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Infocom-related mishaps
dept. of side projects
Corduroy is a Python library for using CouchDB with Tornado.
book cover doodle
i have no idea why i made this…
scale error
coordinate transforms will always be a trial and error affair i'm afraid
the rules of the game
13 months and 11k lines of code later, i’ve finished up the choose your own adventure project. all told i ended up cataloging a dozen books from the early-to-mid 80s, looking for patterns in their construction and in the paths made by different readers through them.
these short, simple books had a surprisingly complicated structure with their interlocking pages & choices. as a kid the idea of writing one and keeping all those pages straight boggled my mind. what was lost on me at the time was that even a list of hundreds of page numbers can be comprehensible if it’s redrawn as a diagram. these days i feel like i approach everything that way.
so here is my look back at an obsession from my past, using graphical obsessions of the present to guide the way.
Bookmarks
maybe they'll take down the world's worst piece of signage now
the sound of ray davies applying for a job at the radiophonic workshop
a gift shop that doubles as a history of graphic design
many personal favorites on this list
there's something almost charming about the early days of computer viruses
they knew how to make music television back in the day
i'm guessing the Infinite Jest character's name was no coincidence
“Calling all. This is our last cry before our eternal silence.”
between the use of ‘strikes’, ‘matrices’, and the origin of the ‘K’ in CYMK, early color process nomenclature is suspiciously similar to printmaking/type-design jargon.
“No advertising, no support, no bug fixes, payment in advance.”
fantastic explanation of overtones vs timbre
i remember being surprised when the title screen's music switched from being atmospheric rumbles to a proper song about 30 seconds in.
phenomenology, doolittle
when los angeles's urban planning was at the burning man level
Found
Christian Swinehart
Rhode Island School of Design
M.F.A. | Graphic Design
2005-2008
Brandeis University
Ph.D. | Computational Neuroscience
1998-2005
Dickinson College
B.S. | Cognitive Science (Self-developed Major)
1994-1998
Education
Director
Office of Unspecified Services | Brooklyn, N.Y.
2010–
Interactive Designer
Pentagram | New York City
Graphic & computational design on Lisa Strausfeld's team
2007–2010
Core Developer
Fink Project | Open Source Software for OS X
Maintainer of 54 applications including Emacs, GPG, and Frotz
2002–2006
Web Designer/Developer
Revolutions Workshop | Washington D.C.
Graphic design and front-end development.
2000–2005
Experience
Programming Languages
Objective C, Python, Javascript, Actionscript, C, Java, Perl, Lisp
Graphics/Visualization Environments
Canvas, SVG, NodeBox, Processing, OpenGL, MATLAB
Markup Languages
HTML/CSS, LaTeX, Postscript
Applications
Illustrator, Flash, InDesign, Photoshop, After Effects, Apache, Max/MSP
Platforms
Mac OS X, Linux, BSD
Skills & Technologies
Samizdat Drafting Co.
129 Noble St., Top floor
Brooklyn, NY 11222
emailcc.tadzimas@gnitfard
githubsamizdatco
would love to hear their version of the assault on precinct 13 theme...