reeseric.ci

Reese (reesericci) Armstrong’s little homepage on the interwebs.

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creative technologist (computer artist) and democracy activist from austin, texas

about the web and free software

I love the web. It’s one of the last truly free digital mediums like Email and Matrix that are not run by companies.

It allows me to express myself however I want, with no restrictions.

Free (as in freedom) software carries this torch beyond the browser, into your operating system, your word processor, everything on your computer.

now!

Working on Obl.ong Panel v2 with Active Zone, our library for interacting with nameservers and an in-house nameserver called RactorDNS. It’s exciting finally seeing this system come together when I’ve been planning it for a long time.

I’m also really finding myself as an artist, really rethinking my whole perspective on who I am. I’ve been cornered into a STEM or “career and technical education” box my whole life when really I am an artist, a creative who’s canvas is software and problems.

Also, I’m half-working on building a ethernet switchboard (i.e. manual router).

updated 2024-08-25

my work

organizations/campaigns/events

• Hard Fork - I am working on building up a new, democratic organization and community for creative technologists!
• LASA YDSA - I am the co-chair of the Young Democratic Socialists of America chapter at the Liberal Arts and Science Academy in Austin, Texas.
• Obl.ong - I built and chair the steering committee of Obl.ong, a democratic nonprofit domain registry providing free .obl.ong domains to all.
• Hack Austin! - I ran the first high-school hackathon in Austin since 2020 on October 16th, 2022 with ~18 people!
• Say NO to i-Ready - a successful petition against the use of “i-Ready” in Austin ISD with over 160 signatures!

software projects

• United - free and open membership software for collective organizations
• turbowarp.sh - ssh client for scratch (yes, that scratch)
• Obl.ong Panel - multi-tenant domain services
• 2Posit - a firefox extension to watch PlayPosits at 10x speed
• shortie.sh - a very nerdy url shortener
• tools - a collection of webtools I’ve made
• oclock - an ad-free version of time.is that uses the new Temporal API and only relies on the system clock.

A more updated list can be found at my codeberg git remote.

writing

• On Hack Club - a look into the unjust and illegal operations of the hack foundation.
• The Ultimate Guide to Printing Custom T-Shirts - my advice on printing custom tees.
• Reese’s Browser Guide - browsers to avoid and browsers to consider.

client work

• Midtown Rulers - the digital presence for a Central Austin youth basketball program. No paper was ever used.
• Ladies Let’s Talk - the digital presence for a nonprofit helping Austin refugees to speak English. (This has significantly changed since I first built it years ago)

quick info (h-card)

talk to me

I would love to talk to you too! Please reach out

• email: me@reeseric.ci

• matrix: reesericci:matrix.org

• gimme a call (like actually, i love phone calls): +15128297248

• fedi (mastodon): @reesericci@social.hardfork.ngo

  

webrings :)

Made with ❤ by Reese Armstrong, the finest in Procrastination since 2007