Hi! I'm a creative developer from San Francisco. I build a lot of web stuff with HTML/CSS/JS and Python, but my real passion is exploring interactive design with new technologies. My dream job title is Director of Creative Interactive Technology and Tinkering. I work here, here, here, here.

Feel free to send me an e-mail, @chrisallick or text me.
Whatever's clever.

415.300.6890

San Francisco, California

PROJECT

Plug-in-Play represents a playground of ideas related to how we engage our urban environments. As participants interact with staged and adapted physical objects: benches, hopscotch, megaphone etc or social media: foursquare, facebook, flickr, twitter, etc particles representing those interactions are projected up the facade of a building. The resulting effect constitutes an attempt to create a more accurate representation of the vitality and complexity of our urban environments. With Rockwell Group. September 2010.

TECHNOLOGY

Arduino, Xbee, Projection Mapping, openFrameworks, OSC and custom web apps that monitor social networks in realtime.

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Interview done for IDSAxNY Spark in 60. June 2012.

TECHNOLOGY

Written in Python using the Tweepy library and a PyMCU microcontroller.

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Modified fish and skateboard created for Bordo Bello with designer Jennifer Daniel. When the button is pushed the fish moves and speaks a random skateboard related phrase. The decks are auctioned to raise money for artist mentorship programs in Colorado. September 2011.

TECHNOLOGY

The fish is controlled by an Embed and simple external amplifier circuit. The phrases are loaded from a MicroSD card controlled over SPI.

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An under one minute video shot at Old Made Vintage Clothing store in Williamsburg. After quitting advertising, but before graduate school I would babysit my friend's store. After awhile it got pretty boring so I starting making movies. Shot by Ben Brucker from Kamp Grizzly. October 2009.

TECHNOLOGY

Shot on a Canon 5D surrounded by wearables...

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NICO client site for unisex bifold wallet made for Paul Vlachou. October 2011.

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HTML/CSS/JQuery + HTML5/Canvas element for the animation and URL manipulation.

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My thesis consisted of creating user experiences around exploring and discovering music. June 2011.

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The iPhone app uses the CoreLocation API and custom compass to guide people towards particular GPS locations where they can stream an MP3 to their iPhone. The MP3 player was embedded in city walls and played a track from the artist Glasser when headphones were inserted.

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Atmega328 Arduino MicroSD MP3 player created for a part of my thesis project. May 2011.

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I used a VLSI chip for the decoding of the MP3s. The software was written in C. The files are loaded from a 2GB MicroSD card at up to 320kps for audiophile quality sound with 10 hours of continuous play.

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Chromaclock is a time piece that uses water and soft circuits. Using chromatography paper, the pigments are separated as water travels up the blades. When it reaches a switch, the stepper motor rotates and places the next blade in water. April 2011.

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The blades are controlled by a stepper motor which is run with a simple circuit and Teensy. The enclosure and blades are laser cut acrylic.

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