Mission Statement

Our Mission

We believe Creative Technology has evolved beyond being simply an "intersection of art and technology." 

Creative Technology is a distinct field with its own methodologies, frameworks, and ways of thinking. Our goal is to democratize the knowledge and resources that define this emerging discipline through a comprehensive, free online platform.

This resource includes advice, techniques, approaches, ethical considerations, methodologies, tools, research findings, cheat sheets, glossaries, vendor directories, and a community directory of creative technologists working across the field.

Why This Matters

Creative Technology is inherently collaborative. The complexity of working across aesthetic vision, technical implementation, and material constraints means no individual or organization can master every element needed to create transformative experiences. It takes communities to build the most innovative work.

We've observed that competitive advantage in this field doesn't come from hoarding tools or techniques, but from unique sensibilities, taste, and problem-solving approaches. As one practitioner puts it: "just because you've seen my kitchen, doesn't mean you know how to cook." The real value lies in how we orchestrate and combine available resources, not in keeping those resources secret.

Much of our collective time is lost to re-solving problems that others have already tackled. By sharing knowledge, we can redirect energy from redundant research toward creative experimentation and innovation.

Building the Field

By contributing to this shared knowledge base, we're not just saving time—we're helping establish Creative Technology as a field with its own identity, career paths, and institutional recognition. This benefits everyone working in the space, from individual practitioners to companies seeking to attract top talent and develop more sophisticated practices.

Building Community

In creating this Almanac, we have a unique opportunity to bring creatives, technologists, engineers and everyone in between to a common digital location. The world is big, and sitting in front of a computer all day can be limiting. We can solve problems easier and faster when we work together – and we can teach each other rather than learning from the void. Blah blah blah @Blair what do you think. 

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Our goal is to democratize information and resources around Creative Technology into an easy-to-use, free, single online platform. 

This resource is planned to include: advice, techniques, approaches, methodologies, tools of the trade, public R&D, cheat sheets, glossaries, vendor directories, and a directory of creative technologists.

Creative Technology is a complex and varied field and it is important to open and democratize information that is used for doing our work. The complexity of the field means that no one can master all the elements used to make magical end products. It takes teams and communities to build these things. We have often found that the tools and research aren't always the important parts of doing this work. A company or an individual's unique sensibilities, taste, and process tend to be what makes them stand out. Additionally, a lot of this work and research tends to be a lot of lost hours re-doing work that may have already been done by others. We feel that sharing some of this work will save some of the research time and open up more time for creative experimentation.

[Blair Note: maybe we could say more here about why democratization is important to us or the community to formalize the mission/manifesto a bit more?)

Note: Getting through walled garden – hours lost doing work already performed by others, etc.