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Vol I · No. 01 · MMXXVI
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Studio / PortfolioN° 01
art.thetechmargin.com
Studio / PortfolioN° 01
Sonia Cook-Broen — Software Engineer & Transmedia Artist
PAINTING, VIDEO, MUSIC, AND WRITING. HOW DO WE CONSTRUCT REALITY FROM PARTIAL INFORMATION.
art.thetechmargin.com
Painting, AI-mediated video, music composition, and critical writing — investigating how we construct reality from partial information. Thirteen paintings, four long-form videos, a Spotify catalogue, and three published essays.
Features
- Thirteen paintings — portraits, assemblages, abstracts with recurring text overlays
- Four long-form videos and four shorts (YouTube); music on Spotify
- Three essays: "Debug Your Fear," "Angels Among the Brambles," "In Service of Your Future Self"
- Descent-based navigation (Surface to Illuminate) with interactive poetry generator
paintvideosoundwriting
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Index / MainN° 02
news.thetechmargin.com
Index / MainN° 02
News Wire
THE MAIN SITE. ALL SUBDOMAINS, ONE FEED.
news.thetechmargin.com
The main site. All subdomains feed into one chronological stream.
Features
- Aggregated feed across all subdomains
- Social: YouTube, Spotify, Instagram, LinkedIn, X
- Newsletter subscription for the Weekly Digest
- Canonical landing page for the studio
indexnewsstudio
Visit Site →02 / 21
Research / UC BerkeleyN° 03
perception-explorer.thetechmargin.com
Research / UC BerkeleyN° 03
Orientation Explorer
HOW PSYCHEDELICS RESHAPE THE FELT GEOMETRY OF SELF AND SPACE. UC BERKELEY. SONIA COOK-BROEN IS A CO-AUTHOR.
perception-explorer.thetechmargin.com
Interactive companion to a UC Berkeley research paper on directionality in psychedelic experience. ~40,000 Erowid reports, 30 substances, 16 orientation categories. Sonia Cook-Broen is a co-author.
Features
- Three views: Orientation Compass, Phrase Explorer, Experiential Flow
- 30 substances, ~40,000 reports, 21,591 passages, 786 phrases, 2,047-node hierarchy
- NLP: o3-mini extraction, text-embedding-3-large, HDBSCAN + Ward linkage
- Co-authored with Noah, Saiber, Erowid, Yaden, Silver (UC Berkeley)
researchuc berkeleyconsciousnessnlp
Visit Site →03 / 21
IIIF / ResearchN° 04
collection-explorer.thetechmargin.com
IIIF / ResearchN° 04
Collection Explorer
MILLIONS OF OBJECTS ACROSS THE SMITHSONIAN, THE MET, EUROPEANA, NASA, AND EARTH ENGINE — SEARCHABLE IN ONE PLACE THROUGH IIIF.
collection-explorer.thetechmargin.com
Search millions of cultural heritage objects across the Smithsonian, The Met, Europeana, NASA, and Google Earth Engine — all in one interface, using the IIIF standard.
Features
- Cross-collection search across five institutions (Smithsonian, The Met, Europeana, NASA, Earth Engine)
- Latin taxonomic navigation: Aqua, Terra, Flora, Lux, Corpus, Materia — 30+ sub-categories
- Built on the IIIF (International Image Interoperability Framework) standard
- Designed for digital humanities scholars, computational artists, and researchers
iiifcultural heritageresearch
Visit Site →04 / 21
Photojournalism / ToolingN° 05
four-corners.thetechmargin.com
Photojournalism / ToolingN° 05
Four Corners Editor
BUILT FOR FRED RITCHIN'S FOUR CORNERS PROJECT. A TOOL THAT LETS PHOTOGRAPHERS EMBED CONTEXT, ETHICS, AND BACKSTORY DIRECTLY INTO THE PHOTOGRAPH.
four-corners.thetechmargin.com
A digital implementation of Fred Ritchin's Four Corners Project — enrich photojournalism with context, backstory, related imagery, and ethical documentation.
