spencer chang
@spencer.place
artist, engineer, toymaker. making software you can touch
i have a lot of domains
🌐 https://spencer.place
🥠 https://internetsculptures.com
✍️ https://news.spencer.place
🛝 https://playhtml.fun
📱 https://shrine.computer
i have a lot of domains
🌐 https://spencer.place
🥠 https://internetsculptures.com
✍️ https://news.spencer.place
🛝 https://playhtml.fun
📱 https://shrine.computer
please indulge me in watching this silly video i had a lot of fun making to promote this launch
November 13, 2025 at 10:35 PM
please indulge me in watching this silly video i had a lot of fun making to promote this launch
i made a pillow for our phones - turns on do not disturb when you lay your phone on top
November 12, 2025 at 8:41 PM
i made a pillow for our phones - turns on do not disturb when you lay your phone on top
i used millions of files from @archive.org to make a website where you can watch how the internet evolved
scroll through home videos and news stories, unedited selfies and collaged memes, all merged in one timeline
alivetheory.net
scroll through home videos and news stories, unedited selfies and collaged memes, all merged in one timeline
alivetheory.net
November 6, 2025 at 6:19 PM
i used millions of files from @archive.org to make a website where you can watch how the internet evolved
scroll through home videos and news stories, unedited selfies and collaged memes, all merged in one timeline
alivetheory.net
scroll through home videos and news stories, unedited selfies and collaged memes, all merged in one timeline
alivetheory.net
do yall like white or gray
November 4, 2025 at 8:16 PM
do yall like white or gray
hosting a playhtml get-together in SF at the new TIAT space sunday afternoon!
come make internet playgrounds, communal games, & tiny social spaces & build on open-source
register luma.com/w4n90met here!
come make internet playgrounds, communal games, & tiny social spaces & build on open-source
register luma.com/w4n90met here!
November 4, 2025 at 8:15 PM
hosting a playhtml get-together in SF at the new TIAT space sunday afternoon!
come make internet playgrounds, communal games, & tiny social spaces & build on open-source
register luma.com/w4n90met here!
come make internet playgrounds, communal games, & tiny social spaces & build on open-source
register luma.com/w4n90met here!
ok the mobile view is kinda cool too.. it kinda feels like tiktok but you are traveling through the content from the history of the internet which somehow makes me feel more reverent towards it?
October 29, 2025 at 9:38 PM
ok the mobile view is kinda cool too.. it kinda feels like tiktok but you are traveling through the content from the history of the internet which somehow makes me feel more reverent towards it?
making a project about the history of the internet and having fun with different slider designs from different eras
October 28, 2025 at 6:09 PM
making a project about the history of the internet and having fun with different slider designs from different eras
sharing a screenshot from the other app only because there are still a few people thinking whimsically about the web there!
what do yall think? what other kinds of communal interactions could we have on the web that make it feel alive & inhabited?
what do yall think? what other kinds of communal interactions could we have on the web that make it feel alive & inhabited?
October 22, 2025 at 5:58 PM
sharing a screenshot from the other app only because there are still a few people thinking whimsically about the web there!
what do yall think? what other kinds of communal interactions could we have on the web that make it feel alive & inhabited?
what do yall think? what other kinds of communal interactions could we have on the web that make it feel alive & inhabited?
testing a mini-zine that unfolds into instructions to send with internetsculptures.com
October 21, 2025 at 6:00 PM
testing a mini-zine that unfolds into instructions to send with internetsculptures.com
thanks to my new sponsor from this piece 🥺🧡
October 11, 2025 at 9:04 PM
thanks to my new sponsor from this piece 🥺🧡
revisiting this piece i wrote almost two years ago(!) & thinking about it in context to this gentle affirmation of existence as social interaction
news.spencer.place/p/ti-09-the-...
news.spencer.place/p/ti-09-the-...
