantcuster.com
Thinking about tabletop frame and file mechanics:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=dqoa...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=dqoa...
Tabletop: frame and file mechanics
YouTube video by Grant Custer
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September 18, 2026 at 1:58 PM
Thinking about tabletop frame and file mechanics:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=dqoa...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=dqoa...
I can post a blue sky from the tabletop now using a frame.
September 16, 2026 at 8:19 PM
I can post a blue sky from the tabletop now using a frame.
Enjoyed this history of Zoomable User Interfaces/Infinite Canvases from Interface Studies.
It suggests success of Figma versus earlier system interfaces is that the user populates the space themselves (vs the system determining the layout. Better for orienting.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=OESX...
It suggests success of Figma versus earlier system interfaces is that the user populates the space themselves (vs the system determining the layout. Better for orienting.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=OESX...
The Curious Case of Zoomable User Interfaces and AI
YouTube video by Interface Studies
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September 15, 2026 at 9:04 PM
Enjoyed this history of Zoomable User Interfaces/Infinite Canvases from Interface Studies.
It suggests success of Figma versus earlier system interfaces is that the user populates the space themselves (vs the system determining the layout. Better for orienting.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=OESX...
It suggests success of Figma versus earlier system interfaces is that the user populates the space themselves (vs the system determining the layout. Better for orienting.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=OESX...
Enjoyed the Folk.computer and Interface Studies conversation!
- rationale for focusing on object (vs gesture) tracking was interesting
- liked the comment about the difference between being focused on physical space vs being pulled into virtual space
www.youtube.com/watch?v=uXHH...
- rationale for focusing on object (vs gesture) tracking was interesting
- liked the comment about the difference between being focused on physical space vs being pulled into virtual space
www.youtube.com/watch?v=uXHH...
Conversations 01: Physical Computing with Omar Rizwan & Daniel Pipkin from Folk.computer
YouTube video by Interface Studies
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September 14, 2026 at 7:41 PM
Enjoyed the Folk.computer and Interface Studies conversation!
- rationale for focusing on object (vs gesture) tracking was interesting
- liked the comment about the difference between being focused on physical space vs being pulled into virtual space
www.youtube.com/watch?v=uXHH...
- rationale for focusing on object (vs gesture) tracking was interesting
- liked the comment about the difference between being focused on physical space vs being pulled into virtual space
www.youtube.com/watch?v=uXHH...
Wrote about an Eno quote from How Buildings Learn. Thinking about how the gradient of constraints in a space give you an entry point into its story.
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September 14, 2026 at 6:52 PM
Wrote about an Eno quote from How Buildings Learn. Thinking about how the gradient of constraints in a space give you an entry point into its story.
feed.grantcuster.com/post/2026-09...
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Experimenting with importing web pages and text files onto the canvas.
September 13, 2026 at 3:46 PM
Experimenting with importing web pages and text files onto the canvas.
Putting together frames and cards to preview and think through writing:
September 11, 2026 at 8:46 PM
Putting together frames and cards to preview and think through writing:
Catching up on videos/talks. I loved Patchwork-26 demos! Especially Orion's bidirectional projections, the spacetime video editor, and grjte's spatial computing setup.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=4UxG...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=4UxG...
Introducing Patchwork-26
YouTube video by Ink & Switch
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September 11, 2026 at 4:19 PM
Catching up on videos/talks. I loved Patchwork-26 demos! Especially Orion's bidirectional projections, the spacetime video editor, and grjte's spatial computing setup.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=4UxG...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=4UxG...
Thinking about the asteroids tabletop, which was somewhat inexplicably at my orthodontist's growing up. Two player screen would be fun - though I think most practical would be each user gets their own screen but you can toss things across between them.
September 10, 2026 at 2:55 PM
Thinking about the asteroids tabletop, which was somewhat inexplicably at my orthodontist's growing up. Two player screen would be fun - though I think most practical would be each user gets their own screen but you can toss things across between them.
Working through creation and deletion on the tabletop. Two-finger tap feels a little more reliable than double-tap, and paint-select feels great.
September 10, 2026 at 2:31 PM
Working through creation and deletion on the tabletop. Two-finger tap feels a little more reliable than double-tap, and paint-select feels great.
Input capture on the tabletop
September 9, 2026 at 4:03 PM
Input capture on the tabletop
I recorded a tabletop version of my digital tabletop talk:
Making a digital tabletop
YouTube video by Grant Custer
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September 7, 2026 at 4:00 PM
I recorded a tabletop version of my digital tabletop talk:
I’m in this group and first meet-up was fun! Consider joining if you’re in the area/like weird sci-fi.
Okay I'm making a signal group to organize the Brooklyn sci fi reading group!
Next book is seven surrenders by Ada Palmer, the sequel to too like the lightning. Meeting sep 30, 7pm @ forever brewing in gowanus.
DM me to join the group!
Next book is seven surrenders by Ada Palmer, the sequel to too like the lightning. Meeting sep 30, 7pm @ forever brewing in gowanus.
DM me to join the group!
September 6, 2026 at 7:35 PM
I’m in this group and first meet-up was fun! Consider joining if you’re in the area/like weird sci-fi.
Giving a talk on my tabletop setup at Brooklyn Web Workers tonight - tickets at pools.events/event/QZru62...
August 31, 2026 at 6:46 PM
Giving a talk on my tabletop setup at Brooklyn Web Workers tonight - tickets at pools.events/event/QZru62...
