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Notes on Sketchpad, Color Piano, MIDI.js, and creative coding — process, design, and code behind browser-native tools.

Archive No. 050
All Apps Open Source COLRD Code Art Portlandia Foods DIY Talk Music

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Showing 50 entries

Timestamp Entry Detail Taxonomy Link
April 16, 2026
3 min read

Color Piano, Reintroduced

Music theory for visual learners.

Apps ColorMusic
July 29, 2024
3 min read

Be Here Meow v1.0

Pause, reflect, and discover calm.

Apps AI ToolsJournaling
January 9, 2018
1 min read

Sketchpad 5.0

Apps Drawing AppSketchpad
January 4, 2017
1 min read

Sketchpad 4.1

Apps Drawing AppSketchpad
June 17, 2016
1 min read

Sketchpad 4.0

Apps Drawing AppSketchpad
October 19, 2015
1 min read

C.A.R.D.S. Project

Code Art CanvasGenerative Art
February 3, 2015
1 min read

Sketchpad 3.7

Apps Drawing AppSketchpad
June 23, 2014
1 min read

Made with Code

Apps Creative CodingGenerative Art
October 28, 2013
1 min read

Sketchpad for Custom Print

Apps Creative ToolsDrawing App
July 19, 2013
1 min read

Sketchpad 3.0

Apps Drawing AppSketchpad
July 8, 2013
1 min read

WebcamFX - GLSL Shaders

Apps Image FiltersShaders
November 3, 2012
1 min read

Sketchpad 2.1

Apps Drawing AppSketchpad
October 10, 2012
1 min read

Sketchpad 2.0

Apps Drawing AppSketchpad
October 9, 2012
1 min read

Presets on Google Developer Live

Talk Creative CodingSketchpad
September 20, 2012
1 min read

"Time Traveler" piano song

Music Piano
July 18, 2012
1 min read

Sketch Mobile

Apps Drawing AppSketchpad
April 28, 2012
1 min read

Color Picker

Open Source ColorColor Picker
February 16, 2012
1 min read

MIDI.js

Open Source AudioJavaScript
December 28, 2011
1 min read

Color Piano 2.0

Apps ColorMidi
November 28, 2011
1 min read

HTML5: SoundFonts

Open Source AudioMidi
November 24, 2011
1 min read

Batch Thumbnail Generator

Apps Image Tools
November 22, 2011
1 min read

ColRD: Image DNA

Apps CanvasColor Tools
November 16, 2011
1 min read

Portland Ketchup

Portlandia Foods Portlandia
November 15, 2011
1 min read

Color Sphere

Apps ColorColor Theory
November 9, 2011
1 min read

Print-ready graphics in Canvas

DIY CanvasImage Tools
November 7, 2011
1 min read

Bitwise Gems and other optimizations

Open Source CanvasJavaScript
October 22, 2011
1 min read

ColRD: Gradient Creator

Apps ColorColor Tools
October 20, 2011
1 min read

Color Accessibility in the Browser

Apps Color
October 8, 2011
1 min read

Background Generator

Apps CanvasColor
October 2, 2011
1 min read

Portlandia Foods: Uploader

Portlandia Foods CanvasImage Tools
August 17, 2011
1 min read

ColRD: Website

COLRD ColorColor Tools
August 8, 2011
1 min read

Music Box

Apps Creative CodingMidi
August 1, 2011
1 min read

ColRD: Color Extractor

Apps ColorColor Tools
July 16, 2011
1 min read

Orange Honey; Epilogue

Code Art CanvasCreative Tools
May 7, 2011
1 min read

Portlandia Foods: Locations

Portlandia Foods Portlandia
April 15, 2011
1 min read

global Composite Operation

Open Source CanvasColor
March 1, 2011
1 min read

HTML5: Typographic Effects

Open Source CanvasCreative Coding
January 28, 2011
1 min read

HTML5: Typographic Metrics

Open Source CanvasTypography
January 19, 2011
1 min read

Color Piano v1

Apps CanvasColor
January 6, 2011
1 min read

ZenBG: Background Generator

Apps CanvasCreative Tools
November 10, 2010
1 min read

HTML5: Unicode Profiling Project

Apps CanvasTypography
August 19, 2010
1 min read

Dynamic MIDI generation in the browser

Open Source JavaScriptMidi
August 7, 2010
1 min read

What can 1kb of Javascript do?

Code Art CanvasColor
October 27, 2009
1 min read

Sketchpad 1.0

Apps Drawing AppSketchpad
March 2, 2008
1 min read

Sketchpad (alpha)

Apps Drawing AppSketchpad
March 21, 2007
1 min read

Piano Theory widget

Apps MusicPiano
March 15, 2007
1 min read

Sphere Plugin

Open Source ColorColor Theory
February 24, 2007
1 min read

ColorJack: Sphere

Apps ColorColor Theory
February 3, 2007
1 min read

Sphere Widget

Apps ColorColor Theory
November 20, 2006
1 min read

DHTML Color Picker

Open Source ColorColor Picker