Projects (currently under construction)
Busted! Sexy eye tracking. 2007> Documentation photos and videos used
Eye tracking game that challenged users not to look at the sexy parts of actors in clips from the 2007 James Bond movie "Casino Royale."
Grant Work: Digital Storytelling and Community: An Exploration of Home. March 2007
> Photos
A collaboration of the Interactive Telecommunications Program, New York University and the Art Department of Xavier University, New Orleans Funded by the Nathan Cummings Foundation. Trained students and staff of non profits in video/audio podcasting.
2FerCam. Camera rig. 2007> Video in Action | Instructable on how it was made | Rig | Rig Being Used | Resulting Picture-In-Picture Video
Camera rig for hands-free operation of small video camera that enabled both people in an interview to be seen at once. Used flexpipe, a make-up mirror and harmonica holder.
Posture Project. Shoulder tilt measurement. 2007> Screen shot | Working page
Studied shoulder levelness with time-lapse laptop web cam video and shoulder harness.
Cong: COoperative POng game: Fall 2006
> Video of Cong in Action | Screenshot | Paddles
Programmed derivation of the classic Pong game to be based on cooperation. The goal of the game was to get the balls to collide in the middle. Paddles moved constantly up and down. Users pushed a button that released the balls from the paddles toward the center. If both users timed it right, via practice, or hopefully by communicating and cooperating, they BOTH got a point. The next round the paddles would move faster.
Narrative In The Round: 360 degreescreen and camera. 2007
> Screen | Inside | Camera
Experimental class. Used a 360 Ladybug camera to film several shorts. Built 12' circular, rear projection screen for viewing.
The Green Helmet: Solar safety. 2007
> Full tutorial with photos and videos on construction at Instructables.com
> Video of functionalty and usage
A solar powered, safety lit, weatherproof bike helmet and battery charger. A featured Instructable and Make Magazine project.
Judge Me Now & Joke Phone: Cell phone games. 2006> Judge Me Now Graphic | Joke Phone Graphic
Two cell phone applications using txt messaging, php, and mySQL.
Tribble: Alien pet. 2006> Documenation photos | Video
An alien pet that vibrated and chirped when touched in different places.
New York Nabes. Real Estate Website 2006> NewYorkNabes.com
Website for apartment hunters in New York City. Site consisted of a one page grid with major neighborhoods and the median rental prices for apartments scraped off the Village Voice's Backpage site. Each neighborhood linked to location in Googlemaps, an article, photos and Wikipedia entry. Included moving and renting tips and a neighborhood map. Adsense Ad supported.
Documentary director/Writer/Producer. "My Hippies" Dec. 2004 - Aug. 2005. > Article on the making of documentary
> Online 48-minute version
"What four unknown hippies who met on San Francisco's Haight Street in 1969 have to say (and show with stills, 8mm film and unreleased music) about their trip as face old age together." Spent 8 months part time making a 48 minute documentary for film festivals.
Group Cofounder/Facilitator. NoEnd Web Developers Group. Jan 1996 - Present. > NoEnd Website | Wired News article 1998 | Screenshot of Wired article 1998
NoEnd is a well-known San Francisco Web developers group and a leading online community, with 300+ active members.
Structured Writing Online Database. "Emuse" 1998 - 2003> Emuse Front Page | Characters | Plot Points | Finished Product
Co-creator and manager of Web site with 600+ users making stories outlines. A structured writing tool for creating outlines based on the work of Joseph Campbell's The Hero With a Thousand Faces. Uses a backend FileMaker Pro database to save users work.
AliceBot. A.I Chat Bot . 2001Alice has won the Loebner AI Challenge Turing test at Carnegie Mellon University in 2000 and 2001. I modified a chat bot to give compliments when asked.
Masters Thesis: "Co-Discovery Usability Testing with Children." Educational Technology, San Diego State Univerity, 1999> Co-Discovery Thesis PDF | Videos of testing: #1 | #2 | #3 | #4 | Demo of picture in picture
Tested the usability of a children's CD-ROM using picture in picture video monitoring and data analysis.
I.T. The Identity Tool.> Screenshot #1 | #2 | #3 | #4.
A Web-based prompted writing tool that helped people create an online identity.
Director Tutorial on Finding North Using the North Star. Plocktou's Quest for North. 1997> Screenshot #1 | #2 | #3
Learnlets. 1997 > Learnlets Web Site
"Small doses of knowledge for a fast paced world." A few tutorials I put up about computer skills.
Calebopolis. 1994. > Screenshot of city | 4130 pixel wide screenshot courtesy of Pat Coston | On Pat's SimCity 2000 Xtreme site | Review | Download Calebopolis
Review from SimCity 2000 city download site. "This is one of the most famous SimCity 2000 cities. The book "SimCity 2000, Power Politics and Planning" features this city in a full-color spread. It has inspired many SimCity 2000 Architects. Curious is the water-fall forest. There seems to be trees growing from the water-fall. Strange. This city features air-port peninsula with long runways, raised coast to fend against flooding, Micro-wave power station island, Central Park with large C written in water. University island. Isolated prison island. See pages 269-274 in SimCity 2000: Power, Politics, and Planning, by Nick Dargahi and Michael Bremer, published by Prima Publishing (Rocklin, CA, 1994, 421 pgs.).