mcslee
I am interested in the design and cultivation of human experiences.
This interest manifests through active work in the fields of art and technology, informed by an ongoing exploration of cognition.
Full name is Mark C. Slee. Living in San Francisco, California. Born in Elk Grove, Illinois. Citizen of the United States and Great Britain.
Art
Music is Passion.
DJ / Podcast
Underground deep and tech house. I play regular gigs in San Francisco area and release a monthly podcast under my given name at soundcloud.com/mcslee.
House-Heads
Formed in 2008 with Roddy Lindsay and Atish Mehta, House-Heads produces unique events that deliver high quality underground music in a context focused on community and dance.
Palivacinni
In the early 2000s I focused on original electronic music production, settling on the progressive house genre and releasing under the alias Palivacinni.
Light is Magic.
Indirection
In 2010 I began working on custom-programmed animated LED sculpture. I presented my first work, Indirection, at the Burning Man festival.
Technology
Code forges Product.
Employee since 2006, working across roles in software engineering and product management with recurring focus on mobile. An available résumé documents my work.
Apache Thrift
Founding author of the Apache Thrift project, open-sourced in 2007. I designed the IDL and wrote the original code generator and library implementations for C++, Java, Python, and PHP.
Counsel aids Progress.
Elation EMR
Advisor since 2010. Elation EMR seeks to dramatically improve medical care by leveraging technology to facilitate a more powerful interaction between physician and patient.
Cognition
Mind manifests Reality.
I am of the general opinion that the human experience is primarily a function of a brain-driven consciousness, with a tendency towards existential and relativistic viewpoints. Without making any strong claims as to the origin or underlying nature of this existence, I very roughly identify with the pantheistic notion that the concept of God is essentially a reference to the beautiful state of the universe in its entirety.
Given that, I feel the best thing we can do with our time here is attempt to better understand the potential our minds make available to us through playful exploration. I aim my technological pursuits toward the creation of positive emotional experiences, and through art I enjoy exploring the nature of perception. I am particularly fascinated by the way music can directly impact mood and memory formation. Visually, I enjoy toying with the thresholds at which we begin to perceive gradual shifts in hue and shape as patterned motion.
Some highly recommended reading generally relating to these topics:
- Stumbling on Happiness by Dan Gilbert
- Flow by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi
- Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance by Robert M. Pirsig
This is all succinctly and beautifully expressed by Björk and Chris Cunningham's All is Full of Love.