So, what is this place?
Duh, it's my website.
No, I mean why does this place exist?
Oh great, an existential philosopher.
What are some vague and easily misunderstood terms for what you do?
Let's see... multimedia development, digital media development, digital art, virtual art, new media art, interactive media art... Just about every week someone thinks up another.
And how would YOU describe yourself?
I'm an interactive media developer living in Chicago. Work I do includes programming web games in ActionScript 3/Flash, using JavaScript in webpages, writing Python for both client and server applications, building iPhone games using Lua/Corona SDK, and multiplatform development using Unity.
Who do you work for?
I work for Synapse Games. I also teach at schools such as the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and Columbia College.
I frequently create digital artworks with Mark Skwarek. We've shown our work in venues like Famous Accountants gallery in NYC, Boston Cyberarts, ISEA in Ireland, and the Sunshine gallery in Beijing. He started and I am a member of the cyberartist group Manifest.AR
What made you decide on a minimalist site design?
Laziness. The site was simple to build and is easy to maintain. I have neither the time nor inclination to design a more complex website for myself.
Can you summarize yourself briefly?
I am a
globe-trotting post-modern
half-korean, half-caucasian
young male terran homo sapien
liberal united states citizen
disgruntled populist agnostic
biologist/animator/programmer
intelligence agent
Anyone ever tell you that you look like Keanu Reeves?
Yeah, I get that a lot.
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