Nicole He’s
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Hello! My name is 
I recently directed The Crush House , an game with Nerial, published by Devolver Digital.
I’m also working on an experimental game produced by the National Film Board of Canada.
In the past, I’ve worked as a creative technologist at Google Creative Lab, and an outreach lead at Kickstarter. I am also an adjunct faculty member at ITP at NYU, which is where I received my Master’s degree.
Beyond doing computer stuff,
I enjoy cooking, powerlifting, and recently, streaming on Twitch.
Contact
I am generally available for speaking events, so feel free to reach out for that, or if you just wanna say what’s up.︎︎︎ email
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︎︎︎ twitch
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Select Interviews
︎︎︎ Kill Screen (2020)︎︎︎ Believer Magazine (2019)
︎︎︎ ARTE Tracks (2019)
︎︎︎ WIRED (2018)
︎︎︎ Kotaku (2018)
︎︎︎ CBC Radio (2017)
Events
Upcoming
Past
Talk
November, 2020
The Internet
︎︎︎ SPACE10 Sessions
Talk
May, 2020
The Internet
︎︎︎HarvardxDesign
Talk
February, 2020
Cambridge, MA
︎︎︎ORD Camp
January, 2020
Chicago, IL
︎︎︎Playtopia
Talk
December, 2019
Cape Town, South Africa ︎︎︎Machine Agencies at the Milieux Institute at Concordia
Talk, Workshop
October, 2019
Montreal, Canada
︎︎︎Glitch Appy Hour @ XOXO 2019
Demo
September, 2019
Portland, OR
︎︎︎The Conference
Talk
August, 2019
Malmö, Sweden
︎︎︎Google I/O
Demo
May, 2019
Mountain View, CA
︎︎︎A MAZE.
Talk
April, 2019
Berlin, Germany
︎︎︎Game Developers Conference
Talk
March 2019
San Francisco, CA
︎︎︎Awwwards Conference
Talk
November 2018
New York, NY
︎︎︎Creative Coding Festival
Keynote
November 2018
New York, NY
︎︎︎Grace Hopper Celebration
Demo
September 2018
Houston, TX
︎︎︎XOXO
Talk
September 2018
Portland, OR
︎︎︎Artworld Videogames
Exhibition
August 2018
Melbourne, Australia
︎︎︎ACMI Masterclass: Artworld Videogames
Talk
August 2018
Melbourne, Australia
︎︎︎Google I/O
Demo
May 2018
Mountain View, CA
︎︎︎True/False Film Festival
Talk
March 2018
Columbia, MO
︎︎︎Interrupt Conference at Brown University
Talk
April 2017
Providence, RI︎︎︎WordHack
Talk
January 2017
New York, New York
︎︎︎The Conference
Exhibition
August 2016
Malmö, Sweden
︎︎︎FACETS
Panel
May 2016
New York, New York
Etc
︎︎︎ Collaborators, friends, people I admire who make cool stuff ︎︎︎ Hello, Computer: Unconventional Uses of Voice Technology 2020 syllabus ︎︎︎ My student blog from grad school
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Secret Dunny Box
About
The Secret Dunny Box is a bathroom installation that lets you listen to a secret message left for you by the previous visitor, but only if you leave a message for the next person. It was installed at BAR SK in Melbourne as part of the Artworld Videogames exhibition.
"Dunny" is Australian slang for bathroom or an outhouse. The Secret Dunny Box plays into the slightly embarrassing intimacy you experience with other people when you use the same restroom. The box relays the previous message to you,
not in the person's voice, but rendered into text-to-speech, possibly inaccurately. The effect is a public-yet-private game of Telephone between you and a stranger with whom you
have at least one thing in common.
Allowing strangers to leave unmoderated, anonymous messages that will be played publicly is risky business that should generally be avoided, but BAR SK was a rare venue where the community was strong and respectful enough where I felt that an experimental art project like this could work. Months after the installation was finished, I finally looked at all the messages people left, and they were mostly endearing messages of support, or poop jokes.
You can see all the messages left with the Secret Dunny Box over the course of the installation here.
The Secret Dunny Box is built with an AIY Voice Kit, powered by a Raspberry Pi, coded in Python.