Web Ecology Project — 2009
Founding member of the Web Ecology Project, a group dedicated to building a science around social media. Released several reports to media acclaim. Promoted manifesto of rigorous studies of internet culture. Designed report templates and company branding and typography. Prepared presentations and materials for multi-state business trip pitching work to several large research and marketing companies.
Founding member of the Web Ecology Project, a group dedicated to building a science around social media. Released several reports to media acclaim. Promoted manifesto of rigorous studies of internet culture. Designed report templates and company branding and typography. Prepared presentations and materials for multi-state business trip pitching work to several large research and marketing companies.
Mindmapping — 2009
Disappointed by the abilities of both the Everything Box and the Personal Wiki to help store, organize, and retrieve media, text, and thoughts in an accessible and meaningful fashion, I am working on a program with Cole Krumbholz to ease the tagging of files, create spatial layouts of media with inline annotation, and navigate between files based on their properties and tags in an attractive, human-usable manner.
Disappointed by the abilities of both the Everything Box and the Personal Wiki to help store, organize, and retrieve media, text, and thoughts in an accessible and meaningful fashion, I am working on a program with Cole Krumbholz to ease the tagging of files, create spatial layouts of media with inline annotation, and navigate between files based on their properties and tags in an attractive, human-usable manner.
Socially conscious fashion — 2009
Tired of seeing the luxury class of the 1st world co-opting textile patterns from around the world without giving anything back, I decided I would like to produce streetwear using authentic patterns on fair trade fabric then kick profits back to a micro-finance organization to support the cultures from whom I am drawing the patterns. [delayed until summer 2010]
Tired of seeing the luxury class of the 1st world co-opting textile patterns from around the world without giving anything back, I decided I would like to produce streetwear using authentic patterns on fair trade fabric then kick profits back to a micro-finance organization to support the cultures from whom I am drawing the patterns. [delayed until summer 2010]
The Heliotrope — 2009
In fall 2008, a mailing list was created for the friends of Harvard student Zach Taxin. Before long, the list filled withTL;DR short essays on technology, ethics, science, culture … everything. Eventually it was decided that with a touch of editing, we could produce a decent online magazine.
In fall 2008, a mailing list was created for the friends of Harvard student Zach Taxin. Before long, the list filled with
Business Intelligence Webapp — 2008
During my stint at the start-up consulting firm Measuring Success, I observed that producing customized reports for clients was taking up to 8 hours each, even though the only change between reports was the data shown in the charts. I took the lead in developing a system that, given a master template, could generate customized reports for clients in a matter of minutes.
During my stint at the start-up consulting firm Measuring Success, I observed that producing customized reports for clients was taking up to 8 hours each, even though the only change between reports was the data shown in the charts. I took the lead in developing a system that, given a master template, could generate customized reports for clients in a matter of minutes.
Curated Exhibit — 2007
While I was working at the Hood Museum of Art, I had the opportunity to curate an exhibit on the topic of my choosing. Working with the subject of typographic imagery, I assembled pieces by Ben Shahn, Kurt Schwitters, a collaborative Fluxus Box, and others, exploring uses of type and the meaning behind the shapes of individual glyphs.
While I was working at the Hood Museum of Art, I had the opportunity to curate an exhibit on the topic of my choosing. Working with the subject of typographic imagery, I assembled pieces by Ben Shahn, Kurt Schwitters, a collaborative Fluxus Box, and others, exploring uses of type and the meaning behind the shapes of individual glyphs.
Helped Produce AI@50 — 2006
On the fiftieth anniversary of the Dartmouth Conference on Artificial Intelligence, Dartmouth gathered five of the 10 original attendees – Marvin Minsky, Ray Solomonoff, Oliver Selfridge, Trenchard More, and John McCarthy – along with recent luminaries to speak on developments, philosophical consequences, and future predictions regarding the field of AI. I arranged speaker schedules, lodging, campus logistics, &c. [Plus it was fun.]
On the fiftieth anniversary of the Dartmouth Conference on Artificial Intelligence, Dartmouth gathered five of the 10 original attendees – Marvin Minsky, Ray Solomonoff, Oliver Selfridge, Trenchard More, and John McCarthy – along with recent luminaries to speak on developments, philosophical consequences, and future predictions regarding the field of AI. I arranged speaker schedules, lodging, campus logistics, &c. [Plus it was fun.]