I am an interactive designer with interests in art, education, information systems, computer intelligence and the collision of society with technology. I graduated from Pepperdine University with a B.A. in video production. During this time, I produced and hosted a late night variety show on campus. I hold the honor of being the first student at Pepperdine to have a trophy (CBI Best Music Video Production) placed on display in the Communication and Business Building. Upon graduation, I entered the world of legal information technology, where I developed custom applications for knowledge management and software deployment.
Recently, I have has been dabbling in games and data mining to explore social connectedness and awareness. My Facebook application, Booked, attempts to automate a person’s social life based on their profile. Currently, I am working on an internet connected board game that teaches people the real cost of health care through market forces.
If you wish to contact me directly, you can email me: clay(AT) etherealcereal(DOT)com
If you're interested, take a look at my resume.
I understand the benefits of the old copyright system. They used to work. Today, it's more about a corporation protecting their intellectual property forever. That's stupid. The copyright laws were intended to give an inventor a head start, not a monopoly until the end of time.
The open source community is thriving today and I believe in part it's because they're putting their creativity above all else. The best part of creating something is having someone else take it further. Do I think a lot of people will actually download and modify my work? I'm kind of pessimistic about this, but I would love it if they did.