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Sketchpad: Processing + Etherpad

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I managed to play around with this before it went offline, and have to say it is very impressive. It's a marriage between Google Wave and Processing with a very nice interface.

Would love to see this incorporated into openprocessing.org to be able to quickly add a few tweaks to other peoples sketches. It would be like a github for processing sketches with online editing!

Agreed. CC-BY-SA is the default license for sketches created on both SketchPad and OpenProcessing, which makes modifications and cross-polinations possible. I discuss a few of the possibilities on the sketchpad blog (which is currently in a half-functional state): http://blog.sketchpad.cc/2010/05/default-cc-by-sa/

Keep an eye out for clone/fork functionality (but don't hold your breath for a merge option.)

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The site is offline for a few minutes while Linode finishes doing maintenance. Poor timing, sorry. Check back in a few...

Back online. Sorry for the delay...

Still doesn't seem to be loading for me.

Well this is embarrassing. Looks like I need to spend time looking at memory requirements.

I'm one of the original etherpad devs. Your project looks pretty cool - if I can help you resolve your memory issues, let me know!

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Thanks, that's very kind of you! I'll send you an email.

What is it supposed to be?

The home page loaded after waiting for a bit, and it seems to be a merge of Etherpad and Processing. You collaboratively edit Processing code, and it shows up to the right of the pad. I'm excited to try it!

You can take a look at this screencast to get a feel for it. Watching a video is admittedly a poor substitute for trying it out yourself, but it's the best I can offer right now. Sorry.

http://vimeo.com/11870562

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