Chronology

Cast by Robert Wilson in “the CIVIL warS” — age fourteen.

BA, Dramatic Literature, Columbia. Archivist at Wilson’s Byrd Hoffman Foundation; begins the Interactive Multimedia Archive Project.

“Improvisation Technologies” with William Forsythe. Artist-in-residence at ZKM, Karlsruhe; presents at Mediale Hamburg + the Frankfurt Book Fair.

Founds SiteSpecific — one of the first internet advertising agencies.

SiteSpecific acquired by CKS Group (~$12M). Founds Root.net.

Joins Flatiron Partners as its first Entrepreneur-in-Residence (with Fred Wilson).

Organizes the “Pervasive Pavilion” at Esther Dyson’s PC Forum and the Flatiron pervasive-computing conference.

Co-founds Majestic Research — “alternative data” before the term existed.

Co-founds Root Markets (with Lewis Ranieri). Early investment in del.icio.us.

Founds AttentionTrust. Speaks at O’Reilly ETech — “Applications for the New Attention Economy.”

Founds SocialMedia.com. Invests in Betaworks and AppJet (→ Etherpad → Google).

Opens Pier 38, a San Francisco co-working space — early home to Instagram and Twilio.

Majestic Research acquired by ITG (~$75M). Co-founds Stickybits.

Turntable.fm — 600,000 users in four months. Fireside at TechCrunch Disrupt SF.

Talks at SXSW and Big Omaha. Founds DJZ / Crossfader.

Founds LiveAds.

Moves to Venice Beach; first GAN experiments turning Venice sunsets into video.

Founds Bright Moments. Mints “Synthetic Venice Sunset.”

Panels at Consensus (Austin) and Proof of People (London); the Bright Moments world tour.

The Bright Moments finale — Venice, Italy. Ten cities, complete.

Founds Spirit Protocol. Co-creates SOLIENNE with Kristi Coronado. “Automata” at the Digital Art Mile, Basel.

SOLIENNE at Rented Gaze (Paris) and Fotografiska (Stockholm). The @seth fleet learns to govern itself. Art Basel — “Craft in the Age of AI,” with 0xDEAFBEEF. This site becomes a ledger.