It’s done! This weekend’s creating coding workshop at GAFFTA went really well, despite Loveparade’s pounding revelry just outside. In case you missed it, you can experience all 10.5 hours of coding bliss in under two minutes — just watch the video below. Also, check out some of the great projects that the students made.

My souvenir Gray Area logo pin:

I’m very excited to announce that I will be co-teaching a two-day introduction to Processing at the new Gray Area Foundation for the Arts here in San Francisco! The workshop is the first in a series on creative coding, and coincides with Gray Area’s grand opening celebrations and initial exhibition, featuring work by C.E.B. Reas, Camille Utterback, and Stamen Design.

The Gray Area folks have created an amazing space downtown, and this workshop is an exciting chance to learn a ton of great new skills, and even meet one of Processing’s co-initiators. (C.E.B. will be making an appearance.)

The workshop is scheduled for Saturday, October 3rd & Sunday, October 4th, 1:00 – 6:00pm both days.

See GAFFTA’s site for the complete schedule, details, and registration.

Scott took us through the Processing IDE briefly, discussing the parts of the window, how to run your program, how to get help, and a few other useful tips. Then he jumped right into how to program - we were all able to create a simple diagonal line immediately. He walked us through flat sketches, moving sketches, 3-D sketches, text, importing external images, various control structures, and a brief explanation of objects. About 6-8 remained after the workshop and continued playing with the language.

All agreed Scott did an excellent job of introducing Processing and that it’s a fascinating and useful language.

Thanks to everyone at NoiseBridge for their encouragement, support, and assistance.