In this session of Office Hours Side Projects Edition N°266, we dive into an enriching Zoom meet-up where three participants, Ben, Eduardo, and Sabrina, share their unique side projects.
Ben demonstrates his journey in transforming 2D images into 3D prints using AI, generating an engaging discussion on the intricacies and potential applications of his project.
Eduardo presents ‘Toaster,’ a web app designed to help organize and recall meeting notes, inspiring thoughts on personal tool development and its use cases.
Sabrina brings a leadership card game modeled after ‘Cards Against Humanity’ aimed at fostering innovative leadership skills and forward-thinking. Attendees provide generative and insightful feedback, making this session an amazing platform for networking and professional development.
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00:00 Introduction and Ice Breakers
01:54 3D Printing and Family Projects
04:06 Office Hours and Project Sharing
06:42 Eduardo’s Toaster App Demo
14:27 Feedback and Suggestions for Toaster
36:58 Ben’s 2.5D Image to 3D Conversion Project
45:39 Creative Date Night Ideas
46:42 3D Models and AI in Creative Projects
48:22 Human-AI Collaboration in Design
50:21 Prototyping and User Interfaces
01:01:49 Leadership and Innovation
01:03:03 Reimagining Leadership with Games
01:08:42 Expanding the Leadership Card Game
01:11:12 Cultural Context in Leadership
01:15:05 Intuition and AI in Decision Making
01:17:57 Final Thoughts and Future Directions
Chat Transcript
00:04:14 Sandro: Curtis’ new doc “Shifty” is worth watching, to learn how we changed as people in response to the shift of societal control towards finance00:04:55 Benjamin Bueno De Mesquita: sure why not 🙂 I volunteer if there's time00:05:51 Scott Paterson: https://www.barcelo.com/pinandtravel/en/vermouth-in-spain-spanish-aperitif/00:06:21 Benjamin Bueno De Mesquita: Reacted to "https://www.barcelo...." with 🎉00:06:25 Sandro: I’m feeling very receptive.00:06:36 Benjamin Bueno De Mesquita: Replying to "https://www.barcelo...."
Manhattan is my go-to!00:07:01 Sandro: Reacted to "Manhattan is my go-t..." with 🏆00:07:26 Sandro: Replying to "https://www.barcelo...."
Manhattan’s are my only cocktail choice00:07:37 Sandro: Replying to "https://www.barcelo...."
The vermouth is key00:08:27 @pawelhalicki: Reacted to "The vermouth is key" with 🍹00:14:22 Sabrina Sullivan: I could use creative brains on the continuation of my card project. Will just pull from another presentation and show a few things, if we have time. Will be a random and rough convo.00:14:24 Mateusz Pożar: Stickers and playfulness reminds me of https://mmm.page/00:15:34 Julian Bleecker: Reacted to "I could use creative..." with 🤟🏽00:16:04 Karis Balôck: Reacted to "Stickers and playf..." with ❤️00:22:54 Sandro: Imagine a map of stickers attached to meeting being the sole navigation interface, where you see constellations of stickers, and therefore see a map of runes which might be a better way for you to find topics00:23:33 Sandro: Grouped by time, in concentric orbits following the arrow of time00:24:59 Julian Bleecker: http://zach.li/00:25:11 Julian Bleecker: https://www.google.com/search?q=golan+levin00:26:35 Julian Bleecker: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oblique_Strategies00:27:09 Andrew Korf: Bruc Mau is the designer was thinking of “start anywhere”00:27:59 Sandro: “Some people say give the customers what they want, but that’s not my approach. Our job is to figure out what they’re going to want before they do. I think Henry Ford once said, ‘If I’d ask customers what they wanted, they would’ve told me a faster horse.’ People don’t know what they want until you show it to them. That’s why I never rely on market research. Our task is to read things that are not yet on the page.”00:28:25 Sandro: Jobs00:28:26 Scott Paterson: http://feltron.com/index.html00:28:48 Scott Paterson: He made these obsessive annual reports on some aspects of his life. Truly amazing designs00:29:39 Sabrina Sullivan: Replying to "“Some people say giv..."
On an unrelated note, having worked at Ford, the Ford historian actually informed us that Henry Ford did not actually say that. It has just become lore over the years.00:30:56 Andrew Korf: https://brucemaustudio.com/projects/an-incomplete-manifesto-for-growth/00:32:07 Sandro: Replying to "He made these obsess..."
I gave a talk on those reports and how they relate to vibe coding, design: https://youtu.be/g8ruyVMRjzk?si=Jypu6XuCyHxwu5Qr&t=158100:32:22 Andrew Korf: Bruce mau?00:33:46 Sandro: “Bruce Mau” is a good name for an AI agent that focuses on increasing engagement.00:33:59 Andrew Korf: There was that other guy who tracked his whole life then shared yearly info graphics that were awesome00:34:29 Andrew Korf: Reacted to "“Bruce Mau” is a goo…" with 😂00:34:31 Sandro: Replying to "There was that other..."
