Category: original work

  • Introducing TwiddleEast

    This weekend as Israelis and Palestinians clashed again in Gaza, and it seemed like everyone had a reaction to the violence. As I consumed the popular media, I began to think about the more pedestrian views out there. It is important to understand what the everyman thinks, even if one does not agree with him…

  • You should see my sketchbook

    It is truly one of my favorite design “tools:” A good notebook. Personally, I like the full size Moleskine models, but whatever you can manage to carry around will work best. I carry mine everywhere with me, always with a pencil attached. Check out these notes, if you dare, which preceded my recent talk with…

  • Changing Our Slideware Culture

    This has been a long time coming. Back in May I completed my Master’s Degree education by presenting my Capstone Project: Prepare. Project. Present. Using Technology to Encourage Effective Presentations. The video of my presentation is now up on YouTube, in three parts. Watch them below by pressing the play button: YouTube Link to part…

  • A little spike action

    So in my free time over the past few days I’ve been trying my hand at a little Javascript. It’s not too complex most of the time, but still, you gotta start somewhere. Check out my calculator: calculator.html

  • Coming Soon!

    I’ve been hard at work on a new template for my blog. It should be up soon, once I figure out this whole WordPress Themes thing…it seems harder than I had originally imagined. Here’s a sneak preview:

  • Playing with Flickr’s API

    This evening I took some time out to do something I’ve been wanting to do for a while. I played with Flickr‘s API for interacting with photos using PHP. I invite you to check out what I made. It’s not all that impressive, but still, it was fun to make…and maybe soon I’ll actually build…

  • Cooltown and a Drawling

    Today I turned in a paper about HP’s Cooltown. You can read it if you’d like. Also, check out this picture I made for my HCI/Design Class. Special thanks to E for the photoshop advice.

  • I500 Project 1

    Here’s what I turned in for my first project in I500, in case you care. I think I managed to make it as copy proof as possible. If you would like to run this program, let me know and I’ll send you a copy you can execute. The unix entry syntax is as follows: $…

  • Paper: Social Informatics & my career

    As promised, here’s my latest paper considering the question: How will Social Informatics affect my career?