I am an automation engineer working on IT end user experience at Nokia, living in Lisbon.
Currently, I am:
Reading: Nausea by Jean-Paul Sartre
Listening to: 3D Country by Geese, Hibari and Mood by Eiji Kitamura, Basie's at Night by Sadao Watanabe
Watching: Trains, via the Tokyo Shinjuku JR Live Cam
February 19th 2026
Reading: The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle by Haruki Murakami
Listening to: Getting Killed by Geese, Morning Island by Sadao Watanabe, Live at "Dug" by Barry Harris
Watching: Team Canada at the 2026 Winter Olympics
January 10th 2026
Reading: Papers on Topology by Henri Poincaré
Listening to: Niwamori Waltz by Niwamori Piano, The Köln Concert by Keith Jarrett, Bossa Nova Soul Samba by Ike Quebec
Watching: Marty Supreme from A24
December 7th 2025
Reading: Real Analysis by Terence Tao
Listening to: Tokyo Concert by Bill Evans, Sapporo Concert by Eiji Kitamura, Heavy Metal by Cameron Winter
Watching: The Hard-Won Wisdom of Yung Lean from NYT Popcast
July 12th 2025
Reading: Why Philosophers Should Care About Computational Complexity by Scott Aaronson
Listening to: 14 minutes by Dominic Fike, NEVER ENOUGH by Turnstile, SWAG by Justin Bieber
Watching: Algebraic Topology lecture series from Anthony Bosman
May 11th 2025
Reading: Can Large Language Models Explain Their Internal Mechanisms? by Hussein, Nada, et al.
Listening to: 弓长张 by jackzebra, Two Star & The Dream Police by Mk.gee, Trendsetter by Lunaa
Watching: Quantum Computing Course – Math and Theory for Beginners from freeCodeCamp
April 14th 2025
Reading: Advances and Challenges in Foundation Agents by Liu, Bang, et al.
Listening to: Grove by Dion, q p by Ichiko Aoba, F*CK U SKRILLEX by Skrillex
Watching: The Ottawa Senators in the Stanely Cup playoffs
January 30th 2025
Reading: Types and Programming Languages by Benjamin C. Pierce
Listening to: litterzzz by litterzzz, Just Tired 2 by Joeyy, choke enough by Oklou
Watching: Principles of Programming Languages lecture series from Adam Doupé
December 15th 2024
Reading: Swann’s Way by Marcel Proust
Listening to: COLD VISIONS by Bladee, SMILE :D by Porter Robinson, Brazen Child by Dyltwosix
Watching: My Movie 2: A Christmas Movie! by ANVIL
| Database view: |
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| Title | Short Description | Year | Object |
|---|---|---|---|
| iso2jpg | Extract PCD files from ISO containers and convert to JPG | 2026 | CLI tool |
| Jazz calendar | Daily jazz recommendations | 2026 | App, Widget |
| Nazare Wave Study | Wave photos from Nazare | 2026 | Digital image |
| File name narrative | Movies driven by file name rather than plot | 2025 | Short film |
| gregorycotton.ca | My personal website | 2025 | Website |
| Kanazawa (DSCF1074 – DSCF1138) | Select images from Kanazawa | 2025 | Digital image |
| Knot | Local terminal LLM client | 2025 | CLI tool |
| Kyoto (DSCF1139 – DSCF1303) | Select images from Kyoto | 2025 | Digital image |
| Mouser | My personal RSS feed | 2025 | App |
| Tokyo (DSCF1000 – DSCF1073) | Select images from Tokyo | 2025 | Digital image |
| 01.02.2024 – 29-02-2024 | Reporting every advertisement online | 2024 | Report |
| ANVIL | Website for a direction duo | 2024 | Website |
| Assorted collaborative paintings | Over the course of a week in Prague | 2024 | Painting |
| Browser Expressionism | Tool for abstract browser art | 2024 | Generative output, Web art, Website |
| DSCN7847 – DSCN8596 | Christmas in Europe | 2024 | Vlog |
| Friends of ANVIL | Portraits made for the ANVIL website | 2024 | Digital assets |
| Greg’s Window Washing Service | Experimenting with browser pop-ups | 2024 | Web art, Website |
| iMessage UI Collages | Collages made with emojis in the iMessage app | 2024 | Digital image |
| piano export . 2024 09 25–29 | Generative piano exports | 2024 | Extended play, Generative output |
| Spotify multi-disc player | Imitating the multi-disc shuffle functionality for Spotify | 2024 | Web app, Website |
| Sunset Study | Sunset photos from Sintra | 2024 | Digital image |
| Toby’s Barbershop | Abstracted vlog about a parking lot haircut | 2024 | Vlog |
| Untitled landscape | Collage of satellite imagery | 2024 | Digital image |
| Forest Simulator | Forest scenes for meditation | 2023 | Web art, Website |
| Greg's Fridge | A guestbook for my website | 2023 | Social platform, Web art, Website |
| I’ll make it easy to understand me | Ambient EP with accompanying music video | 2023 | Extended play, Music video |
| Live Text Poetry | Abstract poetry made with Apple live text | 2023 | Digital image, Generative output, Poem |
| Online Together | A wordless communication platform | 2023 | Social platform, Website |
| Park Library | Digital library for art | 2023 | Social platform, Web art, Website |
| Pemichangan Landscape Study | Landscapes from a car window | 2023 | Digital image |
| Static Point | Logo for a band | 2023 | Image, Logo |
| the beginning/end of something. | Video reflecting on my years between university and moving to Lisbon | 2023 | Vlog |
| Pen Portraits | Creating personas | 2022 | Digital image |
| To Stay At Home | Branding and artwork for a musician | 2022 | Album art, Digital image, Spotify canvas |
| Amplify | A tool for municipal civic engagement | 2021 | Case study, Wireframes |
| Bay Area Climate Change Council | Graphic design and assets for a non-profit | 2021 | Digital assets |
| Patchwork | Generatively reassembled neighbourhoods | 2021 | Digital image, Generative output |
| The Food Library | On sustainability and food security | 2021 | Case study, Exhibit proposal |
| MyOAP Dashboard | Designing a web portal for public services | 2020 | Case study, Wireframes |
| Order | Digital art piece | 2020 | Digital image |
| Public Secure SSO | Provincial government single sign-on | 2020 | Case study, Wireframes |
| The Open House | Party, live music, art exhibit | 2020 | Art exhibit, Concert |
| Misc. Etc. Hong Kong | On a dense city | 2019 | Digital image |
| The Urban Farmer | A man farming in his apartment | 2019 | Digital image |
| Assorted surrealist photography | 2016 through 2018 | 2018 | Digital image |
| PACE Magazine Cover | Cover for a local arts magazine | 2018 | Digital image, Magazine cover |
| Scotland | Select images from Scotland | 2018 | Digital image |
| Utah | Select images from Utah | 2017 | Digital image |
| GoSimGo Flight Simulator | Photography to showcase a local flight sim | 2016 | Digital image |
| Une bouteille de peinture | My magnum opus | 2007 | Painting |
| Assorted hockey drawings | Early drawings of hockey players | 2005 | Image |
| Title | Short Description | Published | Updated | Reading Time |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ajuda | A weekend walk around the parish of Ajuda | 2026-05-25 | 2026-05-25 | 15 min |
| Japan's jazz kissas | Notes from my travels in Japan | 2025-09-27 | 2025-09-28 | 18 min |
| Motivating this site | About gregorycotton.ca | 2025-06-17 | 2026-07-25 | 3 min |
| Hello world | Hello world | 1999-05-07 | 1999-05-07 | 1 min |