Curriculum vitae of Tom Jennings

Born: Boston Massachusetts, 1955.

Lives and works in Los Angeles, California.

HONORS AND AWARDS

Inductee, Shareware Industry Conference Hall of Fame, for Fido/FidoNet, 1997.

EFF Pioneer of the Electronic Frontier award recipient, by the Electronic Frontier Foundation, 1992.

Dvorak/Zoom Telecommunications Award, recipient, 1992.

Andrew Fluegelman Award recipient, first award issued, for significant contribution to the software community (and to date, the only non-commercial recipient), by Software Publishers Association, for Fido/FidoNet, 1987.

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

“Object Lessons”, Gigantic Art Space, New York, March/May 2006.

“Building the Unthinkable”, apex art, New York, September/October 2004.

“Story Teller”, Harwood Art Center, Albuquerque NM, August 2003.

Installation of “Encapsulated Landscapes”, “Model 47 Trinity Diorama” plus historic materials, CCA, Santa Fe NM, May 2003.

“Model 71 Measuring Device”, 49^th Venice Biennale, Temporary Autonomous Pavillion (Slovenian Pavillion), Venice Italy, 2001.

“Model 47, Trinity Diorama”, other objects, The Cuban Missile Crisis: When the Cold War Got Hot, Florida International Museum, St. Petersberg FL, 2000-2001.

“Story Teller”, OUTWEST, Plan B Revolving Arts, Santa Fe, NM, 1999.

“Encapsulated Landscapes”, Arizona Biennial, Tucson AZ, 1999.

“Model 23 Trinitite Box”, Museum of Contemporary Art, Tucson AZ, 1999.

“Model 71 Measuring Device”, IGNITION, Museum of Contemporary Art, Tucson AZ, 1998.

SOLO EXHIBITIONS AND INSTALLATIONS

“Story Teller”, inaugural show at Machine Project, Los Angeles, 2003.

“Obsolete Forgeries”, Access Tucson lobby, Tucson AZ, 2000. Accompanied three-part cable TV show; see Performances.

WRITTEN BY THE ARTIST

History of Character Codes, a history of abstract representation of alphabetic information within machinery, http://wps.com/projects/codes, 1999.

Electron Tube Database, exhaustive cross-referenced technical reference data on 2500 electron tubes, http://wps.com/archives/tube-datasheets, 1999.

The Charactron Display, a brief history of an artistic mis-use of an information-processing device from the late 1950's, http://wps.com/projects/Charactron, 1998.

Nixie Indicators and Decimal Counting Tubes, a brief history of an early information display device and related technologies, http://wps.com/projects/decimal-tubes, 1998.

HOMOCORE, seminal queer/punk 'zine, self-published semi-periodical, 2000+ circulation, San Francisco CA, http://wps.com/archives/HOMOCORE , 1988-1991.

Editor in chief, FidoNews, the weekly newsletter of the FidoNet network, 100,000 circulation, http://wps.com/FidoNet/FidoNews/index.html , 1984-1985, 1991-1993.

TEACHING, LECTURES, PERFORMANCES

Authored and taught Microcontroller curriculum, UCI's ACE program, 2006 school year.

Authored and taught Hardware Intelligence/electronics curriculum, UCI's ACE program, 2005 school year.

Early Computing, public lecture at Machine Project Gallery, 2004.

Basic Electronics for Artists, intensive crash course in practical electronics, presented through Los Angeles Art and Technology Hackers Club, at c-level, 5 June – 6 July 2003.

Electronics for Artists, guest lecturer, Electronic Technologies for Art 147B course, University of California San Diego, 2003.

“History of Computing”, guest lecturer, VA40/ICAM40 Introduction to Computing in the Arts course, University of California San Diego, 2003.

“FidoNet”, guest lecturer, Media Theory course, California Institute for the Arts (CalArts), 2002.

“Computer Bulletin Board culture”, guest lecturer, Media Theory course, California Institute for the Arts (CalArts);, 2002.

“Obsolete Forgeries”, three-part cable TV series, Tucson AZ; 2000.

OTHER PROJECTS

Dead Media Project, moderator, database and brief submissions on dead media, http://www.deadmedia.org, 1999-present.

