Michael B. Johnson

Yea, I'm the guy who used to work at Pixar and went to the MIT Media Lab.

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npub16uv7y2fk3ng4tn5xvhq8r92xst3jjnyn6egmlxdmvjrfvycr9xjq7pavxp

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Drwave_at_mastodon.social@mostr.pub

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2024-10-26 00:53:56

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@npub1lrv…tth9 indeed.

2024-10-16 05:18:44

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@npub1t5m…9guy I had a lovely time.
Glad to eventually graduate, tho.

2024-10-16 04:59:35

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@npub1t5m…9guy depends. I worked at the same place for 23+ yrs.
It was a high that few graduated from.
Super fun, but…

2024-10-16 03:46:29

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@npub1y4p…vsfq great work.

2024-10-16 02:24:35

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@npub1y4p…vsfq Her stuff is all great. I bought her book years ago, and a small print.
Do you have any of her stuff?

2024-10-13 04:24:14

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@npub15ml…2w4s yea, years ago I decided to shave my min beard.
It did not go over well at home w/daughter and wife.
Got to work next day, in line at cafe, coworker Gabriel Schlumberger did a double take and said - “wow - it’s like a Republican wave”
(this was 20 yrs ago-Republicans weren’t MAGA then), but still…)
I angrily retorted “I’m growing it back!”

2024-10-13 03:01:29

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@npub15ml…2w4s same here.
Wife mentioned it, I was like “what!?”

2024-10-13 02:19:40

Man.
Hugo fuckin’ Weaving.
Didn’t realize it was him until my wife pointed it out.
What a great actor.

2024-10-07 04:51:58

Big fan of @npub1na9…nagt and his books.
Got novel+short story recently. realized it’s been long enough I need to go back, reread the series before I can read the new stuff.
This is a somewhat common occurrence for me with a series.
Luckily I read quickly.
For example, when GRR came out with Dance of Dragons I went back and reread all of Song of Ice and Fire.
Got huge insight into how much better written it was than I remembered - the whole thing flowed really well.
No pressure, Dan.

2024-10-02 05:53:31

Watching the new Marvel show Agatha (2 episodes in, seems good) the discussion of “the Road” got me excited about maybe there would be an existence proof of the Zelazney’s Amber Chronicle’s Pattern…
But, nope.
Anyway. Would love to see that.

2024-09-13 01:49:28

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@npub1xxt…f2tp I want to believe…

2024-09-10 03:20:43

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@npub1u24…32pl Sounds great - congrats!

2024-08-29 06:45:46

My dear friend Adam Savage, starting about 3:50 in this video, gives a beautiful description of the history of the value he’s found as a creative person in being a denizen of the Bay Area, especially San Francisco, since his first experience here in the late 80s.
Really lovely and compelling:
https://youtu.be/bmPq4oQODkE?si=OVX_3728q9p-TtVc

2024-08-25 16:04:12

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@npub1t5m…9guy the light in Paris is just very unique. To me, it has a yellowish, warm cast.

2024-08-24 23:54:30

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@npub1t5m…9guy you can tell this person has never been to Paris.

2024-08-13 08:00:47

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@npub1hvd…9sq9 Glenn -wow.
Tthat is a hard pivot to a space that I honestly have no idea wtf you are talking about.

2024-08-13 05:59:22

Sometimes I think the best engineer/programmer interview test would be to show them a full LitterRobot and say "please clean/empty this" and just see when they give up.
It would tell me so much about them.

2024-08-13 05:36:07

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@npub1t00…kx23 Enjoy it! Especially when they head up north side and punch some Nazis.

2024-08-10 02:33:51

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@npub16gl…syzj criticism from someone you respect is always worth listening to. Doesn’t mean you have to accept it, but there probably is something worth hearing there.

2024-08-10 01:08:47

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@npub1eee…e209 it’s okay. I’m A20…

2024-08-10 01:02:02

Got to the airport early and walked over the gate of the flight to OAK before mine thinking maybe I would standby. Then I heard the gate agent say “this flight is delayed indefinitely.”
Waiting another hour or so for my scheduled flight is just fine…

2024-08-03 00:49:57

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@npub1lrv…tth9 yep. 100%

2024-07-24 03:14:08

Solid.
https://mastodon.social/@ancientjames/112772703184975353

2024-07-23 04:30:45

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@npub1sy6…5dxr well, I do file bug reports, so I’m working on it…😜

2024-07-23 03:45:40

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@npub1sy6…5dxr It's a thing I use daily.

