Hello! 👋
I am an applied researcher investigating the intersection of computing, human-system interfaces, and emancipatory politics. I am interested in the potential of computing as a medium for thought, as a tool for collective action, and as a means of emancipation.
My current focus is on malleable software, primitives for self-organisation, and understanding our mode of software production.
My work
I am part of the nascent Liberatory Computing collective, ¼ of Tentpole, ½ of folkjs, occasional collaborator with ECSA and a co-organiser of the OCWG. Previously a senior researcher at Block Science and engineer at websim and tldraw.
Get in touch
I am on Bsky @OrionReed, Twitter @OrionReedOne, Mastodon @orion@hci.social and GitHub @orionreed. You can also shoot me an email me@orionreed.com
***Writing
- QR Transfer Protocols
- Canvas Research Memo (written to share internally @ BlockScience)
- Scoped Propagators: A programming model for spatial canvases
- Objects as Reference: Toward Robust First Principles of Digital Organization
Talks & Podcasts
- User Agency in Other People's Websites @ JOTB
- Scoped Propagators @ ACM SPLASH/LIVE
- Spatial Canvases: Towards an Integration Domain for HCI @ TfT Rocks 2024 (slides)
- Knowledge Organisation Infrastructure Demo @ NPC Denver
- Demos @ SPC Demo Night
- Malleable Interfaces @ Intelligent Instruments Lab
- Vaporware Podcast Ep. 5