I guess it’s unlucky that I’ve hit the age where my vintage baking itch kicked in when I have to spend every Christmas in DE where all my great grandma’s ingredients never existed.

If you have an experience with CiviCRM (or others) I'd be happy to hear about it. #nerdoutwithme

And learning is something I do really well, so despite knowing I'm not going into business deploying open source CRMs, it's gratifying to be sitting here deeply informed about the impacts my tech choices have on my work, and smarter for it. 💖

That said, it's really nice to know I am in control of my subscribers' data, it can't be misused, and the platform is ethical and 100% compliant. The idea of using a billionaire-owned, data-mining CRM to do business and build trust with my community didn't sit well with me.

HeadSpace is a live biofeedback performance that translates raw EEG data into sound in real time through livecoding. The piece offers an immersive auditory experience while questioning assumptions about how neural data can be interpreted and used in creative practice.

On Saturday (6pm) I will run an adapted version at the Responsive Dreams 2025, the annual festival hosted by The Generative Art Museum.

never considered it more than an occasionally necessary evil. If my fam would use something different (ie signal) then I'd never touch it.