Other than Felton?00:35:12 Andrew Korf: Replying to "There was that other…"Ya Felton!00:35:19 Scott Paterson: Some food for thought on creative tech, finding your unique voice, etc: https://johnmaeda.medium.com/autodesigners-on-autopilot-88c5b07609b900:35:30 Andrew Korf: Replying to "There was that other…"I think he went to FB way back when00:35:31 Sandro: Replying to "There was that other..."
He also did the FB timeline00:35:34 Sandro: Replying to "There was that other..."
ha00:35:36 Sandro: Replying to "There was that other..."
jinx00:36:06 Andrew Korf: Replying to "There was that other…"Exactly - got his RSus and disappeared00:36:34 Sandro: Replying to "There was that other..."
I gave a talk on those reports and how they relate to vibe coding, design: https://youtu.be/g8ruyVMRjzk?si=Jypu6XuCyHxwu5Qr&t=158100:43:46 Heather Sparks: Reacted to "Some food for though..." with 🙏00:44:17 Eduardo Hernandez: Reacted to "Stickers and playf..." with ❤️00:44:20 Sandro: Six fingers in AI images is sometimes called “a Rugen Wave”00:44:48 Sandro: Or anyway, that’s what I call it00:45:02 Eduardo Hernandez: Reacted to "Imagine a map of s..." with 💡00:45:57 Heather Sparks: With the recent AI rulings, this work might be “transformative” enough that lawsuits might not be as much of a problem anymore.00:48:48 Karis Balôck: Did you just say you're trained as an architect Scott ?00:48:53 Andrew Korf: Reacted to "I gave a talk on tho…" with ☺️00:49:22 Julian Bleecker: Replying to "Did just say you say..."
Yes, Scott is an architect!00:49:36 Karis Balôck: Reacted to "Yes, Scott is an a..." with ❤️00:50:26 Karis Balôck: Ok, I am a trained architect as well :)00:50:46 Julian Bleecker: Reacted to "Ok, I am a trained a..." with 🤟🏽00:50:48 Sandro: Replying to "Did you just say you..."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/My_Architect00:55:57 Scott Paterson: Replying to "Did you just say you..."
My dad was not Lou Kahn however ;)00:58:33 Scott Paterson: https://www.designboom.com/design/printing-things-visions-and-essentials-for-3d-printing-gestalten-06-03-2014/00:59:00 Sandro: Replying to "Did you just say you..."
@Scott Paterson Dre Labre did something that reminded me of Kahn’s style: http://instagram.com/reel/DLYdMJIMOit/01:00:03 Andrew Korf: Reacted to "Some food for though…" with 🙏01:00:21 Benjamin Bueno De Mesquita: Reacted to "https://www.designbo..." with 👏01:00:51 Sandro: I built half my earlier design career on gaussian blurs01:01:29 Benjamin Bueno De Mesquita: you might be on "push to talk" lol01:04:01 Sean Park (he/him): Just ordered a set! Awesome cards - my son Theo had fun playing with me01:04:30 Andrew Korf: Excited about this project01:04:38 Scott Paterson: Former client…https://www.mursion.com/01:07:53 Scott Paterson: Can have separate add-on decks based on ideas like this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Geography_of_Thought01:11:46 Sandro: As a Canadian I really want to make a joke here but I won’t01:12:04 Benjamin Bueno De Mesquita: Also Canadian here! I'm actually moving back to Ottawa in September01:15:28 Andrew Korf: We would use these withmy primary clients - crazy but Andruil as well ( future client in the pipeline ) … obviously need to be thinking about the future of what they are doing01:18:02 Sandro: https://pinnguaq.com/stories/cree-coding/01:19:23 Scott Paterson: Enact it01:20:49 Andrew Korf: Reacted to "Enact it" with ❤️01:23:18 Sean Park (he/him): Thanks y’all - have a great weekend01:24:46 Karis Balôck: Is there a card or an aspect of the game where humans still want to make all the decisions using their skills, but AI is only used to correct big consequential mistakes ? Kind of like a parent that lets their kid explore but helps them stand back up when they fall ?01:27:33 Scott Paterson: I highly recommend checking out Mursion. It is a practice based experience for leadership training…https://www.mursion.com/01:27:57 Sabrina Sullivan: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sabrinamsullivan/01:28:13 Heather Sparks: All such good side projects today!01:28:56 Giula Passarelli: Need to drop 🙂 have a nice weekend! See you at the next one01:32:05 Julian Bleecker: https://nearfuturelaboratory.com/office-hours-signup01:32:23 Benjamin Bueno De Mesquita: thank you!See Also