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Shae O. Omonijo’s free series on critical thinking, staying human, in the AI age
Harvard teacher and PhD candidate Shae O. Omonijo has put a full set of teaching materials online, including videos and a syllabus. This is your guide to staying human, reconnecting with offline communities, and embracing critical thinking and reading even in the AI age. And with that critical perspective comes something you may have been missing: optimism.
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Physical modeling, modular explorations with Adam Pietruszko and AAS’ CV-3
Those sprawling synths are great, but when it comes to exploring a sound design idea compositionally, there’s nothing quite like a modular patch. I’ve long admired Adam Pietruszko’s work for AAS, so it’s a treat to watch him break down a patch and hear what he did on Rotors, bringing those leftfield sounds to dancefloor contexts.
Peter Kirn - November 18, 2025
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Alpaca interweaves code and pattern, from music to textile to dance
The history of computation is connected to textiles. And in everything from choreographic gestures to weaving, one event makes patterns sing in music and materials and bodies. Across Sheffield, Berlin, Barcelona, Linz, and online, the latest Alpaca Conference is entering its second weekend, following an in-person festival the first weekend.
Peter Kirn - September 18, 2025
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Live round-up: 12.2 is out, vids, a free Grain Slicer Rack, tuner, and more
Peter Kirn - June 12, 2025
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Chop, gliss, LFO, filter, select: Sonic Bloom explains Live 12.1 MIDI tools
Peter Kirn - October 21, 2024
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Learn to make animated Max and Max for Live UIs: jsui, Figma
Peter Kirn - July 9, 2024
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