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-metatag-og:description=(To-scale tabletop editor and printing; new drawing lib; Expect!; interpreter experiments; screen sharing)
+metatag-og:description=(To-scale tabletop editor and printing; Expect!; new drawing primitives; big open house; SVA talk)}}
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 //Our next Folk open house will be on [[https://luma.com/niypr5av|Tuesday, June 30th, 2026]].//
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 Omar, Andrés, and Brian worked on installing a Folk system permanently in a small cubby/study area at School of Visual Arts in Manhattan. It might be our cleanest setup yet -- we like this method of hanging from a dowel and drilled into the ceiling -- it is easily able to support the weight, and it's adjustable.
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 Andrés working on the final setup of the table:
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 == The talk ==
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+Andrés: Omar and I gave a talk at the [[https://sva.edu/events/now-what-mfa-interaction-design-class-of-2026-thesis-exhibition|SVA IxD thesis show]] on May 8th. We covered:
+  * A brief introduction to Folk programs (''When'', ''Wish'', ''Claim'')
+  * Talked about inspiration for the Interaction Design History class Andrés taught at SVA IxD this Spring semester, including:
+    * [[https://www.lri.fr/~mbl/Stanford/CS477/papers/Weiser-SciAm.pdf|The Computer for the 21st Century (Mark Weiser, 1991)]]
+    * [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trojan_Room_coffee_pot#|The Trojean Coffee Pot (1991)]]
+    * [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Inxp6LY1y_4|Attention Receipts: Utilizing Materiality of Receipts to Improve Screen-time Reflection [CHI2024]]]
+    * [[https://clementzheng.info/Printed-Paper-Markers|Printed Paper Markers (Clement Zhang, 2020)]]
+  * We ended with a live demo of the system and a Q&A. It was a great time and people asked really insightful questions!
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+=== Eliana visit ===
+  * Andrés: [[https://elianagelman.com/|Eliana Gelman]] visited on May 25th, she tried out the new editor experience and we worked on some shape demos together:
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 ===== What we'll be up to in June =====