When I create something using computer graphics programming, I often wander from one thing to another. First I will try a little of this, and then, depending on the outcome, I will try a little of that.<\/p>\n
This process could be captured in a number of different ways. For example, I could keep a video running, showing the screen at all times.<\/p>\n
Or I could capture the input somehow — perhaps the literal keystrokes that I type — so that the exact journey from start to finish can be recreated later.<\/p>\n
I suspect though that the ideal would be something more literary. I should be able to annotate the process as I go, jotting notes down when needed between changes to say “here is my thinking as I go from here to there”.<\/p>\n
That could be done in a video, but not very well. What I really want is a system that will let me go back later and edit those annotations. The end result should be a sort of interactively explorable documentary of the process of creation.<\/p>\n
I don’t know of anything out there that does that well. Maybe I will just have to build it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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