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A list of people, concepts and objects that have shaped and inspired my work, beliefs and philosophies throughout my life. A "sort of annotated bibliography of influences". This will probably be an evolving list, but this is what comes to mind most often right now.

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praystation.com

Sadly no longer, but this site was inspirational for a generation of flash developers, myself included. Joshua Davis' personal site was an amazing mix of art, code and design. And he gave everything away. Josh encouraged everyone to download any of it, dissect it and remix it. A few years in, he even burned his hard drive onto a CD and you could buy it. And yes, I did. Such a cool site. Such a cool dude.

1999

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k10k.net

2000

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github

2008

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codepen

2012

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IndieWeb

2010

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Joshua Davis

1971

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Brendan Dawes

1966

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Aaron Draplin

1973

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Steven Spielberg

1946

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Trent Holbrook

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Jeffrey Zeldman

1955

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Quentin Tarantino

1963

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How to Draw Comics the Marvel Way

1978

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Atomic Habits

2018

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Dungeons & Dragons

1983

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Ready Player One

2011

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Sweet Oblivion - Screaming Trees

1992

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The Daily Source Code Podcast

2004

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Jurassic Park

1993

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The Matrix

1999

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The X-Files

1993

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Stranger Things

2016

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Designing with Web Standards

2003

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Batman: The Dark Knight Returns

1986

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The Crow

1993