John Beardwood

Hello! This site is very much a work in progress, feel free to look around!

About me:

Hello! I am a programmer and musician currently living in Santa Cruz, CA.
I am a lifelong multi-instrumentalist who mainly focuses on guitar, drums, and saxophone.
While I am most experienced playing Alternative, Jazz, and Mathrock, I love learning about and playing music of all kinds.
As a longtime fan of complex logical systems I am fascinated by the cascading effects that small changes can have within them.
This has led to my current enthusiasm for creating functional tools, especially interactive ones. (Check out the Projects section)
Outside of computers and music I am very into games (especially Super Smash Brothers Melee) and skateboard relatively frequently.

If you'd like to take a look at my professional resume, it's available here.

Projects:

Here are some past projects of mine that I have been working on improving:

SOR Renderer:

A fun tool that creates a 3D object by rotating a user defined line about an axis. Instructions here.

Music Theory Keyboard:

An interactive keyboard tool that teaches the user music theory through helpful lessons and exercises. More information available here.

Contact:

The best way to contact me currently is through email: jfwbeardwood@gmail.com.