Hi, I'm Brent Fitzgerald, the latest addition to the Swivel crew. I'm taking on a dual designer and engineer role, helping the team push Swivel to new levels of openness, simplicity, and expressivity. We've got a solid starting point with the current version and the upcoming API, and the future releases will further transform the app into a full blown data platform.
I recently graduated from the MIT Media Lab, where I was a research assistant in the merry Physical Language Workshop. My research focused on designing and developing applications to support creative collaboration and virtual markets, with a focus on lightweight, socially enforced micro-contracts. Previously I also worked as an educational system developer at Stanford University, and I've travelled through SE Asia and the Pacific. It feels great to be back home here in the bay area after three years away, and I'm stoked to be joining up with the quality peeps here at Swivel. See also the announcement post over on my personal blog.
Here's a recent pic from my friend Burak, taken when I was visiting him in NY:
Swivel Home
woo, welcome!!
Posted by: huned | July 19, 2007 at 06:11 PM
hey brent congratulations, the PLW misses you!
Posted by: black | July 19, 2007 at 07:24 PM
Welcome, Brent!
Posted by: Brian Mulloy | July 20, 2007 at 06:35 AM
Congratulations Brent! I am looking forward to see the swivel platfrom.
Posted by: Burak Arikan | July 20, 2007 at 03:34 PM
you dominate
Posted by: matt flannery | July 23, 2007 at 07:18 PM