received kindness from people who gave me their time and listened as well as help in places i didn’t expect to

• dre jacome for being a supportive neighbor during those long nights on the floor, and for all your advice
• jo suk for asking thoughtful questions that helped me realize the medium i wanted to work with for my thesis was yarn all along
• cindy hu for the insightful questions during thesis, and for your help tufting
• zoe cohen for listening to me and giving me advice in the very early stages of forming my thesis
• david rios for your kind patience, for always listening to my half-baked ideas
• mimi yin for your office hour insight on the participant journey of discovery, and surprising ways people interact with hanging sculptures
• ashley jane lewis for your genuine enthusiasm for my thesis, and giving me constructive feedback during alumni feedback
• roopa vasudevan for the enthusiasm and references you gave during alumni feedback
• sahal for pointing me to yony’s office hours
• yony rozin for spending multiple long office hours teaching me about network servers, MQTT, and your interest in solving the problems i created
• sharleen smith for the encouragement
• tanika williams for pointing me to inspiring references and connecting my thesis to projects by artists i would not have known about without you
• sharon de la cruz for your office hour listening to me and pointing me towards references
• jess shen for the “2 floppy pieces” sewing advice
• kai cheng for the crash course on powering small hardware projects, and for your help tufting
• suraj barthy for the advice based on your own thesis project experience
• bianca gan for the invaluable hardware debugging sessions
• yizhi liu for the great conversations, hardware help, and for your help tufting
• shiqing chen for much needed design advice, and for your help tufting