hello
I'm Adam. I create things on the internet based on a passion that simplicity in design leads to beauty, functionality and delight.
I was classically trained as a computer scientist at Stanford and as a librarian at the University of Illinois. Previously I was a Product Manager at Google.
the business
mermodynamics is my company that makes things. Follow mermodynamics on Twitter for updates.
recent projects
[visual] imagesoak: an overflow of imagery from everyone. images? you're soaking in them.
[practical] mailmedaily: wake up every morning to an email from your favorite web sites. All the benefits of RSS without knowing what that is.
[art] view to corrupt: the pictures become overwritten with data from the viewer's IP address. With each experience we leave something of ourselves behind.
less recently
[writing] trenchant.org: I have been writing and publishing things on my personal web site for over ten years. Historically I have posted something (almost) every weekday.
[comedy] Uber.nu is a webzine I cofounded in the late 90's. In it I published an article that defined and popularized the practice of Google Bombing.
[inappropriate] nestography: "The problem with me and video games is that I want them to love me as much as I love them and they can't, so I have to fill in the blanks myself."
notables
Cofounder of Consumating, inventor of Google Bombing.
I am the author of a highly cited paper on user-centered tagging systems
Folksonomies: Cooperative Classification and Communication Through Shared Metadata
elsewhere
