Hi, I'm Todd. I design media, build learning experiences, edit video, produce music, and tell stories. I work across design, content, and technology, and I'm constantly experimenting with AI to push my creative workflows further.
Hi, I'm Todd. I design media, build learning experiences, edit video, produce music, and tell stories. I work across design, content, and technology, and I'm constantly experimenting with AI to push my creative workflows further.
I make Hip-Hop, loft beats, and soul collaborations under the producer persona Big La vs. Todd.
Semi-retired, but still spin Hip-Hop, lofi, and Soul mixes, like I've been doing for over 2 decades.
I've been Sci-Fi and horror worldbuilding since I was a kid. Currently work on my first novel.
I love movies, tv, music, comics, and more. So I collect the ones I love. I must collect them all!!
Growing up I made mixtapes. Now I curate streaming playlists by artist, producer, genre and them.
I dabble in design and development, blending creative tools with AI-assisted techniques.
In 2020 I was diagnosed with stage-3 Kidney Disease. My kidneys were functioning at only 12%. For the next 3 years, with most of the help from my wife, I was able to stay off dialysis by switching to a vegan diet and walking 3+ miles a day. At my reluctant urging, my wife got tested, and it turned out we both have Type-B blood, making her a rare match. In May, I successfully received one of her kidneys.
I have a crippling fear of spiders — just the sight of one sends me into a jumping, screaming fit like a little kid. I also have a mild case of trypophobia, which means large holes or pits on the human body absolutely turn my stomach.
For as long as I can remember, I've had bouts of depression like clockwork. I also suffer from anxiety and panic attacks, which can creep up on me at a moment's notice. Breathing techniques have been extremely helpful in managing them.
One of those things creatives won't tell you is that we all fear the day the world finds out we're talentless hacks and everything we've ever done was just smoke and mirrors. It sounds like a bad thing, but it's exactly that fear that keeps us striving to get better.
I love writing. I love world-building and creating characters and moments that could be considered shocking. So for research, I started watching movie, TV show, and trailer reaction videos on YouTube to study the scenes and moments that generated the most emotional responses. I'd like to say it's still research, but it feels like I'm an empathic vampire leeching off the emotions of reactors online.