I’ve recently started work as a Program Manager at Media Arts Center San Diego. Our DIY New Media Lab now hosts the San Diego node of SHARE. Keep up with the latest happenings on our Lab blog.
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The EyeWriter project is an ongoing collaborative research effort to empower people who are suffering from ALS with creative technologies.It is a low-cost eye-tracking apparatus & custom software that allows graffiti writers and artists with paralysis resulting from Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis to draw using only their eyes.
I’ve always been afraid of two things – bodies of water (in which I cannot see the bottom) and heights. At 7, I was stung by a jellyfish while swimming. That same year, I fell off a rock face and into a crevice of fresh lava rock, gouging and slicing my flesh as I [...]
Today I set a game plan with Shakthi on how we're going to tackle the next 6 weeks in the Pilbara. I'll need to:
develop/find/improve on some curriculum for 'object-based storytelling'
develop/find/improve on curriculum to introduce the 'craft' of working with audio and photography
develop online social network strategy for cultural leaders in the Pilbara
For the [...]
On September 6th, I got to go and visit and jam at my first SHARE in New York City.
SHARE is basically an ‘open jam’ for anyone to come and play their sound/video/visual art with others. From their Facebook Page:
SHARE is first and foremost a platform to explore expression, in a variety of artforms. Through its [...]
Thank you!
Hello internet. I’m happy to say I won my goal with Kickstarter. Thank you everyone! I could not have done it without you. For those who missed the action, I decided to do a 4 hour marathon online DJ set (that’s part of what’s documented in the video above) to raise the [...]
Hi internet! In the next 10 3 days, I am trying to raise $1500 (now just $1360 $819 thanks to Ellen, Aleem, Jan, Belinda, Anne, Ben, Tom, Paul, Laura, Mark, Darryl, Liz, Jo’el, Ryan, Mary, Elvia, Taylor, Emily and Kristin to fund an independent travel project through Europe.
It’s called We Operate Best Together. And it’s [...]
I’m proud to say that the project I was serving as Project Champion for at Netsquared won a $5000 FACT Social Justice Award!
About FACT: “The French American Charitable Trust (FACT) is committed to addressing the fundamental inequalities and injustices in our society by helping develop and sustain networks of community-based groups in the U.S. and [...]
Hi Interwebz! I want to go to Europe this summer to make and learn about the electronic arts with local organizations, events and communities.
MY GOAL IS TO LEVERAGE MY MUSIC AND SOCIAL NETWORKS TO TOUR AND DOCUMENT CREATIVE COMMUNITIES THROUGH EUROPE
I know it will require a lot of work, but this is something I feel [...]
BIO
I’m a community technologist. I figure out the best ways for people to use technology to engage their communities. Whether it’s through pre-existing systems and networks or custom built ones, I weave people, technology and human resources together to ensure measurable impact for your community-based online/offline initiatives.
My top three specialities:
online relationship/social network cultivation
Wordpress/Drupal design and [...]






