The Atlantic on 3D Printing
First, over the past 25 years, the compound annual growth rate of the 3D printing industry was 25.4 percent. Over the past three years — during the ascent of 3D printing excitement — the growth rate…
The Real Problem with MOOCs
MOOC, or massive open online course, is a hot topic these days. There is a great deal of excitement over what some see as the future of higher education, and for good…
A Single Lifetime
A Single Lifetime is a short story I wrote for an English class I took at Stanford. This was my first real attempt at writing fiction. My favorite novels as a teenager…
Embrace Eternity
For whom is this world on fire?And what is my life’s desire?The silence thunders. My past is cold, forgotten.Our future bright, uncertain.The moment reigns. At the heart of hearts our battles live.Fight…
A Read-Only Future
This is a video project on copyright I made with Chi Ling Chan for STS 1: The Public Life of Science and Technology (Winter 2012–2013) at Stanford University. The first half of…
World Visualizer
This is a D3.js interactive data visualization I made for CS 448B in Fall 2012. It was the last time Professor Jeffrey Heer taught the class before he left Stanford. Chi Ling…
Restoring Freedom: a review of “Free Culture” by Lawrence Lessig
We live in a paradoxical time. Never before in modern times has the power of collaborative production been such a prominent feature of popular culture. Witness the popularity of the latest YouTube…