About

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”⁰¹ continues to haunt me.

• I am perpetually learning to boulder (= climb little rocks with expensive shoes that hurt) update: bouldering hiatus!

• I’m an avid video game player (some favorites: Tunic, Factorio, Chants of Sennaar, Kaizen, Towerfall, Morrowind, Hades, Blue Prince, Animal Well, Papers Please, Breath of Fire III, Persona 3). The Besties is the only podcast I never miss. I also follow the Age of Empires II professional scene — I’m a fan of Hera and Nili.

• 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.

• Greg Technology • bountiful hacker and map guru; overflowing with support; improvises songs as a means of telling you important news.

• Cooper Smith • pixel artist, drummer, retro game enthusiast, and policy analyst; meticulous and sincere; the best candidate for our band name was “Urban Toast.”

• 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.

Academics are all but required to have personal sites, but they get kudos anyway! Some academic friends’ websites: Ari Holtzman, Chris Xie, Rahul Nadkarni, Peter West, Rowan Zellers, Maarten Sap (& many more coauthors, labmates, collaborators, and friends from UW, AI2, and beyond!)

Internet people I am a fan of#

• Bartosz Ciechanowski • impossibly perfect interactive explanations

• 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#

Many of my projects are available on GitHub.

I have attempted to Tweet / Toot / etc. many times, and it just never works for me. If you’d like to follow me in case I ever figure out how to do it, you can find me on X, Bluesky, and Threads.

For my researcher bio and publications, check out the research page.

If you’re on this website and just want to say hi, don’t hesitate to drop me a quick email! I love hearing from folks perusing the vestiges of the cozy web. Direct notes to: