And Brady and I have moved back to Cambridge, which is very exciting. I’ll keep working for Figure 53, and Brady’s going to start her own law practice.

Here’s to good changes and forward motion in the new year!

It’s in the early stages, but we’re going to be pretty public about our progress. For now, Twitter is the best place for updates. Depending on your inclination and interest, you can follow me (@jkriss), Chris, (@chris_ashworth), @Figure53 or @ChromaTickets.

Here we go!

Starting right now, I am (once again) an independent contractor. I’ll still be spending a lot of my time working on IBM projects, but I’ll also have the freedom to do outside work. Those of you who know of my connection to Figure 53 (not to mention Chris and Sean, personally) won’t be surprised to hear that I may be putting in some hours for the company that spawned QLab.

Although my schedule is pretty much full in the short term, I plan to take full advantage of my newfound flexibility. I’ve got plenty of ideas in the backlog, but if you have any visualization, interactive music/audio, or other interesting work in need of a collaborator, you know how to reach me: jesse@jklabs.net or @jkriss.

And now, back to your regularly scheduled programming.

You can go play at http://vizlab.nytimes.com. (They’ve rebranded it as “Visualization Lab.”) The Times has a nice blog post about it, too.

Like Many Eyes, you can embed live visualizations. In the spirit of the upcoming election (go vote!), here’s a wordle of Obama’s nomination acceptance speech.

Check it out! And don’t forget to read the credits.

Photo by Ben Sisto

The always excellent DJ Ripley was the main provider of music. A good time was had by all. Plus it was a fundraiser for 826 Boston, our local (and new!) branch of 826 National. See more of Ben’s photos to get a feel for the event.