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my contribution to the creative computing scene my 2010-2011 blog on education and technology my 2007-2010 blog on computing and commuting |
| Current Projects |
 | Sketchcasting is a way to record interactive and forkable screencasts of coding sessions on Sketchpad. | Javascript, Etherpad, Popcorn.js, Soundcloud API, Processing.js |
| Sketchpad is an open studio for making beautiful code, built on Etherpad and Processing.js. | Javascript, Etherpad, Processing |
 | Grockit Answers is a Q&A site built specifically for conversations around web videos, tightly-coupling questions with timeline, courtesy of Popcorn.js. | Javascript, MongoDB, Sinatra/Ruby, Popcorn.js, Mustache.js |
| Past projects - Not actively maintained |
 | SpellBEE is a web-based peer tutoring game focused on American-English spelling. | Java, AWT applets, JSP, servlets, Tomcat, Apache, PostgreSQL, JDBC, shell scripts, AJAX, Comet. Analysis R, Python, SPSS, SQL |
 | BEEmail is a proof-of-concept, demonstrating that a Teacher's Dilemma game-based learning activity can be massively scalable, by structuring the network as an overlay of an existing asynchronous communications network. | Javascript |
 | The BEEweb is a suite of web-based peer tutoring games, which currently include: SpellBEE, PatternBEE, MoneyBEE, and GeograBEE. | Java, Swing applets, JSP, servlets, JBoss, Apache, PostgreSQL, JDBC, shell scripts. Analysis R, Python, SPSS, SQL |
 | Coevisualizer is research software designed to help visualizing coevolutionary simulations. | Java, Swing, dot, coevolutionary algorithms. |
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 | Page Axe demonstrated a way to bring your own security (BYOS?) to any third-party web application. User-initiated database translucency. | OpenSSL, AES-CBC, privacy, web applications, Applescript Studio, Mac OS X |
 | Berry turned my low-tech cell phone into a full-featured BlackBerry smartphone. A complete DSL for party tricks. | Mac OS X, Applescript Studio, Skype, Text-to-Speech, Google Search API, SMS, AIM, Automator action, Quicksilver action, web server, Growl, Sparkle. |
 | Some camera hacks turned a "single-use" digital camcorder into a reusable device. With my app, you simply plug into USB and out pops a DVD. Pre-dated the Flip camcorder. | Mac OS X, Applescript Studio, USB, ffmpeg, Growl, Sparkle. |
 | RollerCAD was a class project to create CAD software for roller coasters. This was one of those great experiences where we became consumed with the project, and forgot it was just a class assignment. |
| Assorted Screenshots |
Grockit Answers: Teaser
Grockit Answers: When groups of students are watching the same video at the same time, newly-posted questions and answers are live-updated on all connected viewers.
Grockit Answers: When you search for a video on Grockit Answers, you can now embed the results onto your own webpage.
Grockit Answers: Moderation controls are now more readily-accessible, simplifying the process for a teacher to get started using Grockit Answers in their classroom.
Grockit Answers: Any video, question, or answer on the site can now be shared with others through Edmodo.
Grockit Answers: Answers now powers thousands of Grockit's SAT and GMAT video courses, providing the opportunity to ask questions and offer help around every question video explanation on the site.
Grockit Answers: When you search for a video on Grockit Answers, you can now embed the results onto your own webpage.
Grockit Answers: Once a day, teachers and others who moderate videos will now receive an update listing all new Q&A activity on those videos:
Data visualization of a distributed sensor network
CAD software for roller coaster design