building a discord bot

using the discord api is super convenient way to prototype conversational interfaces and interactions as a designer. It creates good constraints, forcing you to focus on the conversational aspects of the interaction

creative technology

I think what makes my creative technology practice is: 1) treating technology as a material 2) making ideas tangible 3) bringing a system perspectives 4) working like a home cook

body tracking with ml5js

exploring the body tracking models in the ml5js library by remixing the examples (rather than starting from scratch)

image classification with ml5js

been exploring how to use image classifiers in the browser with ml5js, and especially playing with the teachable machine integration to bring in classifiers you train with your own datasets

text generation with openai api

Can we really push just imagining LLM interfaces as search boxes or as human assistants? There's a huge opportunity for designers to rethink the *ENTIRE* chat-interface experience, and the openai api makes it so easy to prototype.

intro to inputs with p5

using p5js is a super quick approach to getting basic inputs prototypes off the ground

creating a decision tree

building a binary tree algorithm as a chatbot feels foundational to exploring algorithmic decision making, including this current era of LLM based systems

making your own markov chains feels so relevant to understanding how LLMs work because they help you get a feel for probabilistic text generation at a more manageable scale

design as problem solving

I've realized that I'm not entirely against design as a problem solving, but instead I get most frustrated when designers aren't given the power and agency to frame those problems that they have to solve.

Oct 15

Sometimes when you achieve things, you realize that the things that you achieve are not really the thing, it's the journey to get there that's magical.On Being Yourself, The Creative Independent.

Channel Tres

I think I was especially built for design grad school because I love thinking about design process. Reflecting back on what works and why and how we got to where we are with the creation of things is endlessly enjoyable to me.

I spent my early career really wrangling with the question "what is design." But I've realized there really isn't ever a single answer, so instead this is my catalog of the different definitions of design that have resonated with me

What Can a Body Do?

What can a Body Do feels like the foundational design book that I wished I had when I started my career.