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• Activists created a free font made from gerrymandered US voting districts

  Ugly Gerry is a new, free font created by a pair of activists apparently fed up with the US government's practice of gerrymandering voting districts. Every letter in the font is composed of images of gerrymandered US voting districts. Though a couple letters (the X, for example) ...

  • Tristan Greene

• These are the hours of day famous programmers get work done

  I was curious when the famous programmers do their work. And it is quite easy to find. The result of programmers work is a code. Code is stored in version control systems (VCS). When you put code in VCS the time is record. One of the most popular version control system is git. ...

  • Ivan Bessarabov

• Review: Sensel's Morph is the perfect trackpad controller for musicians and other creatives

  Sensel's Morph is a pressure-sensitive touch controller that's easier to use than it is to describe. Unlike other touchpads, it's infinitely customizable and comes with several overlays that transform it into a MIDI controller for music, a gamepad, a video editing tool, or whatever ...

  • Tristan Greene

• Chinese vertical dramas made for phone viewing show the future of mobile video

  Vertical dramas are what Chinese producers call their scripted content made especially for vertical mobile play. But they're ...

  • Henry Sung

• Review: Samson's G-Track Pro is the ultimate microphone for podcasts and game streaming

  Samson's G-Track Pro is a gumbo-esque mashup of microphone, audio interface, and onboard mixer. It's a bit of an oddity, ...

  • Tristan Greene

• Watch: Shutterstock recreates the Stranger Things trailer using only stock footage

  There's a lot you can do with Shutterstock's generic video footage.

  • Matthew Hughes

• Sorry, but you can’t copyright a meme

  Epic Games, creator of the smash hit Fortnite, currently faces a tornado of lawsuits over its use and sale of in-game animations based on dance moves popularized by celebrities. The Supreme Court is involved, the public is divided, and entertainers are seemingly getting screwed. But ...

  • Tristan Greene

• Review: The Vuze XR handheld camera makes it dead simple to create VR videos

  HumanEyes' Vuze XR is a rare breed of camera. It's pocket-sized, shoots in VR, 360, and 5K formats, and it costs around the same as an entry-level DSLR. What really sets it apart, however, is how easy it is to use. I love VR. And the thought of making my own glorious, fully immersive, ...

  • Tristan Greene

• A peek at legendary architect John Storyk's design process

  John Storyk, the founder of WSDG, an acoustic consulting and A/V integration firm, is a legend in the music world. He's ...

  • Tristan Greene

• Watch: Sony made a God of War documentary as good as the game

  Sony today debuted “God of War: Raising Kratos,” a full-length documentary chronicling the trials and triumphs of the ...

  • Tristan Greene

• Tumblr’s Head of Culture and Fashion shares the platform's most curious subcultures

  Valentine Uhovski started his career as an editor and journalist, and has written for the likes of The Wall Street Journal ...

  • Georgina Ustik

• This ad agency is creating fake worlds to sell real products

  We took a deep dive into the creative process behind the wildly surreal marketing campaigns W+K's Department of New Realities ...

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