I’m a Graduate!

I can’t believe this day finally came. I’m a graduate of the University of Florida! It hasn’t quite fully hit me yet, but it feels good!

The Tower of Death and CooperationI’ve been working hard, right up to the very last day before graduation, but it’s all paid off. Notably, our project for MEAT (Media Experiments in Art and Technology) is finished! After working tirelessly for the entire semester, our group produced a refined and finished piece, which in my opinion, turned out pretty dang cool. Please enjoy this picture of Tyler, our brilliant and amazing engineer, with the finished piece, the Tower of Death and Cooperation.

I’m currently working on a portfolio page for this piece, where I intend to fully describe what we’ve done and provide video documentation. It should be up within the next few weeks. However, in short, the piece uses capacitive (touch) sensors to control motors, which in turn control the central basket. The goal of the piece is to foster cooperation between gallery-goers to save the descending basket from its impending doom.

Unfortunately for me, I wasn’t able to make my own show, since it was scheduled the night before graduation and family was in town, but I hear it went very well.

GraduationSince graduation day, life has been a completely whirlwind. I moved out of my Gainesville apartment and back to sunny South Florida. I’m definitely going to miss Gainesville, but I’m looking forward to rediscovering my hometown in a completely new way and spending time with family.

The day immediately following moving, I interviewed for two jobs, and the following day I boarded a plane to Paris! I spent five days there with my mom, and the two of us are currently enjoying some family time in Tel Aviv, Israel. Before the trip, I bought my first DSLR (a Nikon D3100) and I’ve been thoroughly enjoying learning how to use it in such a beautiful setting. I promise I will post some awesome photos when I get back.

I’m pretty excited to be starting this new chapter of my life (after some well-deserved vacation time, of course), and I can’t wait to see what life has in store for me.

– N.

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