Work exploring atoms and bits through making and sharing

Podcast

This Should Work* is a podcast that interviews designers and makers. At almost 30 episodes, it’s interviewed people from AnnMarie Thomas at the Playful Learning Lab, to Helen Leigh (designer of Imogen Heap’s musical gloves), to Smithsonian award-winning craftsman Hayne Bayless.

Select Writing + Speaking Engagements

I keep this list less frequently updated. For a full list, see my CV.

• From Game Design to Hardware Innovation – Talk, Crowd Supply Teardown 2024
• W&L After Class (guest) – Unlearning, risk, and chance-taking at W&L
• AI Meets Atoms – A Hardware Reality Check – Essay
• ourss – An Opinionated RSS Reader – Build notes
• Systems Tinkering – KEYNOTE American Medical Association ChangeMedEd
• Thinking through Makerspaces – KEYNOTE Chicago Public Schools + Google
• Fixing Chicago’s Crime Data – O’Reilly Strata Hadoop World
• 3D Printing PPE. Science from the Frontlines – Chicago Council on Science and Technology
• Metaphysics and Making – NOMCON 2022
• Developing a Distributed Fabrication Network – Global Maker Faire
• Creating Conference Badges – Crowd Supply Teardown
• How to Make a Makerspace – Illinois Institute for Rural Affairs
• Designing for Interaction Beyond the Screen: An Introduction to Physical Computing for Designers – Design Principles and Practices
• You Can Touch This – AIGA Design Educators Conference
• How Tinkering and “Problem Making” Are Shaking Up Higher Education – MAKE Magazine
• How to Start a Makerspace in Small Town America – MAKE Magazine
• How Chicago Became a Place to Make Games (Again) – NBC 5

As Seen In

For a full list, see my CV.

• This coworking space hacks kids’ cars and helps modernize the concrete industry – Chicago Tribune
• A DePaul Professor Uses 3D Printers To Make Face Shields For First Responders – NPR (WBEZ)
• Jay Margalus of Illinois PPE Network – Tastytrade
• Lunar Giant Talks Delve Deeper 2: The Deepening – Gamer’s Nexus
• Makerfest in Mokena Celebrates Creativity – Chicago Tribune
• Visiting Artist’s Series – DePaul University
• Connectory Live: The Chicago Connectory & DePaul — A Collaboration Conversation – Bosch
• Plan C: Chicago Shield – MAKE Magazine