Archive
Things that are too old for my resume or portfolio, but still part of my story.
Writing
- Exquisite Computing (Wired magazine, 1999) — Review of Squeak, which is still going strong 20+ years later
- Prometheus Hardbound (Wired, 1999) — Review of Rescuing Prometheus, a book about big projects from ARPANET to the Big Dig
- Powering Inferno (Web Review, 1997) — Review of the Inferno operating system, which is still around
- The Elephants of Style (Web Review, 1997) — early coverage of Cascading Style Sheets
- Juicing Java (Web Review, 1997) — Juice, a Java wannabe
- Cyberia: Fighting the Chill of the Information Age, a syndicated column I wrote in the ’90s. Seen in the Chicago Tribune and other print publications, as well as on Alternet.
Web projects
- purportal.com (retired circa 2014) — An anti-scam resource site, featuring a searchable database of 10,000+ scam email messages. Recommended by the New York Times, USA Today, Earthlink, and Yahoo Internet Life.
- toolbot.com (retired circa 2007) — A collection of single-purpose utilities with innovative features: Google AdSense preview; bookmarkable, multi-vendor package tracking; link-shortening with anti-spoofing features; mapping via public domain imagery.
Graphic design
I worked as a page designer for local news/entertainment magazines, and then went national (FamilyPC and other Ziff-Davis and Disney projects).
I also did some “grunge typography” back when that was a thing:
TRS-80 arcade-style games
I wrote these in the mid-’80s and sold them by mail. Written in compiled BASIC!
