Charles Williamson

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Creativity

A collection of 7 issues

The lessons we should learn from Figma

Figma is the most widely used design tool for websites, apps and pretty much anything digital. At this point, I'd be hard pushed to find a tech company or startup that doesn't use Figma in some way, and that's evident in the $600m in

Dreams (PS4)

I've recently been digging into Dreams on PS4. At first glance, it's a video game, but I believe calling it such is a bit of misnomer. It is actually more akin to a game engine, but focused on maximising creativity, while trying to prevent the UI

Best examples of Sora - OpenAI's text-to-video model

OpenAI has just announced their text-to-video model, Sora. Sora: Creating video from text Here are some of the most impressive early videos that I've seen, generated by it 0:00 /0:08 1× 0:00 /0:17 1× 0:00 /0:17 1× https://t.co/qbj02M4ng8 pic.

Trends I'm thinking about in 2024

I saw that recently YC posted a renewed Request for Startups on their website, and it inspired me to write down some of the trends and emerging areas that I'm thinking most actively about. Broader tech trends 3D and immersive content will become more mainstream With the release

The problem with productivity advice

The problem with productivity advice is that it tends to assume that all tasks are created equally, and require the same approach. Topics like focus, discipline and Getting Things Done (GTD) best practices are considered to be universal; and while there are certainly some generalisable elements to these topics, it&

Tick Tick Boom

A year ago today, Tick Tick Boom was released. It's a film that tells the true story of Jonathan Larson, a composer living in New York. It shows him working on a musical, Superbia, which he has been working on for years and years with no success, to

Interesting use cases for Stable Diffusion (and other AI image models)

I've seen a lot of people building with Stable Diffusion over the past few weeks - it's clear that application of this technology is still in the nascent phase, as people try to determine what is both viable and useful.