Thunderkick is the personal homepage and blog for Tim Aidlin, aka Systim. Systim works at
Microsoft as a UX Designer and Evangelist in the Developer and Platform Evangelism Team. Specifically, he is part of a small team that runs
MIX Online, and the
PDC and
MIX conferences for which he acts as Creative Director.
The Archivist
Save and export Twitter searches with this Windows application
Create web animations and effect using this Windows application to generate jQuery without having to write code
Watch the flotsam and jetsam of data that you care about with this Windows application mash-up of Facebook, Flickr, YouTube, Twitter, Digg and blogs.
For web developers, designers and users, Oomph: A microformats toolkit makes it easier to create, consume, and style microformats.
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Designing the pdc09 Experience
"Throughout the lead-up and through the conference itself, I’ll try and provide insights into “the sausage-making” of an event like this, specifically geared toward the designers (but, of course, hopefully appealing to everybody.)" -
Benefits of Card Sorting
"During the initial exercise in working out the I.A. for the PDC09 site, we used the process of "card sorting." It had been a while since I had gone through that exercise, and remembered how very useful it can be." -
Tweenbots Restore Man’s Sense of Teamwork
"I couldn’t help but smile and think of how wonderful it is to see complete strangers collaborate toward a shared goal ... and a goal they really had no idea about before requiring their action."
"The night I took the footage used in the piece “Mardi Gras," Tami, Lacus, E. and I walked down to Pioneer Square from their apartment in First Hill. Lacus had purchased a couple 40oz Old English 800 bottles for the walk down.
At the moment this still was grabbed, Mayday was yelling at our friend, Tim Tompt, about how "nobody bit his fucking hat," in reference to the huge chunk out of the brim of the plastic bowler he was wearing.
“I Am Not A Bug” was created out of the footage shot for a short film I did, “Sometimes It’s Not Enough To Talk About It", featuring poetry by J.C. Coyle and videography, editing and music done by me. The music can be found here.
Oil and multimedia on masonite
Oil and paper on canvas
Oil on masonite