The Rubik's Cube doodle; how we built it and how not to break the Internet

In this meetup Mark Lundin, a local Interaction Developer , will be talking about how he and a team at Google built the Rubik's cube doodle. 

This year marked the 40th anniversary of the Rubik's Cube; to celebrate Google launched one of their most ambitious interactive doodles yet, the Rubik's Cube.

In this meetup I'll be walking you through the technical challenges of developing for the google home page, handling over 85 million plays and how we failed to break the internet.

We'll take a brief tour of the Rubik's cube itself - how they're built and the maths behind them - before downloading the code and taking a deeper look at the technical aspects. We'll cover some of the fundamentals of working with 3D for the web;  CSS 3D, canvas and webgl, we'll look at the technical constraints of developing a doodle

By the end you'll have a firm understanding of how to develop your own doodle, how to customise and style your own Rubik's cube, and how to start creating interactive 3D online.

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Important announcement -

In case you missed the previous memo Tonights meetup is at BaseKit NOT Simpleweb since we overshot our capacity.

Also please ensure you RSVP by 18:00 you will not be given access to the building unless you do so.

Tonight -

Tonight Mark Lundin will be talking on "The Rubik's Cube doodle; how we built it and how not to break the Internet". The talk starts at around 19:00 but you can arrive from 18:30. I've got some beers and soft drinks for tonight, after the talk we will head over to Start the Bus for beers (and food if people are hungry*).

For the map see above, hopefully see you tonight!