Category Archives: moments

Species-Wide Imposter Syndrome

Posted on February 20, 2020 by dustinfreeman

Have you ever had that moment where you’re walking from one meeting to another and something clumsy happens – like you trip over a chair corner, you realize your shirt is undone, or you sneeze inelegantly. And then the entire … Continue reading →

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Downloading a TV episode I had already paid for, in a different country

Posted on September 20, 2017 by dustinfreeman

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“What’s the most insane technical thing you did that actually worked?”

Posted on March 5, 2017 by dustinfreeman

Or, How I Fixed A Real-Time Image Transmission Protocol For A Live Event By Making A Numbers Station The evening before the GDC round table panel on Location-Based Stories, I was with most of them in a pub. I ended … Continue reading →

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Observations from Spending a Day Mute

Posted on September 25, 2015 by dustinfreeman

I had dental surgery midday Wednesday. It’s totally minor; I now have a small plaster cast in my mouth and it was recommended I don’t talk until Friday to speed up healing. So I haven’t talked all Wednesday night (where … Continue reading →

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A First-Person Tour Inside SNOLAB, a Particle Observatory Two Kilometers Under the Earth

Posted on August 7, 2015 by dustinfreeman
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An Illustrating Example of Improv

Posted on February 19, 2015 by dustinfreeman

I’m finalizing my PhD Thesis on interaction design for improv. This is a slightly-embellished example of something that actually happened. Yes, a mouse ran across the stage in the middle of an improv set and the performers all reacted in … Continue reading →

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Piracy Attempted to Save Dubloons; Deemed Infeasible

Posted on December 1, 2014 by dustinfreeman

The housing market in San Francisco is 110% bananas. Here’s a map of the average 1 Bedroom price from February 2013. Here’s a more recent map that also covers outside the San Francisco peninsula. The gist is that $2800/month is … Continue reading →

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Games of Life

Posted on January 3, 2013 by dustinfreeman

I got my first smartphone, a Nexus S, back in early 2010 when I was living in Cambridge, UK. Impressed by the novelty of the beers there, I started snapping photos of taps and bottles: When I uploaded these to … Continue reading →

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The Coolest Traveller I Have Ever Met

Posted on June 8, 2011 by dustinfreeman

This story comes up again and again when I tell travel stories, and it was briefly mentioned on Taylor and I’s 2007 Southeast Asia travel blog. The guy’s name was Manfred. He was 70-ish. We met him while taking the … Continue reading →

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Cultural Imports

Posted on June 3, 2011 by dustinfreeman

I’ve been around the world more than the average person in the last few years, both traveling through places and living places. When I encounter a new bit of culture that I like, I try to incorporate it in to … Continue reading →

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