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Dan Phiffer

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A new media hacker from California, interested in exploring the cultural dimension of inexpensive communications networks such as voice telephony and the Internet.

Elsewhere

I can also be found at Flickr, del.icio.us, Vimeo, Upcoming, Twitter, Last.fm Facebook and I also have a newfangled Tumbleblog.

Wait, how does this work?

How does this work?

Contact me

My email address is and my AIM screenname is DanPhiffer.

ShiftSpace


ShiftSpace

An Open Source browser extension that allows users to annotate, contextualize and create interventions on top of the web pages they visit.

Atlas Gloves


Atlas Gloves

A DIY gesture-based interface for Google Earth. Look for it at MoMA’s Design and the Elastic Brain exhibition in February 2008.

You Are Not Here


You Are Not Here

By printing one of our 1-to-1 scale, two-sided maps you can visit Baghdad through the streets of New York, or Gaza through the streets of Tel-Aviv.

Drop Spots


Drop Spots

A website for finding and leaving gifts for strangers. Like geocaching, but without the GPS technology.

Postnational Foundation


Postnational Foundation

An open question about how the public relates to borders and issues of nationality.

outside.in


outside.in

A neighborhood-centric guide to the Internet. Worked on the front-end implementation and cut my teeth on Ruby on Rails.

WNYC audio slideshow


WNYC audio slideshow

A reusable audio slideshow component for WNYC. Built with Flash + Javascript, with the ability to degrade gracefully when neither are available.

Turbulence.org


Turbulence.org

Two WordPress themes based on a common design, for the weblogs Networked_Performance and Networked_Music_Review. Designed by Mushon Zer-Aviv.

NYTimes Mapmaker


NYTimes Mapmaker

A stand-alone backend tool for editors to easily create Google Maps for the NYTimes.com travel section.

RAM publications


RAM publications

Web presence and catalog for Los Angeles-based book publisher-distributor Research / Art / Media publications.

A Place of Our Own


A Place of Our Own

Website presence for a KCET’s television series on raising children. Built in both English and Spanish.

Separate Is Not Equal


Separate Is Not Equal

Online component of The Museum of American History’s exhibition on the 50th anniversary of Brown v. Board of Education.

Culture Shock Week


Culture Shock Week

A Flash-based viewer to display entries into a photo contest sponsored by The National Geographic Channel.

Global Kids Connect


Global Kids Connect

A pilot project for Relief International to connect kids from different countries through photography.

aiwa tv


aiwa tv

Built onto an existing Aiwa promotional website, adding the aiwa tv bubble world.

Wikipedia Animate


Wikipedia Animate

A time-based visualization of Wikipedia article change histories. Commissioned by Andy Baio.

url(x)


url(x)

A simple URL-shortening service with one additional usability feature; shortened URLs reveal the redirection domain name.

TiddlyWikiRemote


TiddlyWikiRemote

A server-saving adaptation of the popular TiddlyWiki software.

Everything I Know About Hyman Victor


Everything I Know About Hyman Victor

A custom WordPress theme built for Elliott Malkin. Designed by Elliott Malkin.

Ellie Irons


Ellie Irons

Artist portfolio website for Ellie Irons.

Wave Hill


Wave Hill

An impromptu escape to the Wave Hill botanical gardens in The Bronx. Twenty photographs.

Professional Important News


Professional Important News

The Daily Show on Viacom v. Google. One video clip [5:45] and four hyperlinks.

New Orleans


New Orleans

Spring Break in New Orleans with some other ITPers. Forty eight photographs and one song (Louis Armstrong).

Williamsburg walk


Williamsburg walk

After a fine brunch with some fine ITP folks. Four photographs and one song (Calexico).

Studio day


Studio day

At work in Ellie's studio. Five photographs and one song (The Velvet Underground).

Kim's birthday


Kim's birthday

Merrymaking in the East Village. Four photographs and one song (DeVotchKa).

Planting the sweet potato


Planting the sweet potato

Putting a tuber into soil. One video clip [1:24] and sixty words.

100 drawings


100 drawings

Documentation of Ellie's assignment to make 100 drawings in two weeks. One photograph and one song (Calexico).

Dusk


Dusk

From a run through Central Park. Five photographs and one song (Sufjan Stevens).

Purchase workshop


Purchase workshop

ShiftSpace as applied to physical media. Four photographs and one song (The Arcade Fire).

Car service


Car service

A last minute indulgence after discovering the L Train was delayed due to "ongoing investigations." Three video clips [30 seconds each].

You Can Have it All


You Can Have it All

From the opening reception of an art show on small, meaningful gifts. Four photographs and one song (Yo La Tengo).

Work site


Work site

Construction on 6th Ave and 18th Street. Three photographs and one song (Air).

Manhattan at night


Manhattan at night

From my first night out with the new camera. Five photographs and one song (Radiohead).

Reservoir loop


Reservoir loop

A sunset run in California over Winter Break. Four photographs and one song (Boards of Canada).

Broadway Local


Broadway Local

From my morning stopover at Union Square. Four photographs and one song (Ambulance Ltd).

