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Creative Director at Bluecadet | teacher at Parsons and ITP | TSPS | Spacebrew

Brooklyn, NY
Joined June 2007
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AR, audio tours, navigation, member card, and a whole lot of fun: our @Bluecadet app for @thehenryford is out now for iOS (Android coming soon!) itunes.apple.com/us/app/the-…
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Our initial look at our multi-year many-project wildly-prototyped work for @thehenryford is live! bluecadet.com/work/the-henry…
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Just to prove I don’t *just* use this platform to complain, @Expedia has been amazing at helping us sort out the rest of our trip. Thanks!
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Getting more love from bots than @Fly_Norwegian over trying to cancel a flight for a medical reason. Thanks bots! #whynorwegian #worst
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Replying to @Fly_Norwegian
@Fly_Norwegian curious why your customer service is saying it is impossible to talk to a manager?! What is the system that you have going here?
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@Fly_Norwegian all we are trying to do is cancel our flight because the CDC has changed their Zika recommendation on our destination. This is ridiculous.
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@Fly_Norwegian “We do not recognize pregnancy as a reason to cancel a flight, nor do we recognize the CDC’s recommendation”. Wow!
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In which I talk process, Marx brothers, Flash, and Montessori: thefwa.com/interviews/brett-…
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New work up @Bluecadet! "River Alive" just launched at the Independence Seaport Museum in Philly, ft a 30-foot physiodigital interactive projection, hands-on labs, an animal personality quiz, and more. bluecadet.com/work/riveraliv…
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Stay tuned for process documentation with some hilariously detailed paper bodystorming, home-brewed wind sensors, and Marx-brothers-inspired user tests in full crab costume...!
New opportunity at @Bluecadet NYC! Looking for a stellar motion apprentice to join our studio. DM for details, apply via the link! bluecadet.com/careers/motion…
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We're hiring a designer at @fathominfo! Level of experience is quite flexible (from junior to art director) but must be curious, and interested in making beautiful and useful things with data: fathom.info/careers (Please share with your talented friends!)
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Loving the trend of prototyping early, cheaply, and collaboratively at #mcn2018. We’re all so far past the industrial/product design definition of prototype, we almost need a new word! I personally like Alberto Savoia’s “pretotype”.
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it’s happening! funding for art+tech projects (including communities, and tools) in the united states! 👏👏👏 this article lays out the significance and difficulty very nicely. – at Fingal, Ireland
NEW: We're investing $435K in new arts/technology projects that support a strong future for digital art-making. Knight's @heychrisbarr shares why: kf.org/artstech18 #artstech #knightarts cc: @GrayAreaorg @EDP_Denver @ProcessingOrg @sfpc
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Really excited to share first looks at the work we've been doing @Bluecadet with @thehenryford tomorrow at #MCN2018. Come see us tomorrow at 1:15! conference.mcn.edu/2018/prof…
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If you're looking for a free, browser-based animation & scripting tool to fill a Flash-shaped hole in your heart, please consider @WickEditor, developed by my former students @creativeinquiry. Ideal for kids ages 9-99.
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Eyebeam is pleased to announce the launch of the Eyebeam Center for the Future of Journalism (ECFJ), a groundbreaking grant-making program that supports artists producing innovative and revelatory journalistic work for major media outlets.
Lots of super exciting work at @Bluecadet in 2019—and we need more people to pull it off! PM! Senior Designer! CD! Oh my! DM for details, and apply here: bluecadet.com/about/careers?…
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i’ve been increasingly skeptical of relatively naive & playful interactive pieces like this in a world that demands more radical intervention. but every smile and story i share with people makes me reconsider. vimeo.com/96549043 – at Taipei City, Taiwan
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Come check out the media we @Bluecadet created for the Henry Street Settlement as a part of Open House NY! ohny.org/sites/9Jue7YcyfBzqG…
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We are approaching another minimum of solar activity. One of the most famous was the Maunder Minimum in the 17th century, when the temperature drop in the Northern Hemisphere was so noticeable that the number of paintings depicting winter scenes increased substantially.
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