2024-07-23 03:38:24

It's an awesome team - if this is your thing, come join (the larger) us!
I love the developer tools team here, would love to see them get another excellent engineer.
https://pleroma.al45tair.net/objects/36171c29-3049-4ee4-94ad-dec0c9035c26

2024-07-17 04:34:37

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@npub19mj…ugjc I just heard “shillbilly” which I think is apt.

2024-07-16 01:06:45

If you're doing a PhD in computer graphics, it's hard to think of a more OG set of folks for your supervisory committee.
Can you guess whose thesis this is?
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/112/793/485/391/669/905/original/f67445afeb71183d.png

2024-07-14 03:59:29

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@npub1lrv…tth9 can I say “not good” and collect any precog points?
Fine. I get it.

2024-07-10 03:55:51

My fucking president.
https://dice.camp/@tomthefanboy/112757064604777507

2024-06-22 22:02:43

There are few things that say “Saturday” to me than spending 30 minutes in a local hardware store…

2024-06-08 22:40:22

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@npub1hvd…9sq9 You’re better with words than I am, but would have thought it lit upon your shoulder - alit sounds even more archaic than what I think you're going for…
Also, check for poop.

2024-06-05 12:43:26

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@npub1xxt…f2tp that’s me, right now, today, starting at 4AM

2024-05-25 03:09:49

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@npub1xxt…f2tp ah, good luck. I have recs for Austin and San Antonio, but not Lubbock…

2024-05-25 00:27:09

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@npub1xxt…f2tp which city?

2024-05-18 20:29:46

At Dr. Stravinsky’s Cocktail Bar in Barcelona (highly recommended):
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/112/463/982/287/134/595/original/2be0b4f096b6dfbb.jpeg

2024-05-02 04:37:05

So I have a mosquito buzzing around my right ear. Other than occasionally slapping my own head in hopes of taking out the skeeter, any other suggestions? I’m getting a headache…

2024-04-30 01:42:57

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@npub1lrv…tth9 my two cents: I do a fair amount of things (drive, walk) an hour or two a day where I can listen but not read, which is where I consume podcasts.
Also, Apple Podcasts has transcripts of all podcasts.

2024-04-27 04:45:24

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@npub1xsy…cevg man’s gotta have a hobby.

2024-04-27 03:13:18

Finally leaving, about 80 minutes late, but at least we’re going. This is why I try to fly out on the first flight of the day, but that wasn’t possible today.
And my consolation prize is my #favoriteseat !
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/112/340/998/113/754/909/original/317977c873592b14.jpeg

2024-04-18 00:56:09

Heading off on a night flight to LA for #blenderconla this weekend and delighted to get my #favoriteseat
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/112/289/497/989/515/771/original/eb8818d40620eb56.jpeg

2024-04-18 00:07:36

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@npub1t5m…9guy that’s a 10 or 11 hr flight. I usually don’t get jet lag going to Europe - Asia can be rough…

2024-04-17 06:57:26

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@npub1t5m…9guy For me, if it hits, jet lag hits on day 2 or 3. If you skipped that, congrats!

2024-04-17 06:35:24

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@npub1t5m…9guy How far did you go?

2024-04-17 05:04:51

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@npub1t5m…9guy congrats!

2024-04-15 03:34:25

It’s tough when you watch a show that you like and there’s a character whose performance you have a real problem with.
It’s tough because you have to realize that it’s almost certainly the script’s fault not the actor’s fault although sometimes it’s the director’s fault.
Such is my situation with the second season of Picard.
Notice I didn’t say the writer’s fault. The script can be touched by many people after the writer writes it, and the execution is up to the director.

