Principal, Design Less Better
Greater Omaha Area
Principal, Design Less Better
Greater Omaha Area
Co-founder and principal of design firm, design ethics blogger, and graduate student in philosophy. Erstwhile computer programmer and technology executive.
Design Ethics; Transparent Government; Social Media; Computer Programming; German Idealism; Metaethics; Hegel
(Design industry)
September 2007 — Present (2 years 3 months)
Design Less Better is a small, research-oriented design firm focused on design ethics. DLB selectively offers high-level client services.
(Biotechnology industry)
September 2005 — September 2007 (2 years 1 month)
Exmovere is a creative team of scientists, engineers, designers and developers researching and developing physiologically and emotionally aware and responsive devices and environments.
(Biotechnology industry)
February 2004 — September 2005 (1 year 8 months)
Device driver design and development; desktop and web application design and development; DSP algorithm design; software architecture, specification, implementation, planning.
MA , Philosophy , 2009 — 2011 (expected)
MA , Media Theory , 2002 — 2004
Dissertation titled “Dataspace: Agency and Determinacy”, 2004. Published in New York Studies in Media Philosophy, vol.9, 2004. Graduated MA with distinction.
BFA , Fine Arts and Computer Science , 1998 — 2002
Honors Thesis titled “The Computer Art Object”, 2002.
Design, Design Ethics, Software development, German idealism, Hegel, Practical reason, Philosophy of action, Freedom, History of Philosophy, Popular Music
Departmental Scholarship, European Graduate School, 2002-2004
Dean's Honorary Scholarship, School of Engineering, Washington University, 1998-2002