Building an interactive instrument for a one-of-a-kind festival

Photos by Andrea Paulseth, Evelyn Nelson, Luong Huynh, Nick Meyer, and Kip Holmen. My hometown - Eau Claire, Wisconsin - is home to a singular music, literary, and art festival that is the brainchild of Justin Vernon (Bon Iver). Called Eaux Claires, it's unlike any other...

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The Kilopixel recap - season one

A few weeks ago, I finally shipped my most ambitious project ever, hoping for a solid reception. I'd told friends that I wanted it to go viral, not too viral - viral enough to keep it interesting but not overwhelming. I got that, and more. I knew that I couldn't just drop the...

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I spent 6 years building a ridiculous wooden pixel display

If you just want to play with it, goto kilopx.com. Six years ago I had an idea to build a large, inefficient display with a web interface that anyone could interact with. I've enjoyed Danny Rozin's unconvenional mirrors over the years and was inspired by an eInk movie player...

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A photo a day for 30 days

Inspired by my friend Zuzana and her #30in30 experiment, I decided to make a photograph each day for 30 days. I found it very challenging! I'd fight to come up with one good image, post it at the end of the day, and then wake up and have to do it again the next day. Some were...

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Building howtall.is

Yet again, Joe provided the spark: I immediately knew I needed to build an app to let internet friends guess your height and find out just how much they were under- or over-estimating how tall you are. Justin Jackson's a great example: he gives off 6'1" energy (to me, anyhow)...

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The Art of Pairing with Strangers - Over Engineered Podcast

My buddy Chris Morrell was kind enough to have me on his extremely chill podcast, Over Engineered, to talk about my Pair-amid Scheme. We nerded out over making - Chris has an obsession with sewing pants, and I shared my Kilopixel project. I honestly didn't know this was going...

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