![]() Since graduation, I've been teaching various creative curriculum (digital media technology, music production, filmmaking, photography, making/DIY, robotics, basic computer programming, video game design, graphic design, creative writing, and animation) to Oakland and San Francisco youth. In 2013, I received a Bachelor of Music from the Oberlin Conservatory in "Technology in Music and the Related Arts," alongside a Bachelor of Arts in Visual Art (concentration: animation and new media) from Oberlin College. Through virtual reality, I aim to use an emerging technology to amplify Indigenous voices and traditions, including sacred plant healing, medicine songs, and the oral history of a complex and beautiful cosmology. I'm currently producing an educational 360° virtual reality documentary series about the healing modalities of the Shipibo. In August 2016, I was awarded an "Awesome Without Borders" grant from the Harnisch Foundation for my work with The Chaikuni Institute. 50% of all sales go directly to the healers, and the other 50% of sales are donated to a Peruvian NGO The Chaikuni Institute - a nonprofit which focuses its efforts on Indigenous and environmental rights in the Amazon Rainforest. I also recorded, co-produced, and engineered an album of their medicine songs, which is available for purchase on Bandcamp. ![]() Songs of the Vine (2017), a VR documentary made in collaboration with Indigenous Shipibo curanderos of the Amazon rainforest that I co-directed, co-produced, and sound-engineered, has been exhibited at the Raindance Film Festival (London, UK), Encounters Film Festival (Bristol, UK), LifeArt Festival (Athens, Greece), New Media Film Festival (Los Angeles, CA), Rendezvous Film Festival (Amelia Islands, FL), Tech Doc Fest (Seattle, WA), Seattle Transmedia & Independent Film Festival (Seattle, WA), RAW Film Festival (Los Angeles, CA), Oxford Film Festival (Oxford, MS), FIVARS (Toronto, Canada), the Social Impact Media Awards (Finalist), and the Earth Day Film Festival (Los Angeles, CA - winner of the “Best VR Experience” category). Passionate about healing justice, expressive arts, technology, plant medicine, and the environment, I feel most fulfilled when exploring where these realms intersect. I'm an educator, crisis counselor, artist, musician, social worker, and therapist-in-training in Oakland, CA. ![]()
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![]() The more expensive Fitbit Sense provides more health data, but the relevance of all the data Sense gives you might be moot, depending on if you know how to read medical charts. (The Apple Watch, for comparison, has a less-than-ideal battery life of a day and a half.) One of the best features of the Versa 3 is its strong battery life - up to six days without the "always on" display and with moderate use. Although Fitbit's best smartwatch and best Apple Watch alternative may not be quite as smart as its Apple or Galaxy Watch competitors, it does pair with an Android or iPhone and can also be paired with either Alexa or Google Assistant. The Versa 3 is a Fitbit smartwatch that combines the best features of the Charge 5 tracker with the "taking calls on your wrist" aspect of a smartwatch rather than purely a fitness tracker. However, iPhone users can only see notifications on the Charge 5 screen, while Android users may send quick replies. ![]() The Charge 5 is compatible with iPhones and Androids. It also has a built-in GPS, which is great for runners and has 20 exercise modes. The Charge 5 monitors over 20 different physical activities, including swimming (it's water-resistant), yoga and cycling. It also tracks your sleep patterns, including breathing rates, sleep stages and restlessness. The Charge 5 tracks things such as your heart rate through an EKG reading app, your stress level through an electrodermal activity sensor, and your blood oxygen level and skin temperature. In fact, the Charge 5 was recently awarded a CNET's Editors' Choice Award. If you're looking for a fitness tracker that offers the best available features for collecting health data, while also being comfortable, easy to use (no buttons) and easy to read outside in the sunshine - all at a reasonable price - Fitbit's Charge 5 wins. ![]() ![]() ![]() Should I Sleep on the Mac App Store by Marcelo Leite - $1.99.Caffeine on the Mac App Store by Lighthead Software - Free.Each of these includes different features, ranging from simple time settings to more advanced facical detection via the iSight camera, so I encourage you to look through them to find what best fits your needs. Luckily, developers have listened and provided a number of convenient and compatible options. Older versions of OS X, unfortunately, do not have the ability to use this command, and the convenience of an application can be difficult to beat. To learn more about caffeinate and other ways to use the command, visit the Mac Developer Library entry on caffeinate. -t - Specifies the timeout value in seconds for which the command is valid.If the display is off, this option turns the display on and prevents the display from going into idle sleep. This is valid only when system is running on AC power. -s - Prevent the system from sleeping.-i - Prevent the system from idle sleeping.-d - Prevent the display from sleeping.Using Caffeinate’s OptionsĪpple understands that each person using this command may have different needs and has provided a number of different options to let users decide what is needed in their situation. Tip: The brackets around the command ( ) are there for demonstation, but would not be used around a normal command such as open. This can be done in the following way:Ĭaffeinate -arguments The caffeinate command can also be linked to other commands, such as cloning a git repository, by linking caffeinate to a specific command. For example, if you wanted to prevent your Mac from sleeping for 5 hours, you would run the following command: Luckily, Apple has made this rather easy to accomplish by using the -t option to your command, followed by the time in seconds. Other times, you may prefer to set the duration you would like to prevent the Mac from sleeping. While running, caffeinate will leave a blank prompt.įor some situations, such as while watching a movie, this may be fine. ![]() To stop the process from running, you can press Ctrl+ C which will instantly end the process, and return you to the command prompt. While running, caffeinate will prevent your Mac from sleeping. When run, the cursor will move down to a blank line where it will stay until you tell the command to stop running or close the terminal. The simplest way to use this command is to run the following command in the terminal. The caffeinate command is used to prevent a Mac from going to sleep. Let’s take a look at how to use this command, and some alternatives for older machines. With OS X 10.8, Mountain Lion, we are able to stop our Macs from sleeping for a period of time from our command line with the caffeinate command. When in these situations, it can be inconvenient to look through System Preferences > Energy Saver until you find the settings needed and then you must remember to re-enable your original settings when you are done. Yet there are times you may want to stop your Mac from sleeping such as when you’re watching a movie, cloning a large repository from GitHub, or need to let a large download finish from your favorite website. Try it for free! The free download runs as a fully functional trial.Computers sleep as a way to save energy and prevent unnecessary wear on your machine's hardware. This helps prevent the Mac from running out of energy when unplugged. If the value of the text field is zero no such timer is created, and any previous such timer will be removed.įinally, in preferences you can specify a battery threshold so that NoSleep stops keeping the Mac awake at a certain level. The timer is created as soon as editing stops in the text field, say by tabbing out of it, and each edit resets the timer. Use the Preference pane to specify quit time.Īlso use the text field on the preferences window for creating a timer to quit the app at a time you can specify as a (fractional) number of minutes. You can schedule the time it quits so that you can leave it unattended. ![]() NoSleep updates system activity periodically as soon as it launches, until it is quit, or, for laptops, the battery charge level drops below a specified amount (which defaults to 10%)Īs soon as you launch NoSleep it prevents your Mac from sleeping until quit, or the battery charge level drops below a specified amount. It keeps your Mac awake for a given period of time. This app was conceived for musicians who use their Macs to read music as they play their instrument and consequently do not want their Mac to go to sleep. Optionally disable the screen saver also. NoSleep is an application that you use to prevent your Mac from going to sleep. ![]() ![]() Read more in our guide to physical effects of stroke.
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