October 10, 2025 at 5:48 PM
revisiting this piece i wrote almost two years ago(!) & thinking about it in context to this gentle affirmation of existence as social interaction
news.spencer.place/p/ti-09-the-...
news.spencer.place/p/ti-09-the-...
when you hear "tiny internets" what kind of logo do you imagine conveys that
i think i want a tiny outstretched hand cursor incorporated but not sure what else to include
i think i want a tiny outstretched hand cursor incorporated but not sure what else to include
October 10, 2025 at 12:10 AM
when you hear "tiny internets" what kind of logo do you imagine conveys that
i think i want a tiny outstretched hand cursor incorporated but not sure what else to include
i think i want a tiny outstretched hand cursor incorporated but not sure what else to include
ok go off goat (hollis frampton to the MoMA in 1970 after they asked to do a retrospective of her work, "all for love and honor and no money is included at all")
source www.jubilee-art.org/wp-content/u...
source www.jubilee-art.org/wp-content/u...
October 9, 2025 at 5:14 PM
ok go off goat (hollis frampton to the MoMA in 1970 after they asked to do a retrospective of her work, "all for love and honor and no money is included at all")
source www.jubilee-art.org/wp-content/u...
source www.jubilee-art.org/wp-content/u...
love this writeup & distinction between flavors of social media..
i think all the social media i have ever made (& what im after w playhtml) is about this gentle exchange of “i am here!”
we call out into the void and a stranger answers. how magical is that
i think all the social media i have ever made (& what im after w playhtml) is about this gentle exchange of “i am here!”
we call out into the void and a stranger answers. how magical is that
October 9, 2025 at 4:14 PM
love this writeup & distinction between flavors of social media..
i think all the social media i have ever made (& what im after w playhtml) is about this gentle exchange of “i am here!”
we call out into the void and a stranger answers. how magical is that
i think all the social media i have ever made (& what im after w playhtml) is about this gentle exchange of “i am here!”
we call out into the void and a stranger answers. how magical is that
just released this!
i now have a shared network of lamps between playhtml.fun and my personal website spencer.place
should i make a lamp webring next? each person has a different lamp on their website & they are all connected..
i now have a shared network of lamps between playhtml.fun and my personal website spencer.place
should i make a lamp webring next? each person has a different lamp on their website & they are all connected..
September 26, 2025 at 12:38 AM
just released this!
i now have a shared network of lamps between playhtml.fun and my personal website spencer.place
should i make a lamp webring next? each person has a different lamp on their website & they are all connected..
i now have a shared network of lamps between playhtml.fun and my personal website spencer.place
should i make a lamp webring next? each person has a different lamp on their website & they are all connected..
added a rain maker to playhtml.fun
September 26, 2025 at 12:24 AM
added a rain maker to playhtml.fun
early new feature in playhtml enabling shared elements across pages and domains!
really excited for what kinds of interesting collective interactions this allows for and how it connects people across websites
really excited for what kinds of interesting collective interactions this allows for and how it connects people across websites
September 17, 2025 at 3:36 PM
early new feature in playhtml enabling shared elements across pages and domains!
really excited for what kinds of interesting collective interactions this allows for and how it connects people across websites
really excited for what kinds of interesting collective interactions this allows for and how it connects people across websites
i am making some funny little guys inspired by ancient chinese artifact fragments
September 14, 2025 at 8:53 PM
i am making some funny little guys inspired by ancient chinese artifact fragments
one of my favorite parts of my website is scrolling down to the very bottom and seeing all the people on it at that moment
(color matches each cursor color, which are shared / visible to everyone)
(color matches each cursor color, which are shared / visible to everyone)
September 5, 2025 at 8:13 PM
one of my favorite parts of my website is scrolling down to the very bottom and seeing all the people on it at that moment
(color matches each cursor color, which are shared / visible to everyone)
(color matches each cursor color, which are shared / visible to everyone)
added a timeline preview / progress which shows the actual colors at each time... why is time so fun to play with
playhtml.fun/experiments/5
playhtml.fun/experiments/5
August 25, 2025 at 7:40 PM
added a timeline preview / progress which shows the actual colors at each time... why is time so fun to play with
playhtml.fun/experiments/5
playhtml.fun/experiments/5
thank you mr redwood for existing
August 16, 2025 at 7:48 AM
thank you mr redwood for existing
