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Updated November 1, 2025

This page was formerly called Projects, but I like the immediacy of Now. I’m a strong believer in living fully immersed in this moment, so it’s only natural that I would sign on to the growing Now movement: See other Now supporters on nownownow.com. In this moment, I’m breathing, thinking, and writing the content that you now are reading. But not long before or after this moment, I was or will be fully engaged in one of the following activities.

Accessible Technology at the UW

I’m fortunate to love my day job, working with a great group of people doing great work at the University of Washington. Some of the projects I’m involved with include:

  • ADA Digital Accessibility Initiative – Digital accessibility has become a big deal at the UW, with support from upper leadership. This means a lot more work and responsibility for me, but it also means we’re making unprecedented progress and all hands truly are on deck. It’s great time to be a Husky!
  • Digital Accessibility – this site is our hub for communicating to members of the UW community on digital accessibility issues.
  • Accessible Technology – this is a companion site to the previous one in the list, maintained by my team as the source for “how to” information related to digital accessibility.
  • DO-IT – since 1993, DO-IT (Disabilities, Opportunities, Internetworking, and Technology) has been working to promote inclusion and success for people with disabilities. I’ve been helping since 2001.

Able Player

Able Player is an open source media player for websites that was built from the ground up with web standards and accessibility in mind. It’s the only media player that supports all five kinds of HTML5 <track> elements (captions, subtitles, descriptions, chapters, and metadata). It also features a highly flexible interactive transcript feature, supports synchronized sign language, can be used for playing YouTube and Vimeo videos, and has countless other incredibly cool features. I recently retired from maintaining this project, as explained in my blog post Able Player: Passing the Torch. However, I’m keeping this here for now, during this time of transition.

Music

I’m best able to truly experience Now when I’m making music, so I try to do that as often as possible. You can explore my music via two primary pages on this site:

  • Music – Every track plus liner notes from my two albums, Everything and More and Flow Theory Flavors; plus some bonus tracks.
  • Film Scoring – A portfolio of short films for which I’ve written scores.

Note that all of the music and videos on my site are using Able Player.

Outdoors

I reside in beautiful Cascadia, where old growth forests and glacial mountains meet the Pacific Ocean. Whenever possible I try to unplug and embrace my natural surroundings. I’m a proud and active member of:

Giving

The world has many problems, and wherever there are problems there are (a) solutions, and (b) people working toward finding and implementing those solutions. None of us can fix the world alone, but we can all support each other. I’m currently a proud supporter of the following organizations:

  • ACLU – defending and preserving our rights and liberties as guaranteed by the U.S. Constitution.
  • OxFam – working tirelessly to end the world of poverty, and believing whole-heartedly that this goal is attainable.
  • Action Against Hunger – working in 45 countries to save lives of severely malnourished children while helping vulnerable communities become self sufficient.
  • Bellingham Food Bank – providing free food to 5,000 households in my home town,  because nobody should go hungry.
  • Playing for Change – working to inspire, connect, and bring peace to the world through music.
  • Sierra Club – exploring, enjoying, and protecting our planet; keeping John Muir’s vision alive.
  • Nature Conservancy – conserving the lands and waters on which all life depends; when politics fails, acquisition makes perfect sense!
  • Red Cedar Zen Community – offering a place of peace in my local community, and worldwide via Zoom. Red Cedar also has an amazing Zen in Wilderness program.
  • Seattle radio stations KNKX and KEXP – keeping us well-informed and keeping creative expression alive. I also support the NPR Network since so many communities throughout the United States have no other source for independent, reliable information that isn’t driven by profit or political motive.