https://sam-cook.com/what-im-up-to daily 0.75 2026-07-29 https://sam-cook.com/what-im-up-to/diy-life monthly 0.5 2018-09-18 https://sam-cook.com/what-im-up-to/from-microsoft-to-taser monthly 0.5 2018-09-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5109df82e4b03384be719821/1522941591738-ZBA2ARVNMLCK0CNGSJZS/IMG_1429.JPG What I'm Up To - From Microsoft to TASER https://sam-cook.com/what-im-up-to/see-you-out-there monthly 0.5 2018-09-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5109df82e4b03384be719821/1458833569434-YQWJAX021D4GRPOCN5BE/image-asset.png What I'm Up To - See you out there https://sam-cook.com/what-im-up-to/best-foot-forward monthly 0.5 2018-09-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5109df82e4b03384be719821/1416089980938-VXADA3GHAHB5H7UVZMPC/DSC_5180.jpg What I'm Up To - Best foot forward https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5109df82e4b03384be719821/1416089982522-2AZ1YZA8MDJ2E1XPKET8/DSC_5268.jpg What I'm Up To - Best foot forward https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5109df82e4b03384be719821/1416089981913-ZH1CBK1VLWL9IPVC7YBX/DSC_5339.jpg What I'm Up To - Best foot forward https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5109df82e4b03384be719821/1416089983671-YWK4LXTCBXVBDU43IV6C/DSC_5380.jpg What I'm Up To - Best foot forward https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5109df82e4b03384be719821/1416090009883-CWE4Y2EKJJYRJGJFHL01/DSC_5395.jpg What I'm Up To - Best foot forward https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5109df82e4b03384be719821/1416090010055-EJJVM5XZM4LHUY12X4M1/DSC_5480.jpg What I'm Up To - Best foot forward https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5109df82e4b03384be719821/1416090014032-HZ558GZDY39CUV3JVNMP/DSC_5524.jpg What I'm Up To - Best foot forward https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5109df82e4b03384be719821/1416090018242-KK7TON0TBWKITLODPOUE/DSC_5532.jpg What I'm Up To - Best foot forward https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5109df82e4b03384be719821/1416090020564-K8MYXHGWER9ZNHK36ZFX/DSC_5561.jpg What I'm Up To - Best foot forward https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5109df82e4b03384be719821/1416090020822-GNIAP3D28BKHFCIO2UIR/DSC_5759.jpg What I'm Up To - Best foot forward https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5109df82e4b03384be719821/1416090024041-PW6ATRKWTHA7J84YU480/DSC_5098.jpg What I'm Up To - Best foot forward https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5109df82e4b03384be719821/1416090023389-4ONU52MQI02Y84RQQPOL/DSC_5175.jpg What I'm Up To - Best foot forward https://sam-cook.com/what-im-up-to/go-for-a-hike monthly 0.5 2018-09-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5109df82e4b03384be719821/1397628097952-B0F1ZKCYNPI2O9LF15EO/DSCF5910.jpg What I'm Up To - Go for a Hike https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5109df82e4b03384be719821/1397628123313-L5VPX40OE17NV1GQRKYQ/DSCF5915.jpg What I'm Up To - Go for a Hike https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5109df82e4b03384be719821/1397628225481-DP2B06ISQ0IRXPCRVRKH/DSCF5931.jpg What I'm Up To - Go for a Hike https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5109df82e4b03384be719821/1397628125919-RFR38R5UFFJFDAFKP5V0/DSCF5925.jpg What I'm Up To - Go for a Hike https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5109df82e4b03384be719821/1397628247657-FUWGJ6W0GEKO3DVTULPK/DSCF5936.jpg What I'm Up To - Go for a Hike https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5109df82e4b03384be719821/1397628162242-4W9PSHPXBQQLTF1398Y3/DSCF5929.jpg What I'm Up To - Go for a Hike https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5109df82e4b03384be719821/1397628187050-WMHY37ZHZ8QK72LGH9YU/DSCF5947.jpg What I'm Up To - Go for a Hike https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5109df82e4b03384be719821/1397628284181-GJ8RUA7MYTS5WGHH3ZUG/DSCF5950.jpg What I'm Up To - Go for a Hike https://sam-cook.com/what-im-up-to/lasers monthly 0.5 2018-09-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5109df82e4b03384be719821/1395333610475-GXACVUB51BKM1FFPJF8A/2014-03-18+20.06.25.jpg What I'm Up To - LASERS https://sam-cook.com/what-im-up-to/albersmania-game-design-with-processing monthly 0.5 2026-07-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5109df82e4b03384be719821/1400004363405-XFTLPPFC8PF8XRM3FZKH/image-asset.jpeg What I'm Up To - Albersmania! - Game Design with Processing. Albers' work around adjacency and color is something we learned early on in our design education. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5109df82e4b03384be719821/1400004990062-SF5PZGRBS1VEKSJ1I4QF/Screen+Shot+2014-02-12+at+9.57.36+PM.png What I'm Up To - Albersmania! - Game Design with Processing. The start screen of the game. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5109df82e4b03384be719821/1400005076671-B3U00GOAM6OV3MC32STU/Screen+Shot+2014-02-18+at+9.31.10+AM.png What I'm Up To - Albersmania! - Game Design with Processing. The play screen, featuring a ticket timer, sliders you can drag around to control hue and saturation, and buttons for resetting/checking. https://sam-cook.com/what-im-up-to/process-a-sketch monthly 0.5 2018-09-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5109df82e4b03384be719821/1397611370959-AELA7IUB6EXMZUKPHSRV/etchasketch What I'm Up To - Process-a-sketch When I have the time, this summer perhaps, I'll revisit the UI to see about improving it. https://sam-cook.com/what-im-up-to/documenting-the-documenters monthly 0.5 2018-09-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5109df82e4b03384be719821/1395641053876-58GVU9WZ88UKA03OGEMS/2014-02-07+14.21.20.jpg What I'm Up To - The Student Voice Project https://sam-cook.com/what-im-up-to/generative-design-with-processing monthly 0.5 2018-09-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5109df82e4b03384be719821/1395356397062-8KF55A9YIZ77XSM0OEOA/image-asset.png What I'm Up To - Generative Design with Processing 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Freelance https://sam-cook.com/ixda-seattle-interview-series daily 0.75 2026-07-29 https://sam-cook.com/old-paletteofplace daily 0.75 2026-07-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5109df82e4b03384be719821/1421820997686-GVYU522S1QQPJOAX3SRU/DSC_6206.jpg [old] Palette of Place https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5109df82e4b03384be719821/1420776004189-DS5QHAJEWXGXK78VN7CW/image-asset.jpeg [old] Palette of Place https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5109df82e4b03384be719821/1421539802326-SK5DMPB638FBBFNDN0TY/image-asset.gif [old] Palette of Place https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5109df82e4b03384be719821/1421539308758-9CHDOSSTCT0M275171AU/image-asset.gif [old] Palette of Place https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5109df82e4b03384be719821/1421542735436-8LA8KNTOEE9YFVXY0MC6/image-asset.jpeg [old] Palette of Place The range of photos of Discovery Park on Instagram 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Palette of Place https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5109df82e4b03384be719821/1421737479535-FZ20HDFHVUJ049T4RSKO/image-asset.png [old] Palette of Place A screenshot from one of my early Processing sketches, where I was trying to count the frequency of colors in an image. 1,671 different colors in this image. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5109df82e4b03384be719821/1421737584250-T1TPUPR60MI4X4T5RZMT/image-asset.png [old] Palette of Place An early attempt at scanning the frequency of colors in an image and presenting it in a meaningful way. 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