About

Now #

As of July 2023, I’m traveling indefinitely, photographing and writing about where I go. You can read these travel essays. I’m also posting more work-in-progress essays and ideas to my notes. I prepare a monthly website digest, which you can subscribe to at the bottom of any page.

Testimonials #

It’s very important what others think about you.

Max is my favorite of your friends because he always fills the ice trays.

In a talent show where the bar isn’t too high, you would do all right.

Miscellany #

• I play the tenor sax, clarinet, and piano. “A gentleman is a man who can play the saxophone, but doesn’t” continues to haunt me.

• I am perpetually learning to boulder (= climb little rocks with expensive shoes that hurt)

• I’m from Seattle. As mandated by local law, I drink a ton of coffee, love IPAs, and wear beanies all the time.

Friends #

I miss the GeoCities days, when personal pages were the rage. Behold, some friends with websites:

• Alex Miller • digital visual artist; curious and warm; loves trying all the drinks from Japanese vending machines.

• Ally Gale • developer and lindy hopper; vivacious and thoughtful; exploring abandoned places since before geocaching was cool.

• Callan Berry • comic artist and designer; hilarious and personable; seems to always know full plots to games and movies before they’re out.

• Max Cerami • mechanical engineer and artist; creative and empathetic; who is the real Max?

• Shelby Wilson • frontend developer and artist; brilliant and gentle; Shelby is web 4.0 while you’re still trying to figure out web 1.

• Steve Geluso • teacher and freelance developer; courageous and down-to-earth; I once witnessed him pull a taco out of his pocket.

Internet people I am a fan of #

• Bret Victor • interaction and abstraction

• Craig Mod • long walks, atmospheric photos

• Hundred Rabbits • physical and digital minimalism from first principles, extensively documented

• Mu-An Chiou • rhythm, space, movement, color

• Steven Wittens • 3D sorcery

More of me #

I am active on GitHub and extremely rarely tweet.

If you want my bio as a researcher and contact info, check out the research page.