Thank You...

 

... to the following people who have helped me so much in learning all this stuff and giving me the courage to dive in...

 

(In order of appearance)

Robert Scott Thompson
A great teacher and composer, he introduced me to Csound and hence the possibility of using the computer for more than just writing papers. He also introduced me to the rich history of experimental electronic music.

The SuperCollider Users List
An amazing resource. Ask, ask away...

Margot Jacobs
She was the first one to tell me about microcontrollers and how easy they are to use. She also told me how to make a respiration sensor. My crush on her will never die.

Marshall Avett
... for his brilliant DIY spirit ...

Douglas Repetto
I met Douglas when he came to Atlanta to be in a sound sculpture show I put together, L'Objet Sonore. He's the one who, over pizza and a beer, finally convinced me to jump on in and tackle the Basic Stamp. Afterwards he was very kind to also provide some long distance advice on basic electronics construction.

David Rosenboom
I had an amazing time working with David for the entirety of my 1st year at Calarts. Besides being the Dean of the music school, I quickly learned that he is in fact a pioneering composer of biofeedback music and he graciously helped me design and construct from scratch my very own EEG/ECG device that actually works!! I learned all about circuit design, op amps, oscilloscopes, etc. We were also aided at the very end by Ron Kuivila who clued us in on how to get these low-frequency signals past the ADC of my sound card (trickier than you would think).

Tom Erbe
Mr. Erbe of SoundHack fame, he gave me much insight into Unix basics and writing plugins in C for sound applications like SuperCollider. I think he was annoyed sometimes by the continuous barrage of random email queries I sent, but he answered each and every one of them to the C.

Doug Goodwin
A very friendly fellow-IM'er who gave me a bunch of advice with regard to some web, unix and open source basics. And I haven't yet had the chance to really talk to him about one of his main specialties, artificial intelligence.

Brian Crabtree
He is an electronics and software engineering wunderkind and an advice-man extraordinaire. He has graciously answered many of my somewhat random questions about electronics, PICs, compilers, etc.

Mark Allen
I first met Mr. Allen at the LA Hacker's Club meeting at C-Level he was hosting my first week in LA. Then, this past summer [2004] he allowed me a phat internship at his gallery where I got to hang out and look over his shoulder and learn about all sorts of wonderful things, for instance how easy PICs are to use, how annoying the Basic Stamp sound chip can be to use. I also learned more about all sorts of components and tools and their practical uses, like voltage regulators, molex connectors and crimpers, hot glue gun basics, and that lovely, lovely tool called the dremel... Perhaps most importantly I learned a hell of a lot about debugging.

Chris Bassett
A fine gentleman, and the first person I met at Calarts on Orientation Day. I have lately sent him a handful of desperate emails with regard to PHP basics...

 

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