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Brooklyn Web Workers is one week away! Let's meet our fabulous speakers: pools.events/event/QZru62...
Mon, Aug 31 - Brooklyn Web Workers - August 2026 by Brooklyn Web Workers
Brooklyn Web Workers - August 2026 by Brooklyn Web Workers on Mon, Aug 31 at 7:00pm at Easy Lover, Brooklyn, NY. Get tickets and event details on Pools.
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August 24, 2026 at 4:25 PM
Brooklyn Web Workers is one week away! Let's meet our fabulous speakers: pools.events/event/QZru62...
I'm going to speak about my digital tabletop experiments at Brooklyn Web Workers at the end of the month!: pools.events/event/QZru62...
August 24, 2026 at 8:15 PM
I'm going to speak about my digital tabletop experiments at Brooklyn Web Workers at the end of the month!: pools.events/event/QZru62...
Re: Omarchy
I am happy to see Linux excitement. I do not support DHH.
If you want a 'malleable OS' of a kind I can recommend NixOS + Niri + Waybar. Claude Code or the like can then do most anything from you Nix config. (Still a setup learning curve I'm sure.)
I am happy to see Linux excitement. I do not support DHH.
If you want a 'malleable OS' of a kind I can recommend NixOS + Niri + Waybar. Claude Code or the like can then do most anything from you Nix config. (Still a setup learning curve I'm sure.)
August 24, 2026 at 8:10 PM
Re: Omarchy
I am happy to see Linux excitement. I do not support DHH.
If you want a 'malleable OS' of a kind I can recommend NixOS + Niri + Waybar. Claude Code or the like can then do most anything from you Nix config. (Still a setup learning curve I'm sure.)
I am happy to see Linux excitement. I do not support DHH.
If you want a 'malleable OS' of a kind I can recommend NixOS + Niri + Waybar. Claude Code or the like can then do most anything from you Nix config. (Still a setup learning curve I'm sure.)
Steward Brand wrote:
> the most important tool for organizing projects is lots of horizontal space and immediate-to-hand storage
He used a shipping container to edit _How Buildings Learn_. I want to make a digital version of this.
feed.grantcuster.com/post/2026-08...
> the most important tool for organizing projects is lots of horizontal space and immediate-to-hand storage
He used a shipping container to edit _How Buildings Learn_. I want to make a digital version of this.
feed.grantcuster.com/post/2026-08...
Inspiration : Stewart Brand's shipping container workspace - Feed
 Working on the digital tabletop got me thinking back to Stewart Brand talkin...
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August 12, 2026 at 4:00 PM
Steward Brand wrote:
> the most important tool for organizing projects is lots of horizontal space and immediate-to-hand storage
He used a shipping container to edit _How Buildings Learn_. I want to make a digital version of this.
feed.grantcuster.com/post/2026-08...
> the most important tool for organizing projects is lots of horizontal space and immediate-to-hand storage
He used a shipping container to edit _How Buildings Learn_. I want to make a digital version of this.
feed.grantcuster.com/post/2026-08...
CSS styles and text are applied per cell based on position. Global styles can be applied at the top.
August 11, 2026 at 8:14 PM
CSS styles and text are applied per cell based on position. Global styles can be applied at the top.
Niri is the best
Today niri became 3 years old! 🎉
I implemented and merged animations for windows moving between workspaces.
This was the last *major* missing anim. Took so long because it's tricky with Z ordering (moving windows must be on top of everything), clipping, and syncing 3 different animations.
#niri
I implemented and merged animations for windows moving between workspaces.
This was the last *major* missing anim. Took so long because it's tricky with Z ordering (moving windows must be on top of everything), clipping, and syncing 3 different animations.
#niri
August 11, 2026 at 1:45 PM
Niri is the best
I finished True to Life, the Hockney interview book recommended by @arquipelago.org.
Weschler is always visiting his house to find him absorbed at his work table, full of ideas of things he wants to try out. It made me think "I want a working life like that".
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Weschler is always visiting his house to find him absorbed at his work table, full of ideas of things he wants to try out. It made me think "I want a working life like that".
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Books : True to Life - Feed
 [Cristóbal](https://cristobal.arquipelago.org/) recommended this when I was working on my [imag...
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August 10, 2026 at 4:09 PM
I finished True to Life, the Hockney interview book recommended by @arquipelago.org.
Weschler is always visiting his house to find him absorbed at his work table, full of ideas of things he wants to try out. It made me think "I want a working life like that".
feed.grantcuster.com/post/2026-08...
Weschler is always visiting his house to find him absorbed at his work table, full of ideas of things he wants to try out. It made me think "I want a working life like that".
feed.grantcuster.com/post/2026-08...
Testing out OBS controls on the tabletop.
August 8, 2026 at 8:10 PM
Testing out OBS controls on the tabletop.
Happy HTML day! I don’t think I’ll make it to an event but I will write some HTML.
August 8, 2026 at 2:32 PM
Happy HTML day! I don’t think I’ll make it to an event but I will write some HTML.
Window management from the digital tabletop, running through Niri scripts:
August 7, 2026 at 7:46 PM
Window management from the digital tabletop, running through Niri scripts:
Windows minimize onto the tabletop - then I can throw them back
August 5, 2026 at 8:21 PM
Windows minimize onto the tabletop - then I can throw them back