A brief overview of how I tricked my security team into clicking a suspicious-looking link…
Project: Time Eclipse
Time Eclipse uses the idea of gravitational lensing and a total solar eclipse, to display time. The fixed occultation causes time to appear as though it curves to the observer’s view, from somewhere far beyond[…]
Kiwi Foo Camp 2016
If you ever get the opportunity to attend a Foo camp, go. Foo camp is an invite only, unconference. It’s designed at bringing people who do interesting things, together for one weekend. Perhaps people who[…]
Presentation at QCon SF 2015 – Creating a rainstorm using infrared and C#
Update 28/03/2016 – This talk is now publicly available here! This year I was invited by Phil Haack to present at QCon in San Francisco as part of the .NET stream for “The amazing[…]
The Phoenix Light Swan
After showcasing the Light Swan in the 2015 LUX festival, I was more than happy to shelve the project and move onto something new. The months leading up to and including the festival were exhausting[…]
Project: Glowing Jar Necklace – Happy Halloween
I’m loving how quick and easy seed lights are to use! They’re brilliant for adding a soft glow to decorations or for brightening up a costume at the last minute. This year, work was hosting[…]
Project: Light Swan
Last year I attended the Wellington LUX light festival as a spectator. This year, I helped illuminate it. Intrigued by the idea of using light for art, I spent nearly every night of the 2014 festival[…]
Project: Sparkle Dress
They grow up so fast! This year my younger sister Emma, attended her first school ball. To make it even more special, I offered to help make her really shine. After discussing some ideas, we[…]
Imaginarium Challenge – 2015
YouTube video by Samuel Marsden School Stuff.co.nz article Over the last two days, my friends and I helped mentor students for the Imaginarium Challenge at Samuel Marsden Collegiate. The event was designed to challenge students creative and[…]
OS//OS – Open Source Open Society
“OS//OS is a two-day gathering of bright minds and communities from open technology, open government, open business and open education.” http://www.opensourceopensociety.com/ Recently I was invited to attend OS//OS, New Zealand’s Open Source Open Society Conference[…]
Kiwi Foo Camp 2015
Recently I was fortunate enough to be invited to Kiwi Foo Camp! Kiwi Foo (baa) camp is a private gathering of around 150 people from New Zealand, Australia, and the world. Invitees are doing interesting work in fields[…]
The Performance Arcade 2015
Over the past year, I have been involved in an art project, Rainscape, with my friend Debbie Fish. The idea behind Rainscape was to create an interactive and immersive environment for people to manipulate and alter, but[…]
BlinkButton – Wearable electronic concepts
BlinkButton is a collaborative group of artists, designers, developers and electronic engineers. We bring creativity to life. Here’s some of BlinkButton’s concept ideas we’re working on for our LUX 2015 proposal: LightSwan – a LED,[…]
Update on project: Rainscape
Brief blurbs from a current project Rainscape. Rainscape will be in the upcoming Performance Arcade as part of the container series. More info and photos to come.. The Performance Series – 30Upstairs Gallery, Dec 1 &[…]
Little Lights
Recently I was strapped for time preparing and helping setup a surprise birthday party for a friend. The theme; Celebrate the future. Guests were encouraged to dress up in “futuristic” style resulting in a very[…]