Projects
Chord Progression Generator
Stuck for inspiration composing music? The Chord Progression Generator will give you a chord sequence in the key you want that always sounds good.
Four player online Tag 2.0
A project for Greg Niemeyer's Game Design Class in Spring 2007.
Play the final version of Tag 2.0
See the design iterations and play tests for Tag 2.0.
Mini-Etch-a-Sketch
Draw a picture and send it back to me using the Mini-Etch-a-Sketch I built in Processing.
Books
I made a book for my sister using Blurb whom I met at the Maker Faire in 2006 where I was helping to present the MobMov with it's founder Bryan Kennedy (who I also developed the fantastically fun Collaboract with) who also started the addictive LikeBetter (and where Tom Anderson took this awesome photo of us).
It was surprisingly easy to make and the book itself is beautiful to have. Seriously, everybody should be making books with Blurb
More recently, my wife and I put together a book documenting our travel down the Kongakut River in the far North of Alaska. You can even buy it if you like the look of it.
Music
I love playing the piano and composing my own music. Composing is a little strong as I never actually write it down (well, just enough to remember how to play it). Have a listen.
I also had fun making CD cases for some of my compilations.
Getting into American Universities
I spoke with Margaret Kroto for her book Getting into American Universities. In case you're visiting from there here you can find my experience and advice about everything that was needed to get into Berkeley.
Engineering Pathway
For much of my time at UC Berkeley I collaborated on building and maintaining the Engineering Pathway and NEEDS - a digital library for engineering education. Both sites are the place to go for resources on engineering and science education. There is a wealth of excellent online exercises, animations, lesson plans, references materials and more. The Engineering Pathway is being continually developed, though I'm no longer actively involved. The Today in History EP blog has some neat, short articles about engineering firsts.
More projects (on their way)
- Collaboract
- Design Metaphor Database - quotes about design that hint at underlying metaphors. Built for research until it got spammed.