Features
- Four-corner metadata editing: backstory, related images, ethics statement, contextual links
- IPTC and XMP metadata embedding compliant with photojournalism standards
- Drag-and-drop image upload with real-time preview
- Built as a collaboration with Fred Ritchin (former picture editor, NYT Magazine)
photojournalismmetadataethics
Visit Site →05 / 21
Reference / DocumentaryN° 06
photo-workflows.thetechmargin.com
Reference / DocumentaryN° 06
Doc Photo Workflows
EVERYTHING BEFORE, DURING, AND AFTER A DOCUMENTARY PHOTO ASSIGNMENT.
photo-workflows.thetechmargin.com
The complete lifecycle of a documentary photography assignment — from the editor's first call through filing and payment. Freelance, long-form, film, and commercial.
Features
- Full assignment workflow: editor contact → research → scout → shoot → ingest → edit → file → deliver
- Film/analog workflow with twin-check system and self-scanning protocols
- IPTC metadata standards, compensation models, and archiving procedures
referencephotographydocumentary
Visit Site →06 / 21
Photobook PlatformN° 07
jinbocho.thetechmargin.com
Photobook PlatformN° 07
Jinbocho Photobook
FOUR READING SPEEDS. NAMED AFTER TOKYO'S BOOK DISTRICT.
jinbocho.thetechmargin.com
A digital photobook platform with four reading modes — trailer flip, browse, focused read, and deep study. The pace you read at changes what you notice.
Features
- Four reading speeds: trailer flip, browse, focused read, deep study
- Animated page-turn transitions calibrated to each mode
- Filmstrip navigation and library view for multi-book collections
- Named after Jinbōchō, Tokyo's historic used-book district
photobook platformphotography
Visit Site →07 / 21
Life Design / ProfilingN° 08
nextdream.work
Life Design / ProfilingN° 08
Next Dream
CAREER NAVIGATION FOR POLYMATHS. WHERE YOU ACTUALLY ARE, NOT WHERE YOUR RESUME SAYS.
nextdream.work
A five-dimension profiling system for polymaths and curiosity-driven professionals. Maps where you actually are — not where your resume says you've been.
Features
- Five dimensions: Experience, Passion, Life Context, Personality, Sociability
- Treats interests as directional vectors, not fixed identity markers
- 15–20 minute profile with auto-save and progress persistence
- Living profile — updates as your context shifts
next dreamcareerlife design
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Real-Time / WebGLN° 09
mask.thetechmargin.com
Real-Time / WebGLN° 09
Mesh Video Explorer
REAL-TIME 3D WIREFRAME MESH FROM LIVE CAMERA AND VIDEO INPUT.
mask.thetechmargin.com
Turn your camera on and watch your face become a 3D wireframe mesh in real time. WebGL-powered. Takes what you look like and rebuilds it as geometry.
Features
- Real-time 3D wireframe mesh generation from live camera feed
- Video input support for pre-recorded material
- WebGL rendering in the browser — no plugins required
- Password-protected research and art tool
real-timewebglcv
Visit Site →09 / 21
Math Archive / GenerativeN° 10
maths.thetechmargin.com
Math Archive / GenerativeN° 10
TECHMARGIN .EXE
FRACTINT-ERA MATHEMATICAL VISUALIZATIONS PAIRED WITH LIVE CODE. OLD EQUATIONS, STILL ALIVE.
maths.thetechmargin.com
A Fractint-era archive of mathematical visualizations — Sierpinski, Mandelbrot, Apollonian, Pythagoras — paired with live JavaScript recreations. Includes a compose tool.