2024-04-07 16:43:22

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@npub1v52…qu8a I read this as a plumbing reference and was very confused…

2024-04-03 20:12:49

The Academy Software Foundation’s (ASWF) Diversity and Inclusion (D&I) working group will soon be running our fourth annual Summer Learning Program (SLP). We could use your help if you can:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfVt4IDJNvdObrOTG3fULwcezkRUFrXNvSdDSNtC6pA3pNIkw/viewform

2024-04-01 03:52:49

Great bit from Robin Sloan (author and co-conspirator behind the great Fat Gold olive oil) re: Tolkein and the (lack of) inevitability in the creative process -i.e. the essential value of iteration to find greatness:
https://www.robinsloan.com/moonbound/mortal-after-all/

2024-03-30 06:46:28

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@npub1t5m…9guy yay!

2024-03-26 21:56:23

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@npub1hvd…9sq9 Saw you just passed $150K - congrats!

2024-03-25 04:46:40

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@npub1v52…qu8a crazy!

2024-03-23 15:45:49

I'm bad differentiating foxes/coyotes/wolves? from each other. Anybody tell me what this guy is?
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/112/145/775/819/207/815/original/eb8321fcc0c7f70f.jpeg
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/112/145/776/313/938/437/original/208deda4f63303e4.jpeg

2024-03-19 04:40:30

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@npub1eee…e209 @npub1el8…4l26 oh, snap.

2024-03-17 06:19:07

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@npub1u24…32pl The button is key.
I may have nothing to teach her.

2024-03-17 06:09:15

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@npub1u24…32pl Not that you, dad who does this for a living, doesn't know all the things, but then again, you're... dad.
Happy to give an outsider - but hopefully credible (WWDC 2003-2011 Wed keynote speaker!) perspective.

2024-03-17 05:52:24

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@npub1u24…32pl happy to make a call and give her some keynote tips.
Serious offer.

2024-03-05 04:12:07

Exactly the sort of lovely behavior I would expect of Denis Villeneuve:
https://wapo.st/3wyc5Fy
I won't share specifics, but I have seen this sort of behavior from the creative leads of many of the pictures I've worked on.
Filmmakers know how much these stories can matter to audience members, and will go to great lengths to connect them to folks that are in crisis.
Bravo to all the artists that go the extra mile to share their work when it can matter the most.

2024-03-02 20:42:46

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@npub1u24…32pl never be without for at least a decade or so!

2024-02-23 06:49:35

I always forget that the state of Washington is further north than Oregon.
My only excuse is I grew up in Chicago and am still not sure where Ohio, Idaho and Iowa are in relation to my home city, let alone state.
As my mother would say to me when I would forget a family birthday but be able to tell you the SIGGRAPH publication history of a random computer graphics researcher:
“It’s clearly just not that important to you, Michael.”
Perceptive human, my mother.

2024-02-17 04:44:13

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@npub1xsy…cevg They were cool, but I think about the possibility for mishap and my parent brain agrees with you.

2024-02-12 04:13:05

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@npub14cw…hfwc Dawkins is a dick.

2024-02-12 03:29:45

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@npub1dm5…5sqe @npub13rw…nfd8 Copper ingots are cool.
Now you need to put some sort of Bond vilian brand on them, like in Goldfinger with gold…
(I may have imagined that)

2024-02-12 03:27:48

In my religion-agnostic brain, I give equal weight to “superstition" as I do to “sincere religious beliefs”.
Which is to say - I do my best to respect another person's belief system as long as I don't see it being hurtful to another person.
So I'm staying out here, reading Mastodon and trying to get my code to work…

2024-02-03 23:42:18

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@npub1u24…32pl damn.

2024-01-27 08:00:09

Organizing books is hard
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/111/826/855/873/492/458/original/353b1b012f2414e1.jpeg

2024-01-22 03:24:09

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@npub1hvd…9sq9 @npub1el8…4l26 you might enjoy the videos at https://www.egconf.com
That’s where we met.

2024-01-22 02:48:13

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@npub1el8…4l26 I went to dinner once with Apollo and his wife and it was terrifying. I mean, in a “oh, you have super powers and I’m really glad you like me…” kind of way.

2024-01-21 01:30:53

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@npub1utv…87lr order several books as gifts!

