I'm a Brooklyn-based tech generalist focused on energy system decarbonization.
My projects have included site-specific interactive media and sculpture, zines, lenticular prints, web tools, and workshops that explore digital supply chains, the carbon intensity of internet, climate innovation, and the craft of repair. I completed a research residency at NYU's Interactive Telecommunications Program (ITP), a special place that combines emerging technology, art, and engineering, where I also received a master's in 2018.
I also work in data analytics, research, interaction design, and product management at commercial and mission-driven organizations. I taught creative computing at the Integrated Design & Media (IDM) program at NYU, and the Electronic Design & Multimedia (EDM) and Digital & Interdisciplinary Arts Practice (DIAP) programs at The City College of New York (CUNY/CCNY).
You can contact me via Email, Linkedin, or find me on Github.
About this site
It's estimated the internet consumes 3-5% of world's energy, surpassing the airline industry, and growing.
Since I built this site, there's been considerably more attention and research on the impact of hardware production, data centers, and heavy compute as a source of carbon emissions. This site was designed to be lightweight, mostly for fun, since it's not trafficked enough to make a large impact.
If you're interested in green(er) software development, I hope we can be friends. (Actually, If you're interested in data privacy, distributed networks, distributed energy resources, open data standards, permacomputing, ICS/OT security, soil and/or plants, electronics and/or textile repair, sewing/knitting, or reality tv, I hope we can also be friends.)
I was inspired by Low Tech Magazine's How to Build a Low Tech Website and How to Build a Low Tech Internet. I also found guidelines cited in this issue of Branch helpful, as well as this website carbon estimation tool and imagekit's image optimizer tool.
Current features of this site include:
* Minimizing javascript - the only javascript used is for the side navigation and the badge from websitecarbon.com on the homepage
* No analytics beyond those collected by my hosting provider
* Smaller, optimized-for-web, reduced quality (a compromise with maintaining fidelity) images
These things also improve performance and protect your data :)