Jonathan Beilin
Mindmapping — 2009
Disappointed by the abilities of both the Everything Box and the Personal Wiki to help store, organize, and retrieve media, text, and thoughts in a meaningful fashion (for project planning, for brainstorming, for inspiration, for memories), I am working on a program with Cole Krumbholz to ease tagging files, create spatial layouts of media with inline annotation, and navigate between files based on their properties and tags in an attractive, meaningful fashion.
Disappointed by the abilities of both the Everything Box and the Personal Wiki to help store, organize, and retrieve media, text, and thoughts in a meaningful fashion (for project planning, for brainstorming, for inspiration, for memories), I am working on a program with Cole Krumbholz to ease tagging files, create spatial layouts of media with inline annotation, and navigate between files based on their properties and tags in an attractive, meaningful fashion.
Web Ecology Project — 2009
Formed an independent research group to study the ecology of the internet. Currently working on a project with Tim Hwang, Michael Katsevman, and Seth Woodworth. In addition to releasing white papers, we are looking at how our studies can be applied commercially and are actively pursuing contracts.
Formed an independent research group to study the ecology of the internet. Currently working on a project with Tim Hwang, Michael Katsevman, and Seth Woodworth. In addition to releasing white papers, we are looking at how our studies can be applied commercially and are actively pursuing contracts.
Socially conscious fashion — 2009
Tired of seeing the luxury class of the 1st world co-opting textile patterns from around the world without giving anything back, I decided I would like to produce streetwear using authentic patterns on fair trade fabric and kick profits back to a micro-finance organization to support the cultures from whom I am drawing the patterns.
Tired of seeing the luxury class of the 1st world co-opting textile patterns from around the world without giving anything back, I decided I would like to produce streetwear using authentic patterns on fair trade fabric and kick profits back to a micro-finance organization to support the cultures from whom I am drawing the patterns.
The Heliotrope — 2009
In fall 2008, a mailing list was created for friends of Zach Taxin, a student at Harvard. Before long, the list filled withTL;DR short essays on technology, ethics, science, culture … everything. Eventually it was decided that with time spent editing, we could produce a decent online magazine.
In fall 2008, a mailing list was created for friends of Zach Taxin, a student at Harvard. Before long, the list filled with
Revising MS tech — 2008
During my stint at the start-up consulting firm Measuring Success, I saw that producing customized reports for clients was taking up to 8 hours each, even though the only thing that changed from report to report was the data shown in the charts. I took the lead in developing a system that, once the master template was produced, could generate customized reports for clients in a matter of minutes.
During my stint at the start-up consulting firm Measuring Success, I saw that producing customized reports for clients was taking up to 8 hours each, even though the only thing that changed from report to report was the data shown in the charts. I took the lead in developing a system that, once the master template was produced, could generate customized reports for clients in a matter of minutes.
Curated Exhibit — 2007
While I was working at the Hood Museum of Art, I had the opportunity to curate an exhibit on the topic of my choosing. Working with the subject of typographic imagery, I assembled pieces by Ben Shahn, Kurt Schwitters, a collaborative Fluxus Box, and others, exploring different uses of type and the meaning behind the shapes of individual glyphs.
While I was working at the Hood Museum of Art, I had the opportunity to curate an exhibit on the topic of my choosing. Working with the subject of typographic imagery, I assembled pieces by Ben Shahn, Kurt Schwitters, a collaborative Fluxus Box, and others, exploring different uses of type and the meaning behind the shapes of individual glyphs.
Helped Produce AI@50 — 2006
On the fiftieth anniversary of the Dartmouth Conference on Artificial Intelligence, Dartmouth gathered five of the 10 original attendees, Marvin Minsky, Ray Solomonoff, Oliver Selfridge, Trenchard More, and John McCarthy, along with recent luminaries to speak on developments, philosophical consequences, and future predictions. I arranged speaker schedules, lodging, campus logistics, and so forth. [Plus it was fun.]
On the fiftieth anniversary of the Dartmouth Conference on Artificial Intelligence, Dartmouth gathered five of the 10 original attendees, Marvin Minsky, Ray Solomonoff, Oliver Selfridge, Trenchard More, and John McCarthy, along with recent luminaries to speak on developments, philosophical consequences, and future predictions. I arranged speaker schedules, lodging, campus logistics, and so forth. [Plus it was fun.]