Features
- Library: Sierpinski, Mandelbrot, Apollonian, Pythagoras, Mondrian, and more
- Live JavaScript recreations — equations that run in the browser
- Compose tool for creating new mathematical visualizations
- DOS-terminal aesthetic with keyboard navigation
math archivegenerativefractint
Visit Site →10 / 21
Digital Humanities SalonN° 11
salon-talks.thetechmargin.com
Digital Humanities SalonN° 11
Salvage Pharmacology
A DIGITAL HUMANITIES SALON — THE HIDDEN HISTORY OF PSYCHEDELICS IN THE 20TH CENTURY.
salon-talks.thetechmargin.com
A digital humanities salon series — the cultural history of psychedelics in the 20th century. What these substances meant socially, politically, and artistically.
Features
- Discussion-based salon series (not lecture-based)
- Cultural, political, and artistic history of psychedelics in the 20th century
- Salvage pharmacology framing — recovering deliberately suppressed history
- Custom CMS with admin interface
digital humanities salonpsychedelics
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Cultural Heritage / DistributedN° 12
codex-protocol.thetechmargin.com
Cultural Heritage / DistributedN° 12
Codex Protocol
DISTRIBUTED CULTURAL HERITAGE COMMONS. THE BINDING SURVIVES BECAUSE THE NETWORK KEEPS READING.
codex-protocol.thetechmargin.com
A distributed system for cultural heritage. The binding survives because the network keeps reading — usage is what preserves it.
Features
- Distributed architecture — preservation through use, not gatekeeping
- Network-based resilience: more engagement means a stronger archive
- Self-sustaining system — activity maintains the collection
- Challenges the traditional lock-away preservation paradigm
cultural heritagedistributed
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Creative AgentsN° 13
agents.thetechmargin.com
Creative AgentsN° 13
AICharmLab — Studio Assistants
AI ASSISTANTS FOR ARTISTS. THINK OUT LOUD TOGETHER.
agents.thetechmargin.com
AI studio assistants built for working artists — not productivity tools, but creative companions. Pick an assistant, describe what you're making, and think out loud together.
Features
- Specialized AI assistants dynamically loaded from a managed library
- Conversational interaction model — describe your work and think together
- History view for reviewing and continuing past sessions
- Designed for working artists, not general productivity
creative agentsaistudio
Visit Site →13 / 21
Brand / DocumentationN° 14
brand.thetechmargin.com
Brand / DocumentationN° 14
Design System
THE DESIGN SYSTEM BEHIND ALL 25 SUBDOMAINS. COLOR, TYPE, MOTION, VOICE — CODIFIED.
brand.thetechmargin.com
Color, type, motion, and voice rules for the entire studio — so everything across 25 subdomains looks and feels like it belongs to the same practice.
Features
- Color system with primary, secondary, and accent palettes
- Typography scale, font pairing, spacing, and layout grid
- Motion guidelines — easing curves, transitions, interaction patterns
- Voice and tone documentation across different contexts
branddesign system
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Latent SpaceN° 15
artist-gan.thetechmargin.com
Latent SpaceN° 15
GAN Explorer
WALK THROUGH THE LATENT SPACE OF TRAINED STYLEGAN3 MODELS. FIND IMAGES THAT DON'T EXIST YET.
artist-gan.thetechmargin.com
An instrument for navigating the latent space of trained StyleGAN3 models. Every point on the manifold is an image that could exist but hasn't been generated yet.
Features
- Latent space navigation for trained StyleGAN3 models
- Model library with browsable collection and session history
- Linked Trainer app for building and training new models
- Terminal-aesthetic interface (EXPLORER.EXE)
latent spacestylegan3generative
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ML / Training PipelineN° 16
style-gen.thetechmargin.com
ML / Training PipelineN° 16
StyleGen — LoRA Training Data
IMAGE CAPTIONING FOR LORA TRAINING DATA. CLEAN DATASETS FOR BETTER FINE-TUNES.
style-gen.thetechmargin.com
Image captioning tool for preparing LoRA training data. Structured tagging and labeling to produce clean datasets for model fine-tuning.
