Hi there ~ I’m Jens

I build/craft/explore reliable/playful/curious
interactive applications/exhibits/probes as a
freelance developer/creative technologist/fellow
working across design/art/research.

Simply curious or want to connect for collaboration, consulting, or co-creation?

Please say hi@jnslxndr.net.

Currently I

• freelance software development, mainly frontend JS/TS, interactive exhibits, custom tooling & plugins
• slowly establish a studio practice to grow small software projects as somesmall.studio
• continuously build soft- and hardware as a fellow at Staalplaat Soundsystem 2006 - present

In the past I

• explored designing for trustworthy IoT as a Marie Skłodowska-Curie Research Fellow and Mozilla Fellow on OpenDoTT 2019 - 2022
• Introduced physical computing and digital futures as visiting lecturer in product design at National Institute of Design, India 2016, 2018 - 2023
• taught interactive prototyping and established a prototyping lab as a university lecturer in interface design at Muthesius University of Fine Art and Design 2010 - 2019
• facilitated physical computing + VVVV workshops at digital art festivals, e.g. Node Festival, Athens Video Art Festival, and universities.

p.s.

I’m a bit of a programming-languages nerd. For fellow nerds, or anyone looking for specifics, here’s the rundown:

Used in production (ordered from most to least use)

• JavaScript/TypeScript
• CSS
• HTML (not interested in a debate whether HTML & CSS are “real” languages)
• PHP
• C/C++
• VVVV / VL
• Go
• C#
• Ruby
• Lua
• Swift
• Python
• CoffeeScript
• Max/MSP
• PureData
• ActionScript
• Processing (Java)

Want to use more

• TypeScript
• Go
• Rust

Explored

• Rust
• Go
• Uxn
• Elixir
• Visual Basic

Curious about

• Erlang
• Forth
• Haskell