Web engineer. Storyteller. Innovator.

I am passionate about the internet’s potential as a new medium. My interests and work are focused on a converging world of code, art, data, and online cinema.

I have received accolades for my work, including a Peabody Award and a News & Documentary Emmy nomination.

I am also an active and core member of the open source Svelte team.

Notable Projects

Hollow

Hollow

In 2012 and 2013, I led the web development and engineering effort of an interactive participatory documentary called Hollow.

Hollow explores the issues of small-town America through the voices of people living in McDowell County, W.Va.

The site employs rich interactive video and data visualization content.

CineModal

CineModal

CineModal is an ongoing pet project for creating interactive “modals.”

Modals are a new medium for story content, much like the cinema or video, but interactive, immersive, and built for the web.

I hope to provide new tools and lower the barrier to entry for content creators and consumers in an ever-growing world of online media.

Civic Seed

Civic Seed

Civic Seed is an open source multiplayer role-playing game I co-developed with the Engagement Game Lab at Emerson College.

Civic Seed draws inspiration from console RPG-style games, but was built from the ground up for online education.

Stories, Thoughts, and Essays

  • A Day of Mourning

    November 28, 2020

    A search for true gratitude sometimes requires connecting with grief and consequence.
    introspection
  • Why Data Needs a Standard

    Or, what to do with existing standards.

    July 17, 2020

    Data doesn't actually entirely need a new standard. The standards just need to be integrated better. Here's some thoughts to that end.
    Data
  • Svelte is Ready for Use Today

    Svelte 3 is out and it packs a punch.

    October 24, 2018

    Svelte is a wunderkind JavaScript framework that packs more punch in terms of features and performance than its predecessors, while still significantly reducing download page weight.
    JavaScript
    Svelte
    HTML
    CSS
    Framework
  • Data is a Story

    May 18, 2018

    All media is data and all data is media.
    Data
    Storytelling
    Humanity
    Media
  • Data is the Medium

    May 16, 2018

    Broadly speaking, every medium is a form of data and vice versa.
    Data
    Media
  • Wandering Thoughts on Code and Art

    May 16, 2018

    Muses on the intersection of code, data, art, and media frontiers.
    Writing
  • A New Mythology

    September 14, 2013

    Storytelling is forever changed by the Internet. In some ways, this magical medium is an extension of everything ever produced, every story ever told.
    Storytelling
    Humanity
    Media