So SXSW is going on right now. I wish I were there. I especially wish I were there because it’s currently thirty-four degrees and blustery in Chicago. That said, I suppose it’s a good thing I didn’t go this time, because I’m busy as all get out right now. Nothing new, right? Some days I feel like my best friends are a boulder and a vulture.
On the upside, I have reinitiated my workout plan, and have been doing about ten miles a day on the stationary bike, peppered with various weight-lifting binges. I am currently wishing I knew enough about Ruby on Rails to write a kickass personal training system. This is one of those things I would be happily discussing in Austin right now over Shiners, but alas – it was not to be. With a little luck, I’ll be back down to my fighting weight by this time next year, and will proceed to charm the living daylights out of the lovely ladies of Texas.
Right. I’m going to quit whining and go do some pushups or something. Or, more likely, revisit the ol’ cooking project. Onward!
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I'm the Director of the Games and Simulation program at Miami University in Ohio, where I am also an Assistant Professor in the College of Creative Arts' Emerging Technology in Business and Design department. I'm also the director of Miami's Worldbuilding and Narrative Design Research Laboratory (WNDRLab). I have a Master's in Comparative Media Studies from MIT and a PhD in Media Arts and Practices from the University of Southern California.
In past lives I've been the lead Narrative Producer for Microsoft Studios and cofounder of its Narrative Design team, working on projects like Hololens, Quantum Break and new IP incubation; in a "future of media" think tank for Microsoft's CXO/CTO and its Chief Software Architect; the Creative Director for the University of Southern California's World Building Media Lab and the Technical Director, Creative Director and a Research Fellow for USC's Annenberg Innovation Lab; a Visiting Assistant Professor at Whittier College and director of its Whittier Other Worlds Laboratory (WOWLab); the Communications Director and a researcher for the Singapore-MIT GAMBIT Game Lab; a founding member of the Convergence Culture Consortium at MIT (now The Futures of Entertainment); a magazine editor; and a award-winning short film producer. more »
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