Hiya! These days I am writing about…

Designing Paper-based Productivity Tools – I make popular tracking tools like the Emergent Task Planner in the Productivity Tools section. I like to emphasize visual hierarchy and concrete metrics without requiring a lot of tedious data entry. Also, I hate ugly forms, so I try to make them as nice as possible!
The Challenge of Creative Development – I’m hacking away at overcoming the personal barriers that might be holding me back. It’s good to share the experience so other people know that they’re not alone, particularly in the pursuit of unorthodox personal goals!
Making-Up Experiments, Projects, and Processes – I like to invent experiments that satisfy my curiosity about how things really work. Ideally I am applying what I know about science, graphic design, computer programming, and psychology in amusing ways :)

Overall, I strive to present the unvarnished truth of my lived experience. When I have doubts about myself, I try to formulate the questions that reveal the data points that illuminate deeper personal truths. I believe that it’s super important to show that you don’t need to be perfect to make something cool that empowers yourself and the people you care about. Or perhaps more succinctly stated: Sharing is caring!

Virtual Coworking Cafe

Sri’s Virtual Coworking Cafe (AKA the DS | CAFE) is where I and other nerdy positive-minded people try to cultivate a good “working vibe” as we pursue our individual goals. We have a diverse range of people from around the world sharing their stratagems for figuring-out stuff that’s on their mind.

This is a working online chat room, and the general idea is to provide the level of distraction you need to have a productive day. Visitors can drop by at any hour of the day to mingle with the regulars, sort of like visiting a nice coffee shop. People engage at whatever level they are comfortable with, and can choose to partake in the vibe by joining a topical discussion room, sharing photos showing-off project progress, or doing paced work in a group audio chat room. What you get out of the experience is really up to what you choose to put in.

If you’re interested in visiting the DS | CAFE, you’ll find the details on the virtual coworking page.

Tweets by daveseah

About Dave.Sri

As a kid I liked to write and draw. I drews lots of pictures of spaceships. Later I spent a lot of time on my Apple II, learning to read machine language and make computer graphics. For college I almost picked English as a major, but decided to pursue computer engineering and graphics design as part of my master plan to make lots of video games with spaceships. In the mid 1990s, I was part of a tiny startup game company in the Boston area to make a game called Crixa, and after that company folded I moved to Florida to work at Electronic Arts. I soon realized that I was not a good fit for the industry, and after a lot of painful soul searching I left the business entirely to practice interactive design.

These days I work as a freelance designer/developer using video game technology for Learning Sciences research software and interactive installations, currently with Javascript and NodeJS. I also have a side hustle selling versions of my productivity tools on Amazon.

On a personal note, I’m a second-generation Taiwanese American living in Southern New Hampshire about 40 miles north of Boston. I’m transitioning from the name “Dave” to “Sri” (pronounced SREEE), which is a long story in itself. My preferred pronouns are they/them.

I really like curry, daylight-balanced lighting, hats, cats, select rodents, gadgets that work better upside-down, temperature control of all kinds, and gear that is obsessively designed to provide utility that empowers people. I especially like excellence-seeking positive-minded people who are generous, conscientious, curious, and kind.