Everything
Complete library index — 79 items across 6 categories.
Work
Things I've built (or helped build)
A creative studio building and experimenting on visionOS
Matt Hoerl · 2026
World-building platform for 3D artists.
Matt Hoerl, Alex Patin, Justin Melillo · 2021
A billion-year backup of humanity across the solar system.
Matt Hoerl, Nick Slavin, Nova Spivack · 2017
AR/VR research lab.
Nova Spivack · 2017
VR learning system for K-12.
Matt Hoerl · 2016
TV & Film production company behind top shows on AMC, Discovery, and Oscar-nominated films.
Charlie Corwin · 2011
Music
Albums that bring me joy
Second solo album by Jamie xx.
Jamie xx · 2024
A raw 10-year anniverasy album
Daft Punk · 2023
James Blake's sophomore album blending dubstep, R&B, and ambient textures with intimate songwriting
James Blake · 2013
Justice's live album reconstructing their catalog through performance energy and crowd response
Justice · 2018
Dua Lipa's disco-pop masterclass that redefined contemporary dance music
Dua Lipa · 2020
Jamie xx's debut solo album blending UK garage, house, and ambient textures
Jamie xx · 2015
King Princess's 2024 single exploring the messy, human parts of relationships
King Princess · 2020
James Blake's fifth studio album exploring love, loss, and emotional vulnerability through spare production and layered vocals.
James Blake · 2021
Mark Ronson and King Princess cover The Turtles' 1967 hit with a stripped-down reimagining
Mark Ronson, King Princess · 2019
Miley Cyrus's rock-oriented seventh studio album blending glam rock, arena rock, and synth-pop.
Miley Cyrus · 2020
Gaspard Augé's debut solo album, a synth-heavy journey through French touch evolution and cinematic electronic landscapes.
Gaspard Augé · 2021
Gorillaz's genre-blending masterwork that proved a virtual band could make real cultural impact
Gorillaz · 2005
Pharrell Williams' 2014 solo album featuring "Happy" and a suite of polished pop-funk production
Pharrell Williams · 2014
The Avalanches' disco-infused single featuring Jamie xx, Neneh Cherry, and CLYPSO
The Avalanches · 2020
Mark Ronson's third studio album blending retro soul with contemporary production
Mark Ronson · 2010
Mark Ronson's 2019 album blending emotional pop with sophisticated production.
Mark Ronson · 2019
Annie Clark's genre-defying art rock project blending guitar virtuosity with experimental pop production
Annie Clark · 2007
Nina Kraviz's techno rework of St. Vincent's pop architecture
St. Vincent, Nina Kraviz · 2018
Finneas' 2019 EP showcasing his production mastery and songwriting outside of his sister's shadow
FINNEAS · 2019
N.E.R.D's final album blending rock, funk, and hip-hop with Rihanna and André 3000
N.E.R.D · 2017
Lana Del Rey's sixth studio album, a cinematic exploration of American romanticism and decay
Lana Del Rey · 2019
Raw, unapologetic debut from LA's glam-punk revivalists
Starcrawler · 2018
Kanye West's remix of Fall Out Boy's pop-punk anthem, bridging emo and hip-hop
Fall Out Boy & Kanye West · 2007
Jain's sophomore album blending electronic pop with world music influences
Jain · 2015
Anderson .Paak's explosive 2018 single featuring raw drums and confrontational energy
Anderson .Paak · 2018
Justice's 2007 debut album that defined French electro and maximalist dance production
Justice · 2007
Daft Punk's debut album that defined French house and electronic music for a generation
Daft Punk · 1997
Tame Impala's fourth studio album exploring time, aging, and inevitability through lush psychedelic pop.
Tame Impala · 2020
The Dare's punk-influenced dance rock.
The Dare · 2024
Read
Books, articles, and websites that influenced my thinking
Chris Crawford's foundational 1984 text on game design theory and interactive entertainment
Chris Crawford · 1984
A curated collection of Steve Jobs' speeches, interviews, and correspondence published by the Steve Jobs Archive
Steve Jobs Archive · 2023
Collection of jisei—final poems composed by Zen monks and haiku poets at the moment of death
Yoel Hoffmann (compiler/translator) · 1986
David Byrne's comprehensive examination of music's creation, distribution, and cultural context
David Byrne · 2012
Belgian bistro in Tribeca serving French-Belgian classics in an intimate setting
Nonante-Cinq · 2023
William Gibson's groundbreaking cyberpunk novel that defined the genre and predicted the internet
William Gibson · 1984
Franklin's unfinished memoir chronicling his life from youth through his early diplomatic career
Benjamin Franklin · 1791
Henry Ford's 1922 autobiography detailing his industrial philosophy and the revolutionary production methods that transformed manufacturing.
