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These guys are a huge inspiration for me and my personal work. I really love their approach to technology, and I wish there were more people exploring alternati

These guys are a huge inspiration for me and my personal work. I really love their approach to technology, and I wish there were more people exploring alternatives to the tech co/startup/capitalist grind. (Maybe there are? Recs welcome)

math0ne 6y ago
Agreed their whole philosophy on art and technology is so interesting. Some of the most interesting current outsider technology.
ews 6y ago
They are incredible. I keep coming back to their blog to be fascinated with their life and work.
dbreunig 6y ago
Same. And the constraints of living on a sail boat have led to super interesting decisions about power consumption and computing.
Tiktaalik 6y ago
> I wish there were more people exploring alternatives to the tech co/startup/capitalist grind. I've always assumed they can do what they do because they're independently wealthy though maybe that's not the case? > It's a choice we made that works for our *unique financial situation*, but it's not something that we advocate for, or that we think would scale well in for-profit environments. One take on 'unique financial situation' would be that they're independently wealthy, another would be that they don't have liabilities like a mortgage or children (though a boat certainly costs money to maintain...).
- hobo_mark 6y ago
  1369€/mo from patreon apparently, but from what I learned from other sailors, boat maintenance alone can eat all that up already (and more).
  - tonyedgecombe 6y ago
    They strike me as resourceful, I bet they run the boat on a tight budget.
- bvoq 6y ago
  Here's what I know: They made the game Oquonie together and I believe they earned a lot of money from doing that. Also they got the idea of living on a sailboat from talking to someone in a bar. Living on a sailboat is not more expensive than living in a city with these real estate prices we have. I think you need to calculate about 10% of the original price of the boat for upkeep each year.
ingenieros 6y ago
You might enjoy the husband and wife team behind https://monome.org/about/ https://monome.org/about/
- throw_away 6y ago
  Or also the husband and wife team behind Noise Engineering: https://www.autodesk.com/products/fusion-360/blog/noise-engineering-learned-pcb-design-from-scratch/ https://www.autodesk.com/products/fusion-360/blog/noise-engi... Kindof an interesting pattern here.
jdkee 6y ago
See Peter B. who makes synthesizers such as the Ciat-Lonbarde line and Ieaskul F. Mobenthey line of eurorack modules. https://synthmall.com/ https://synthmall.com/ Also, http://petermopar.blogspot.com/ http://petermopar.blogspot.com/

math0ne 6y ago

Agreed their whole philosophy on art and technology is so interesting. Some of the most interesting current outsider technology.

ews 6y ago

They are incredible. I keep coming back to their blog to be fascinated with their life and work.

dbreunig 6y ago

Same. And the constraints of living on a sail boat have led to super interesting decisions about power consumption and computing.

Tiktaalik 6y ago

> I wish there were more people exploring alternatives to the tech co/startup/capitalist grind. I've always assumed they can do what they do because they're independently wealthy though maybe that's not the case? > It's a choice we made that works for our *unique financial situation*, but it's not something that we advocate for, or that we think would scale well in for-profit environments. One take on 'unique financial situation' would be that they're independently wealthy, another would be that they don't have liabilities like a mortgage or children (though a boat certainly costs money to maintain...).

hobo_mark 6y ago
1369€/mo from patreon apparently, but from what I learned from other sailors, boat maintenance alone can eat all that up already (and more).
- tonyedgecombe 6y ago
  They strike me as resourceful, I bet they run the boat on a tight budget.
bvoq 6y ago
Here's what I know: They made the game Oquonie together and I believe they earned a lot of money from doing that. Also they got the idea of living on a sailboat from talking to someone in a bar. Living on a sailboat is not more expensive than living in a city with these real estate prices we have. I think you need to calculate about 10% of the original price of the boat for upkeep each year.

ingenieros 6y ago

You might enjoy the husband and wife team behind https://monome.org/about/ https://monome.org/about/

throw_away 6y ago
Or also the husband and wife team behind Noise Engineering: https://www.autodesk.com/products/fusion-360/blog/noise-engineering-learned-pcb-design-from-scratch/ https://www.autodesk.com/products/fusion-360/blog/noise-engi... Kindof an interesting pattern here.

jdkee 6y ago

See Peter B. who makes synthesizers such as the Ciat-Lonbarde line and Ieaskul F. Mobenthey line of eurorack modules. https://synthmall.com/ https://synthmall.com/ Also, http://petermopar.blogspot.com/ http://petermopar.blogspot.com/