Andrew Monks

I ride my bicycle, read books, play 囲碁, and try to write database software. I also organize a monthly meetup for computer artists here in Chicago. I occasionally write code with my friends at Resin Recyclables.

I watch movies most days. Recently,

★★★★☆ Dinner in America,

★★★★★ Happy as Lazzaro,

★★★★☆ Black Dog,

★★★★½ The Brutalist, and,

★★★½☆ Nosferatu.

I just published a trip report about two glorious weeks in Tokyo.

I love exploring. I made a nice map of places I have opinions about. It doesn't say what the opinions are, so you'll have to make your own. The map scrolls pretty slow; it used to be faster.

I was a staff engineer at Samsara Inc., where I worked on the mobile app platform and the hiring program, and occasionally on mechanisms like SOC2 and open source license compliance.

• worked on sites and apps for big brands,
• performed as a VJ,
• made a few music videos,
• got a degree in studio art,
• operated a local record label,
• published a newsmagazine,
• helped put on a parody opera, and,
• street-performed as a balloon twister.