Canarsie bound


Canarsie bound

Waiting for a train back home. Three photographs and one song (Yo La Tengo).

The lone protester


The lone protester

A regular fixture where Fifth Avenue hits Washington Square. Four photographs and one song (Calexico).

Self portraits


Self portraits

Some pictures I took of me. Actually, the last two were taken by Ellie. Five photographs and one song (Akron Family).

Sweet potato eagle


Sweet potato eagle

A sprouty tuber and a steely bird. Three photographs and one song (Prefuse 73).

Shuttle bus


Shuttle bus

En route between Bushwick and Williamsburg. Eight photographs and one song (Philip Glass).

My valentine


My valentine

At work in her studio. Three photographs and one song (The Beta Band).

Web Hackery


Web Hackery

The second of ten intermediate-level web programming workshops I'm giving at ITP. This session's topic was called Dive into PHP. Unfortunately I forgot to rewind the tape before recording, so this is only the first 6.5 minutes. One video clip [6.5 minutes].

New camera


New camera

So meta it hurts. Four photographs and one song (Mark Mothersbaugh).

Subway riding


Subway riding

Three common moments from the NYC subway system. Three video clips [40 seconds each].

The contents of my backpack


The contents of my backpack

An accounting of my weighty burdon. Forty photographs and one song (Atmosphere).

Kitchen Commission


Kitchen Commission

Ellie's third installment for my drawing commission. Four photographs and one song (Dntel).

Broadway


Broadway

Shots taken running and walking on Broadway in lower Manhattan. Five photographs and one song (The Cinematic Orchestra).

Raise hell!


Raise hell!

In her final column Molly Ivins wrote: "We are the people who run this country. We are the deciders. And every single day, every single one of us needs to step outside and take some action to help stop this war. Raise hell!" One photograph, one audio recording and 138 words.

Winter sunset


Winter sunset

Our first trip up to the roof since the weather turned cold. Three photographs and one song (Ratatat).

Morning run


Morning run

The sun is weak but casts a nice kind of light in the morning. Three photographs and one song (Alice Coltrane).

Washington Square


Washington Square

From a brisk walk to Bobst library. Three photographs and one song (Jorge Ben).

Swarm


Swarm

A late night JavaScript experiment. One JavaScript interaction.

Fluttery


Fluttery

Festive decorations for a cold morning run. Three photographs.

New Jacket


New Jacket

An unexpected interview provided an opportunity to wear my new jacket out. Four photographs.

Web Hackery


Web Hackery

The first of ten workshops I'm teaching on web hacking. One video clip [35 minutes].

Light


Light

Three kinds of light. Three photographs.

Queens loop


Queens loop

Warmer weather made for a fine run around the cemetaries. Twenty photographs.

Icy morning run


Icy morning run

We got too cold midway through and headed home on the subway. Three photographs.

Thesis Presentation


Thesis Presentation

Fumbling my way through a new, shorter style of presenting ShiftSpace. One video clip [6.5 minutes].

Kitchen Commission


Kitchen Commission

The second revision of Ellie’s drawing, materializing in our kitchen. One photograph.

Stuff on the ground


Stuff on the ground

Various detritus found in New York City. Three photographs.

DriveBy Doin’ Research


DriveBy Doin’ Research

Rob Faludi rocks the first DriveBy of the semester. One video clip [60 minutes].

Central Park Loop


Central Park Loop

Up the west side of the park, down along the Hudson river. Twenty photographs.

To Union Square


To Union Square

Walking up Broadway in the first real snow of the winter. Three video clips [30 seconds each].

Studio breakfast


Studio breakfast

Coffee, bread and fruit after a cold run through Central Park. Four photographs.

Jamaica Bay


Jamaica Bay

A day spent at the Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge. Twenty photographs.

Barcode pig nose


Barcode pig nose

An ephemeral manipulation, a strange public artwork. One photograph.

City running


City running

Running through New York City, in three shades of urban. Three video clips [30 seconds each].

Kitchen Commission


Kitchen Commission

The first revision of my birthday drawing Ellie is creating in our kitchen. One photograph.

Bushwick


Bushwick

Some shots I snapped on our way to Life Cafe. Three photographs.

MLK on Vietnam


MLK on Vietnam

"Now let us begin. Now let us rededicate ourselves to the long and bitter, but beautiful, struggle for a new world." One audio clip [55 minutes] and 1 photograph.

Boston to New York


Boston to New York

Returning home after one last winter mini-vacation. Three video clips [30 seconds each].

Charles River run


Charles River run

Early morning first impressions of Cambridge. Three photographs.

27 words


27 words

Each of them important, one for each year. Twenty seven words and 5 photographs.

Third attempt at blogging


Third attempt at blogging

Early observations from my first year or so in New York.

Second attempt at blogging


Second attempt at blogging

From when I was freelancing in Los Angeles and traveling around a bit.

First attempt at blogging


First attempt at blogging

Started while I was living in Culver City and working at Hello Design.

Box sketch


Box sketch

This was the front page of phiffer.org for a little while after I’d stopped posting to the box grid interface.

Box Grid


Box Grid

An experimental weblog interface presenting all content in a bird’s eye view along chronological and topical axes.

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