I have updated my Portfolio with my newer projects, as well as assignments from NMD 211 – Creative Coding 2. I have also touched up a few areas and fixed some typos. Home

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My Web portal is on the way that the rise of popular voice chat apps has ironically made it harder for some people to talk with others in online gaming. While the number of people this affects is quite large, one group that has been More

This is my UMaine portfolio page. It’s still a little anemic in terms of content other than the Tasks, but I think I’ve gotten the design set up the best I can.

For the “destructive” meme, I chose the sarcastic “Thanks Obama” meme. While not terribly destructive on its own, given the obviously sarcastic nature of the meme, it subtly normalizes blaming anything on him, even things which are unrelated to him or are outside of his More

My idea is for a social app that allows users to anonymously share their personal shames, doubts, and flaws. The app would then tell them how many other users share those flaws, and allow them to comment on other’s problems with solutions, affirmations, or just More

This is my infographic on the benefits and potential issues of AI in its future development. I focus mainly on the flexibility of neural networks as a benefit, and biased training data, limited accessibility of the creation process, and the potential for catastrophic failures as More

Our group collected a body of data from a variety of articles, and decided to try to show both negative and positive effects and uses of tech for mental health.

My chosen issue was skewed Social Comparison from the unrealistic standards of the internet. The supporting article is here: https://www.nursingtimes.net/news/mental-health/how-use-of-social-media-and-social-comparison-affect-mental-health-24-02-2020/ Video:

The problem I chose to address here is how many technologies promote an overall lack of physical activity and exercise. When the primary method of interaction with tech is done sitting down at a screen and typing, poor physical health is almost guaranteed for anyone More

I chose Principle 11, Use Edges and Value the Marginal, specifically the aspect of it involving the joining of separate ideas to form new solutions. I represented this as overlapping circles representing sun, water, and earth coming together to form plant life.