Features
- AI-powered image captioning for LoRA training data preparation
- Structured tagging and batch processing for large image sets
- Consistent format output for training pipeline compatibility
- Password-protected studio tool
mltraining datalora
Visit Site →16 / 21
Civic Data / VisualizationN° 17
corruption.thetechmargin.com
Civic Data / VisualizationN° 17
Epstein Files Tracker
PUBLIC COURT RECORDS AND FOIA DOCUMENTS MADE LEGIBLE. THE TOOL DOESN'T EDITORIALIZE.
corruption.thetechmargin.com
Interactive visualization of people documented in the Epstein case files, scored across multiple public sources. The tool shows structure and leaves interpretation to the reader.
Features
- Composite implication scoring across multiple public data sources
- Client-side score computation — no server-side editorial layer
- Legal status labels from court records only; "not charged" is the default
- Published methodology explaining scoring and data sourcing
civic datavisualizationpublic records
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Civic / MappingN° 18
ice.thetechmargin.com
Civic / MappingN° 18
ICE Mapper
1,400+ ICE DETENTION FACILITIES MAPPED. KNOW-YOUR-RIGHTS AND LEGAL AID BUILT IN.
ice.thetechmargin.com
Interactive map of 1,400+ ICE detention facilities across the United States, sourced from the Vera Institute of Justice. Know-your-rights primer and legal aid directory built in.
Features
- Interactive map of 1,400+ ICE detention facilities with facility-level detail
- Data sourced from the Vera Institute of Justice
- Know-your-rights primer integrated into the mapping interface
- Legal aid directory with location-based filtering
civicmappingimmigration
Visit Site →18 / 21
Linked Open DataN° 19
sparql-explorer.thetechmargin.com
Linked Open DataN° 19
Europeana Explorer
50+ MILLION CULTURAL HERITAGE OBJECTS QUERIED THROUGH EUROPEANA'S LINKED OPEN DATA.
sparql-explorer.thetechmargin.com
Query 50+ million cultural heritage objects through Europeana's Linked Open Data. Entity search, faceted exploration, and an ideation tool — built for researchers and computational artists.
Features
- Three interfaces: Entity Explorer, Facet Explorer, and Ideation tool
- SPARQL query access without requiring engineering training
- Built on Europeana's Linked Open Data infrastructure
- Designed for digital humanities researchers and computational artists
linked open datasparqlresearch
Visit Site →19 / 21
Computational Humanities / ScholarshipN° 20
dante-explorer.com
Computational Humanities / ScholarshipN° 20
Dante Explorer
COMPUTATIONAL SCHOLARSHIP PLATFORM FOR DANTE'S DIVINE COMEDY. BUILT WITH AND FOR DANTE SCHOLARS.
dante-explorer.com
A computational scholarship platform for Dante's Divine Comedy. Cross-dimensional queries, semantic search, vector embeddings, and a research workbench — built in collaboration with academic Dante scholars and linked to the Dartmouth Dante Project.
Features
- Cross-dimensional queries: filter by cantica, language, text type, and canto range
- Eight pre-built scholarly queries: Beatrice, Dark Wood, theology, manuscripts, allegory, classical references, political context
- Research workbench with comparative phenomenology analysis (DDE × Erowid)
- Schema explorer and custom query builder for the underlying database
computational humanitiesdantescholarshipnlp
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Creative Tools / AI GuidesN° 21
qwerty.thetechmargin.com
Creative Tools / AI GuidesN° 21
QWERTY — RSS Feed Magic
RSS FEED MODULATOR AND AI GUIDES FOR ARTISTS AND PERFORMERS.
qwerty.thetechmargin.com
RSS feed modulator and AI guide studio. Reshape any RSS feed into custom formats, and chat with specialized AI assistants — Arty for art history, Theo for acting and character development.
Features
- RSS Feed Modulator: preview, reshape, and filter any RSS feed by type and item count
- Arty: AI art history assistant — artists, movements, artworks, and connections
- Theo: AI acting coach — character development, monologues, audition preparation
- Public-facing creative tools within the AICharmLab ecosystem
rssai guidescreative tools
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