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Author Talk This Friday — Critical Web Design (MIT Press)

Posted on September 15, 2026

This Friday, September 18 at 10:30 AM, I’ll be joined by co-author xtine burrough (UT Dallas) for an author talk on our new book Critical Web Design, published this year by MIT Press. https://mitpress.mit.edu/9780262053167/critical-web-design/ xtine and I come to this project from complementary directions. She is a media artist and prolific author working across electronic […]

Bells and Whistles

Posted on August 24, 2026 (August 24, 2026)

I’ve been following the cycling-influenced illustration work of Dave Walker for a while now. When he posted this recent compendium of bells and whistles I wanted to respond creatively. It was a chance to explore how to make sound both interactive and visual. It was also a lot of fun interpreting the depths of Dave’s […]

Critical Web Design, the book

Posted on July 21, 2026 (July 21, 2026)

As of today, the textbook I wrote with xtine burrough is now available! Published by the MIT Press, “Critical Web Design” is an innovative, learn-by-doing textbook that teaches how to design for the web while engaging a critical lens on the technoculture that sustains it.” A very warm thank you to xtine for the collaboration, […]

Convert a PHP/MySQL site to Jamstack and host on Github Pages

Posted on November 17, 2025 (November 17, 2025)

One of the first items on my sabbatical to do list last year was to convert the Camp La Jolla Military Park website to a static Jamstack site hosted at Github Pages. This post documents that process. I originally created the site as a research tool using PHP and a MySQL database for data entry, to […]

DIY Bike wheel hub end cap puller

Posted on October 6, 2025 (October 6, 2025)

How to make an end cap puller using a leftover piece of carbon bar and some hose clamps. Carefully place a piece of carbon (or metal) bar into a vise. Make two cuts along the length, removing about 1/4 in. (~5mm) to make room for the piece to tighten around the end cap. Slide the […]

Escape from music subscription services

Posted on August 5, 2025 (August 5, 2025)

Like the rest of the world, I’ve moved on from CDs for music. However, since I’ve converted all my discs to digital format, and I’m not likely to pay for a smartphone that can hold 140 GB of audio, my music collection has only received attention while I’m bleeding MTB brakes in my garage. Since […]

Scoreboard Operator’s Instructions (Redesigned) MPC Control (Model Code 134 Basketball)

Posted on December 28, 2023 (December 29, 2023)

If you know me then you already know I have little patience for bad interface and user experience design. Like most users, I leave websites when they fail to provide intuitive paths to the information I need. However, the physical world is full of bad design you can’t escape. Take this device. The MPC Control […]

Algorithmic Lifestyle @ Roehrs & Boetsch, Zurich

Posted on August 30, 2018 (August 30, 2018)

I haven’t posted here for a while, as I’ve been busy with projects and returning to teaching. I am proud to share that I Know Where Your Cat Lives is in a show opening today in Zurich. The statement is below. GROUP EXHIBITION – ALGORITHMIC LIFESTYLE 31. 8. – 13. 10. 2018 We click, we […]

Stasi / Facebook / Big Data DAAD Day 28 – The Stasi Archive and BStU

Posted on June 25, 2017 (July 26, 2017)

After some traveling and conferences and development sprints on other projects I have time this week to come back to the Stasi work. The first post is about the Stasi Records Agency (BStU), whose full name (in English) is the impressive, “Federal Commissioner for the Records of the State Security Service of the former German […]

Stasi / Facebook / Big Data DAAD Day 27 – Exhibits on surveillance at Museum für Fotografie

Posted on June 19, 2017

Yesterday I headed to the Museum für Fotografie to see two exhibitions on surveillance. The Field Has Eyes. Images of the Surveillant Gaze includes 75 prints, books, photographs and examples of optical apparatus to present a visual and cultural history of the controlling gaze from the 16th to the 20th century. I don’t have many […]

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