When I enrolled in NYU's ITP program. It was rather difficult for me to accept the fact that I've made the switch from a marketing and software engineering background to arts. At the time I posted the question to our dean, Red Burns, that how do I become an artist? Her answer was rather interesting : whatever you do, tell a story! At the same time, I had an opportunity to discuss my work Morse Notes with my classmate Noah Hendler, a former UN Photographer and his reply to my question was : you've always been an artist, but you paint with software code and software is your art. These two little discussions shaped my idea of arts and who I was. Since then, I've always though of myself as someone who makes tools. Thus, the motto for my creations, be it arts or technology, has always being : "tool to tell thy tales", since then. I've always been a tool creator, therefore, my art is to create tools so that others can use to tell their life stories. In English, it is only natural to call my creations "storyteller's tools". To honour my Canadian heritage, thus the brand name in French "l'Outillage de Raconteur" came to be. And the 5Ts from the motto was used to create the brand logo : a ladder that one uses to cross challenges in life and climb ever higher .
Behold!!! This is the showcase for an HCI and Interactive Art expert, when his attention is turned to design tools for everyday living.