Creative Projects
Outside of my professional and academic work, I have experimented with a bunch of creative projects, ranging from web apps to in-person interactive experiences, and even things that look a bit more like research (usually about internet culture, media fandoms, or global subcultures).
Undersight Board
Parody concept of the Meta Oversight Board, utilizing global AI agents in a multi-stakeholder consensus framework for policy judgements. Winner of the 2023 Trust & Safety Hackathon.
Hearts Legacy
An experimental "legacy" board game developed from the basic card game, Hearts.
High-Tempo Peer Information Aggregation in Response to Developing Events
Lecture at Stanford University about my dissertation research on Reddit and information collaboration during crises.
Alice Down the Neural Network
An exploration of applying generative deep learning to Alice in Wonderland.
College Plays Pokemon
An experimental interactive media installation, building off of TwitchPlaysPokemon.
Twitch Played Pokemon
A lecture and data analysis delivered at GDC about the TwitchPlaysPokemon phenomenon.
Happy Birthday to Us
An experimental web app that generates YouTube videos singing Happy Birthday with custom names.
Global Reddit Meetup Day 2014
Reddit's annual Global Reddit Meetup Day, organized in Los Angeles 2014.
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Connecting America [Hackathon Project]
First-prize winning hackathon project using open-source immigration data.
The Hidden Value of Punching Trees
Research lecture presented at Penny Arcade Expo 2011 on Minecraft & game culture.
The Cult of Hatsune Miku
Invited research lecture presented at USC Pacific Asia Museum.