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Recent Publications:
2009: The Philosophies of Software,Handbook of Research on Computational Arts and Creative Informatics, IGI Global Press
"Abstract: Software is philosophical. Software is designed by people who have been influenced by a specific understanding of the way objects, people and systems work. These concepts are then transferred to the user, who manipulates that software within the rules set forth by the software developer. The use of these rules by the designer reinforces an understanding of the world that is emphasized by the software they use. The designer then produces works that mimic these same philosophies instead of departing from them. The three axis of these philosophies are analogy, reductivism, and transferred agency. . ."
2009: The Challenge of Enculturation in the Arts,Handbook of Research on Computational Arts and Creative Informatics, IGI Global Press
"Abstract: Enculturation is the act of passing cultural ideologies from one person to the other... in the tradition of anthropological and sociological study of existing culture, this chapter seeks to illuminate the distinguishing characteristics of contemporary art production and offer perspective on the critical creative process. It takes new media art as its case study because it serves as a cross-cultural intersection of scientific invention and artistic innovation."
2007 [Pending]: The Development and Testing of gReader: A Universally Designed, Device-Independent Email Client
"Abstract: . . . this research project proposes a plan for offering access to e-mail that is largely platform independent. The project is the design of a Text-To-Speech (TTS) application that reads e-mail to users, records the messages in two popular media types for transfer to portable entertainment devices (PET) and portable communications devices (PCD). The application is named gReader. As part of the research, a user task analysis was conducted on eight users ranging from ages 19 to 34. . . The prototype succeeded in delivering email content in an easily comprehended manner."