First draft of a report on EDVAC, first copy of this famous paper on the internet, http://wps.com/texts/EDVAC, 2001.

Propane (LPG) powered antique car, art and fuel/emissions research project, 1989-present, see http://wps.com/LPG

The S.C.U.M. Manifesto by Valerie Solanas, first transcription and web publication, 1995.

666 Illinois, experimental performance-oriented organization/household, San Francisco, 1990-1993.

164 Shipley, experimental performance-oriented organization/household, San Francisco, 1986-1990.

ARTICLES AND REVIEWS

Santa Fe Reporter newspaper, detailed review of Story Teller in OUTWEST show, Santa Fe NM, 1999.

Tucson Weekly newspaper, show review, Tucson AZ, 1998.

The Catalyst, Arizona Daily Wildcat newspaper, show review, Tucson AZ, 1998.

The Internet Civil Revolution in the United States, by Aki Okabe (Japan), 1996.

Happy Mutant Handbook, by Mark Frauenfelder, Carla Sinclair, Gareth Branwyn, Will Kreth (Riverhead Books), interview, 1995.

WIRED magazine issue 4.04, interview, 1995.

Communications without fetters (FidoNet), Network World magazine, interview, 29 Aug 1994.

Fringeware Review 1/19, magazine, interview, Austin TX, 1994.

Threat By Example, by Martin Sprouse, essay, San Francisco CA , 1990.

BOARDWATCH magazine, frequent interviews and mentions due to FidoNet, 1989-1996.

GROUP MEMBERSHIPS

Art and Technology Hackers Club, member and contributor, Los Angeles CA, 2003.

Asilomar Microcomputer Conference invitee/participant, 2002 - present.

FCC Amateur Extra Class radio license holder, KF6QFI, 1998-present.

Computer Professionals for Social Responsibility (CPSR), participant, San Francisco, 1992-1993.

Shred of Dignity Skaters' Union, political and social engineering, organizing and instant street macro-theater, San Francisco CA, 1986-1991.

Hackers Conference, one of the original invitees, various California locations,1984-present.

RESUMÉ

Program technician, Arts Computation Engineering program, University of California, Irvine, 2003-present.

Computer programmer, domain-name registration system for African continent, University of Oregon, 2002-2003.

Computer programmer, public software distribution system, Public Software Foundation, pubsoft.org, 2002-2003.

Senior Network Operations Manager, Keen.com Inc., San Francisco CA, 2000-2001.

Vice President of Engineering, Best Internet Communications, Inc., Mountain View CA, 1996.

Proprietor, then President, radical grass-roots internet service provider, The Little Garden, San Francisco CA, 1992-1996.

Contractor, built WIRED magazine's first internet presence, San Francisco CA, 1992.

Contractor, wired radio station studios, KOIT-AM/FM, San Francisco CA, 1992.

Contractor, built radio broadcast studios, KKIQ-FM, Walnut Creek CA, 1991.

Staff computer programmer, Cygnus Support, Palo Alto CA, 1991.

Assistant radio engineer, KKSF-FM, San Francisco CA, 1991.

Contract computer programmer, wrote large viral test machine simulator, Communitree Group, San Francisco CA, 1990.

Proprietor/computer programmer, world's largest independent computer network, 32,000 worldwide systems, Fido Software, San Francisco CA, 1985-1992.

Computer programmer, Apple Computer, Cupertino CA, 1985.

Staff computer programmer, wrote portable BIOS that led to Phoenix BIOS, Phoenix Technologies nee Phoenix Software, Norwood MA, 1982.

Electronic engineer, Avco Everett Research Lab, brief, awful stint for defense contractor, Everett MA, 1982.

Staff computer programmer, Microft Inc, Falmouth MA, 1981.

Engineering department (!), Computer Service Systems Network, Boston MA, 1979.

Computer programmer, Solid State Technology, Woburn MA, 1979.

Electronic technician, Bose Corp., Framingham MA, 1977.

Electronic technician, field engineer, computer programmer, Ocean Research Equipment, Falmouth MA, 1973-1977.

EDUCATION

Lawrence High School, Falmouth Mass., 1973.