For the last few months, I have been researching the intersection of several ideologies and emerging technologies around digital privacy,… Read more Ghosting | A n00bs Quest for Digital Enlightenment
Author: Doc Martens
Designer, maker, thinker, geek with a passion for learning and leveraging new technologies for social impact. I seek to connect people and communities and develop unique approaches to support social innovation and entrepreneurship in urban spaces.
I have a playful, curious, and whimsical mind that drives creative solutions, but even more creative questions and find inspiration from art, design, fiction and policy to imagine more sustainable and equitable futures.
Thesis | Updates & Pivots
A summary of my progress, research, and journey towards my MFA Design + Technology thesis project for Spring 2017. If… Read more Thesis | Updates & Pivots
AmEquest: The Adventure Begins!
It’s that time again, midterm season! The wonderful weeks where we have to bring all we have learned together and… Read more AmEquest: The Adventure Begins!
The Lamplighters Guild
For this week’s Internet of Things project, we explored interfacing our Raspberry Pi’s with an Arduino using the serial port.… Read more The Lamplighters Guild
A Public “Information” Box
For our next Internet of Things (IOT) assignment, we are learning how to use our Raspberry Pi 3’s in more… Read more A Public “Information” Box
First Week Homework: Email Sending/Checking with Python & Node.js
For our first week of Internet of Things we are working on accessing remote data with python and node.js. In… Read more First Week Homework: Email Sending/Checking with Python & Node.js
Thesis – Domains & Research Questions
Idea Mapping This week we were asked to start organizing our research interests into some domains that can guide research… Read more Thesis – Domains & Research Questions
Thesis – Starting the Journey
Here We Go: The beginning of the semester marks the half-way point in my journey through the MFA D+T program… Read more Thesis – Starting the Journey
My Philosophy on Technology or: How I learned to stop worrying and love the Bob-omb
For one of our very first assignments in our Creativity & Computation Lecture, we were challenged to write a short… Read more My Philosophy on Technology or: How I learned to stop worrying and love the Bob-omb
Uncertain Futures | Design in the Face of Disaster (A Manifesto)
Last semester, we were asked to create a personal “design manifesto” laying out our essential take on design and technology… Read more Uncertain Futures | Design in the Face of Disaster (A Manifesto)
Dana Martens 