Henry Ford (with Samuel Crowther) · 1922
The Hollywood super-agent's memoir detailing the creation of CAA and the power dynamics of entertainment
Michael Ovitz · 2018
Leander Kahney's biography of Apple's chief design officer and his methodical approach to industrial design
Leander Kahney · 2013
Jason Schreier's investigative history of Blizzard Entertainment
Jason Schreier · 2024
Hartmut Esslinger's chronicle of designing Apple's iconic visual language from 1982-1990
Hartmut Esslinger · 2014
Comprehensive monograph documenting four decades of Marc Newson's industrial design work
Marc Newson · 2024
Ernest Cline's nostalgic dystopian novel about a treasure hunt in a virtual world
Ernest Cline · 2011
Douglas Adams' absurdist sci-fi comedy about Earth's destruction and the universe's bureaucratic indifference
Douglas Adams · 1979
Anthony Dunne and Fiona Raby's manifesto on design as critical inquiry and alternative world-building
Anthony Dunne & Fiona Raby · 2013
Podcasts
Podcasts I find interesting
An in-depth exploration of the rise and fall of history's greatest civilizations.
Paul Cooper · 2021
A tech culture podcast blending startup philosophy, cultural commentary, and Silicon Valley satire
John Coogan, Jordi Hays · 2023
Long-form conversations with scientists, engineers, artists, and thinkers
Lex Fridman · 2018
Long-running podcast exploring virtual reality through in-depth interviews with creators, developers, and industry figures.
Kent Bye · 2014
Games
Games I played (mostly in my youth)
Blizzard's 2000 action RPG that defined the loot-driven dungeon crawler genre
Blizzard North · 2000
Square Enix's groundbreaking MMORPG that defined cooperative gameplay and persistent world design
Square Enix · 2002
Square Enix's massively multiplayer online role-playing game set in the world of Eorzea
Square Enix · 2013
Real-time strategy game focused on historical civilizations and competitive multiplayer gameplay
Ensemble Studios · 1999
LucasArts' time-traveling point-and-click adventure masterpiece
LucasArts · 1993
Blizzard's expansion to StarCraft that defined competitive RTS gameplay for decades
Blizzard Entertainment · 1998
A time-loop adventure game built around a 3-day cycle mechanic and tone of inevitable apocalypse
Nintendo EAD · 2000
Naughty Dog's narrative-driven survival action game set in a post-apocalyptic America
Naughty Dog · 2013
Blizzard's second expansion to WoW, introducing Northrend, the Death Knight class, and one of MMO gaming's most memorable antagonists.
Blizzard Entertainment · 2008
Blizzard's dark fantasy action RPG featuring procedurally-generated dungeons and endgame progression systems
Blizzard Entertainment · 2023
Tactical third-person shooter that defined console online multiplayer combat
Zipper Interactive · 2003
Tactical RPG for Game Boy Advance featuring turn-based grid combat and a job system set in the world of Ivalice.
Square Enix · 2003
Polyphony Digital's landmark racing simulator that defined the PS2 generation.
Polyphony Digital · 2001
Video
Motion pictures that moved me
Georges Méliès' groundbreaking 1902 silent film that established cinema as a medium for spectacle and narrative
Georges Méliès · 1902
Mamoru Oshii's 1995 cyberpunk masterwork exploring consciousness and identity in a post-human future
Mamoru Oshii · 1995
Wes Anderson's tragicomic ocean odyssey about a washed-up oceanographer hunting a mythical shark
Wes Anderson · 2004
Denis Villeneuve's methodical sequel that expands the original's world through Roger Deakins' stunning cinematography
Denis Villeneuve · 2017
Kubrick's groundbreaking science fiction epic about humanity's evolution and cosmic destiny
Stanley Kubrick · 1968
Documentary chronicling the chaotic production of Apocalypse Now
Eleanor Coppola, Fax Bahr, George Hickenlooper · 1991
French electronic duo's vibrant visual and sonic journey.
Polo & Pan · 2021
Daft Punk's feature-length anime music video directed by Leiji Matsumoto
Daft Punk, Leiji Matsumoto · 2003
Danny Boyle's visceral zombie outbreak film that redefined the genre with infected runners and handheld intensity
Danny Boyle · 2002
Christopher Nolan's science fiction epic about humanity's survival through interstellar travel and the physics of love.
Christopher Nolan · 2014
Francis Ford Coppola's self-financed epic about a utopian architect rebuilding New York
Francis Ford Coppola · 2024