An experimental meditative site with cross-browser audio

A meditative experiment online

In 2007, we created Yggdrasil, a small meditative website built as an experiment for a friend.

The concept was simple yet unusual: a glowing tree with “growing minds” on its branches, accompanied by calming background music.

Features and highlights

• 🌳 Visual centerpiece: the World Tree (Yggdrasil), glowing and subtly animated.

• 🧠 Unique touch: “growing brains” appeared on the branches.

• 🎵 Background music selected to support a meditative mood.

• 🚫 No Flash allowed — unusual for 2007.

• 🛠️ Instead, we built a browser/OS detection system to automatically select the correct playback method for each user.

• 👥 Created as a personal art project for a friend, not as a commercial site.

Why it mattered

Yggdrasil wasn’t about business or milestones — it was about experimentation.

It showed how even a small, non-commercial idea could push us into solving technical challenges (like Flash-free audio) while exploring artistic expression.

👉 For us, it remains one of those quirky “for friends” projects that carried both fun and technical learning.