About Me

Hey, I’m Marc. I live in northern California. I own a web design business and share a lot of what I do on the web.

Things I’m interested in:

1. Creative arts: Design, typography, illustration, etc.
2. History & the humanities
3. Storytelling through design
4. Preservation of history and historical knowledge
5. Concept development with multimedia
6. Human-machine interfaces, improving them and exploring them

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I’m also a computer geek. My first computer was a Commodore 64.

Here are programming languages I’ve worked with in the past, in chronological order: BASIC, Assembler, C, Pascal, C++, Java, PHP, and Python.

I have a lot of Unix (Mac mainly, though some others too) and Linux experience. Lately I really enjoy using Apple’s iOS devices and the latest Mac OS.

My real interest in computing right now is building a fundamental toolset and framework for storing and communicating my ideas.

Art and Design

I’ve won a couple of awards for my art. I love to draw, and I doodle and sketch all the time (you can check out my drawings if you want).

I also do a lot of computer-generated art. If you live near me (Mendocino County, California), you might have noticed the computer model of a bass guitar that I made for the 2006 and 2007 Sundays in the Park advertising campaign.

Or maybe you took my art classes (Art 86, Art 181) at the local college, or know me from the online computer graphics community that I run.

Sound and Music

I got really interested in music when I joined my school’s band in junior high. Suddenly there were new sounds, improvisations, and a whole group of people speaking a language together. It’s a wonderful feeling to play with a band.

Can I share a short experience?

I played the trombone but had to quit after I got braces. The day I had them put on was the day of my first big solo as 1st chair trombone. I stood up to play the short trombone solo in “Phantom of the Opera” and the hard metal pressing on both sides of my lips turned my hitherto silky-smooth solo into a wilted bouquet of tonalities. Even my teacher, a wonderfully supportive person, felt the need to apologize to the audience for me.

I will make it up to you, Ms. Phillips, I thought.

But since then: No more trombone. Just computer music that sounds kind of boxy. Oh well.

You can check out my old music page if you like.

I have loved playing with digital sound since the mid-1990s when I used my first sampler. In 1999 I got really into synthesizers. Nowadays I just create it when I need it…short soundtracks, video narration for my clients, or whatever seems fun.

Other Hobbies

I like getting outdoors, cycling around, taking photos, reading books of all kinds (mostly Kindle these days), reading comics, playing with my two little boys, hanging out with my wife, and watching films.