This is where Bright Rain shares the things we build, break, and rebuild — the small experiments that turn into better tools, sharper thinking, and useful solutions. From mapping projects and custom apps to field-tested workflows and lessons learned, this space is about doing the work, reflecting on it, and finding clarity in motion.
After an entire career of designing, building, and supporting client-specific systems, I’ve arrived at a point where it makes sense to formalize what that support actually looks like — and make it scalable. In practice, I’ve always stayed involved long after delivery. Some of those…
Continue reading...I was giddy about web development when I started a hundred years ago. Anyone could hack at HTML, CSS, and then JavaScript to make whatever they wanted and put it out there for all to see. What a time to be alive! But then… When…
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I am absolutely in love with the ferries in Washington State. When we lived there, we would often take a ferry ride as an outing with the kids. We’ve hauled our kids aboard every route in the system at least once. It is truly magical…
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Custom Print Tool for SceneView in 4.4 DISCLAIMER: the resulting PDF is 2D. Sample link: JS Bin – Collaborative JavaScript Debugging http://jsbin.com/cayojul/edit?js,output Your browser will probably block the PDF by default since it opens in a new tab/window. This is a print tool I built…
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Sample Draw Line / Measure Tool for SceneView in 4.4 DISCLAIMER: the resulting length is only a 2D measurement Here’s a link to my example: JS Bin – Collaborative JavaScript Debugging http://jsbin.com/dixedur/2/edit?html,css,js,output I threw together a draw-polyline tool that drapes over the world elevation layer…
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