[node-l] check the new programming playground website - sketchPatch

[sophie McDonald]

Hi all,

check out the new programming playground website www.sketchpatch.net

sketchPatch is an online programming playground based on Processing,
somewhere to experiment with code,
reuse and collaborate on existing code,
share and learn.

sketchPatch is a net-based collaborative programming project developed by
artist Sophie McDonald and computer programmer Davide Della Casa. The site
enables people to create ‘sketches’ (programmes) with simple processing
scripts to create visual, animated and interactive online drawings that can
be easily shared and modified, creating a collection of networked artworks.
sketchPatch makes Processing code accessible to a broad audience, through a
shared learning environment. New coders are encouraged to hack experienced
coders work, resampling and modifying the code to create new works. The site
allows users to create a new Processing sketch, write and preview the code
and save it to a gallery. They can also open an existing Sketch from the
gallery and adjust its code, preview and save it as a new piece of work.

Every month or so we invite a sketcher/artist/coder to create a piece of
work to be featured on sketchPatch. We also invite them to choose a piece of
work from sketchPatch to copy and version.

This months featured sketcher is: Alex May, aka PsychicTeeth  check out his
page here http://www.sketchpatch.net/FA_Alex_May.html

Davide is gonna introduce sketchPatch at Dorkbot this Thursday 4th June, so
find out more then.

We will also be showing it in the Open Source Embroidery exhibition (
http://www.open-source-embroidery.org.uk/osexhibition.htm) and at Eclectic
Tech Carnival conference (/ETC) (http://www.eclectictechcarnival.org) next
week in Sweden. So if you get your sketches online they will be in the
exhibition too!!!!! :o)

Some sketches do behave differently on the site than in Processing, but it
will be part of the development of the site to iron those out. Its pretty
good tho!

For more info, or if your interested in getting involved as a developer or
featured sketcher/artist/coder contact us at info at sketchpatch dot net.


Join our facebook group...
http://www.facebook.com/reqs.php#/group.php?gid=74492434010&ref=ts

and follow us on Twitter...
http://twitter.com/sketchpatch
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