2024-01-20 02:05:34

At the Cartoon Art Museum we have a pre-sale up for the exhibition of “The Rocketeer: The Life and Legacy of Dave Stevens”
https://www.cartoonart.org/calendar/2024/1/the-rocketeer-catalog-presale
Would love to get your support!

2024-01-19 14:21:39

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@npub1u24…32pl usually there are different lines.

2024-01-19 14:14:12

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@npub1u24…32pl wow - front of the line!

2024-01-18 15:42:18

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@npub1hvd…9sq9 great place.
You should come visit cartoon Art Museum in SF.

2024-01-16 01:59:12

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@npub1p9k…865w @npub13rw…nfd8 To the cat, it's like sitting on a dryer - a warm, vibrating box - what's not to like?

2024-01-14 03:11:27

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@npub15ml…2w4s @npub1eee…e209 Boo, dad.

2024-01-07 18:22:19

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@npub1xsy…cevg hmm, I don’t add it to an abbreviation, but I do say it as a plural.
Is this one of those “math” vs. “maths” things?

2024-01-03 05:01:35

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@npub1hvd…9sq9 and it’s not your job to help jerks.

2023-12-29 03:37:41

Okay, we're starting a new (to us) show: The Bear.
Have heard many good things. Excited to start watching!

2023-12-27 03:05:25

Ugh.
Have a 5AM departure time with the need to check a bag (presents) so a 3:15AM pickup time.

2023-12-23 04:34:04

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@npub1hvd…9sq9 @npub1zxm…zzy9 Jeezus, Glenn - she didn’t even get to checkout!

2023-12-23 02:50:49

Wild.
Didn't think I'd see this in my lifetime:
https://variety.com/2023/tv/news/mickey-mouse-public-domain-disney-copyright-lawsuits-1235844322/

2023-12-21 05:04:21

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@npub1t5m…9guy thanks!

2023-12-21 02:07:09

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@npub1t5m…9guy explain it to me!

2023-12-18 03:48:19

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@npub1u24…32pl Ah.

2023-12-17 16:00:41

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@npub1u24…32pl so that’s a soda?

2023-12-03 18:40:32

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@npub1sdu…w074 So it seems to be different on iPhone (I see it) and iPad (I don't see the location option) and as @npub12h0…e7sz suggested, I can't find it on macOS…

2023-12-03 16:24:12

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@npub1sdu…w074 thanks!

2023-12-03 09:10:33

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@npub1sdu…w074 Yea, but it's not sticking.

2023-12-03 09:06:40

Here’s an example where it says the location will be included (bottom center).
How do I turn this off?
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/111/515/690/348/466/493/original/140a2de843647101.png

2023-12-03 05:25:16

I stopped by an open studio of the great production designer Bill Cone, who I worked alongside at Pixar for many years.
I already own one of his pieces that’s a plein air piece of water in the woods, and was excited to add another today.
This one’s a bit more specific to our experience together…
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/111/514/819/760/201/118/original/dbeffc323149d157.jpeg

2023-12-01 06:43:22

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@npub1sdu…w074 tracks.

2023-11-22 06:09:42

This is hilarious:
https://www.theverge.com/2023/11/22/23967223/sam-altman-returns-ceo-open-ai

2023-11-20 02:54:07

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@npub1src…fms4 sounds like I have a few more years then!

2023-10-29 15:28:56

Good to hear this great news about my friend Jill Sobule:
https://www.abbott.com/corpnewsroom/pain-and-movement/singer-songwriter-jill-sobule-triumphs-over-tremors.html

2023-10-23 06:55:26

I always find it interesting when certain brands are just not reliably available on Amazon (i.e. the providers always seem sketchy).
For example, pretty much all Ubiquiti/Unifi stuff. Luckily, I can always reliably get it from B&H.

2023-10-23 01:06:37

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@npub1t5m…9guy Huh. Thanks!

2023-10-22 17:12:49

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@npub1t5m…9guy how?

2023-09-27 13:03:36

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@npub1src…fms4 brain swapped a d in for the n and I thought “oh my”

2023-09-13 03:52:31

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@npub15ml…2w4s I’m so pleased I do not get this reference.

2023-09-01 04:33:09

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@npub1lrv…tth9 well, consider the author…
He arrives with a very strong POV.