Hi there.
Welcome to Daniel Beck dot net, your source for all things Daniel and Beck. There are lots of photos here, most popularly Big Things in America. I don’t really know how to paint, but that doesn’t stop me trying. I’ve also got a blog, because I’m a web dinosaur still pretending the blogosphere hasn’t been eaten by social media.
I also have a long history as a UX designer, software developer, and engineering manager. If you’re looking for information about me in a work context, here’s where to start, but (as is probably obvious by now) I’m not, like, super-formal about it or anything.
Recent Work
October 5, 2026:
My co-worker, the robot
“I could figure this out myself, or I could spend thirty-seven cents to have the computer figure it out for me” is an interesting way to interact with…
July 4, 2026:
Infinite Maps
I made a toy dungeon crawler, as a chance to play with some concepts I’d heard about but never really used in anger: A* pathfinding, line-of-sight ray…
March 29, 2026:
Rifling through thirty years of broken process looking for something salvageable
I just fed this site through https://replacebyclawd.com/ and have never felt more seen. Here’s how it summarizes me: I’m a UX/IA designer turned front…
...and more
Recent Life
June 29, 2026:
The guilty party
There are a number of candidates. That number is “one”
March 29, 2026:
Social media was an unfortunate side quest
I’ve completed the process of migrating pretty close to everything I’ve ever posted on the internet, onto this website. The only things I left behind…
February 19, 2025:
Lifestyle
An increasing part of my lifestyle consists of “pacing around waiting for the meeting that will start in 5-10 minutes”. Maybe I need a hobby that can…
...and more
Recent photos
Winter lights
Enjoy this bowl of hedgehogs
The universe gives me more icicles
Part of the house fell off
Winter ghost
Baby it’s cold outside
Coffee
Little fluffy clouds
Hoops
Dino
A good meatball
Ginger
Eye ball
Cozy
Autumn
The rare double total eclipse
...and more
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