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DSRI SEAH

INVESTIGATIVE DESIGNER
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 * Productivity Tools
 * Blog
 * Investigations
 * Contact


ABOUT D.SRI SEAH, INVESTIGATIVE DESIGNER



QUICK LINKS

2023 Form Updates – The 2023 ETP Almanac is now available for purchase in the
digital shop. The 2023-24 Compact Calendar update is over on the official
Compact Calendar page.

Out of Stock Options for Amazon ETP – I continue to have issues with Amazon’s
automated marketplace delisting my product for odd reasons. Sign up here with
your email address if you would like to receive restock notifications. You can
also just leave a comment.

Virtual Coworking Cafe – Since 2016! The experiment in virtual tribe building
has evolved into a friendly community of project-minded regulars. Visit the
Virtual Coworking Page to learn more!


WELCOME TO MY WEBSITE!

There’s a few major themes you’ll find here!

 * Designing Paper-based Productivity Tools – I make popular tracking tools like
   the Emergent Task Planner in the Productivity Tools section. I emphasize
   concrete metrics that reveal trends over time without requiring a lot of
   tedious data entry. I hate ugly forms, so I try to make them as nice as
   possible by applying principles of visual hierarchy to make information clear
   and beautiful.
 * Challenge of Creative Development –  I wish I was faster/better/stronger at a
   lot of things, and I try to maintain a positive attitude. I find learning and
   making new things really hard; I think it’s good to share my experience so
   other people on this path might know they are not alone.
 * Making-Up Experiments, Projects, and Processes – When I’m stuck in a
   challenge, I turn it into an experiment to gather more data. Even if the
   challenge fails, the experiment always wins because experimental data has
   been acquired! Also, it’s fun to apply what I know about science, graphic
   design, computer programming, and psychology in novel and amusing ways :)

I strive to provide an accurate description of how I formulate and work-through
challenges. Like a lot of people, I have to train myself to work through
uncertainty and find my way. I believe that it’s super important to show that
you don’t need to be perfect to make something cool that empowers yourself and
the people you care about. Or more succinctly stated: Sharing is caring!

 


RECENT POSTS / BLOGGING STATUS

Here are my last 12 blog posts! Currently I’m blogging around one article per
month for my (Not) Groundhog Day Resolutions reports. I also share a lot of
day-to-day thinking in the Virtual Coworking Chat (see next section).

ANNOUNCEMENT: REMOVING FEEDPRESS AND NEWSLETTER SUPPORT

ANNOUNCEMENT: SITE MOVED TO OPALSTACK HOSTING

GROUNDHOG DAY RESOLUTIONS KICKOFF 2023!

ALL GROUNDHOG DAY RESOLUTIONS REPORTS

YEARLY UPDATES OF ETP JOURNAL, COMPACT CALENDAR

GHDR 2022: DECEMBER REPORT

GHDR 2022: NOVEMBER REPORT

NANOWRIMO 2022 WORD COUNTING CALENDAR UPDATE

GHDR 2022: OCTOBER REPORT

GHDR 2022: SEPTEMBER REPORT

GHDR 2022: AUGUST REPORT

GHDR 2022: JULY REPORT




VIRTUAL COWORKING CAFE



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Sri’s Virtual Coworking Cafe (AKA the  DS | CAFE) is where I and other nerdy
positive-minded people try to cultivate a good “working vibe” as we pursue our
individual goals. We have a diverse range of people from around the world
sharing their stratagems for figuring-out stuff that’s on their mind.

This is a working online chat room, and the general idea is to provide the level
of distraction you need to have a productive day. Visitors can drop by at any
hour of the day to mingle with the regulars, sort of like visiting a nice coffee
shop. People engage at whatever level they are comfortable with, and can choose
to partake in the vibe by joining a topical discussion room, sharing photos
showing-off project progress, or doing paced work in a group audio chat room.
What you get out of the experience is really up to what you choose to put in.

If you’re interested in visiting the DS | CAFE, you’ll find the details on the
virtual coworking page.





ABOUT DSRI

As a kid I liked to write and draw. I drews lots of pictures of spaceships.



Later I spent a lot of time on my Apple II, learning to read machine language
and draw computer graphics. For college I almost picked English as a major, but
decided to pursue computer engineering and graphics design as part of my master
plan to make lots of video games with spaceships. In the mid 1990s, I was part
of a tiny startup game company in the Boston area to make a game called Crixa,
and after that company folded I moved to Florida to work at Electronic Arts. I
soon realized that I was not a good fit for the industry, and after a lot of
painful soul searching I left the business entirely to practice interactive
design.



These days I work as a freelance designer/developer using video game technology
for Learning Sciences research software and interactive installations, currently
with Javascript and NodeJS. I also have a side hustle selling versions of my
productivity tools on Amazon.



On a personal note, I’m a second-generation Taiwanese American living in
Southern New Hampshire about 40 miles north of Boston. I’m transitioning from
the name “Dave” to “Sri” (pronounced SREEE), which is a long story in itself. My
preferred pronouns are they/them.

I really like curry, daylight-balanced lighting, hats, cats, select rodents,
gadgets that work better upside-down, temperature control of all kinds, and gear
that is obsessively designed to provide utility that empowers people. I
especially like excellence-seeking positive-minded people who are generous,
conscientious, curious, and kind.

 


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