A CREATIVE CONCEPT

Not a U-topia, but a LABTOPIA!

INSPECTED BY

Tiki & Bongo

★ CAT CERTIFIED ★

Grade A

FUTURE FARM

TECHNOLOGY

★

SUSTAINABILITY

★

RESPECT

★

Unity

MY SECOND LIFE

You know when they say “if I only knew then what I know now…”?

That’s me: a second chance to begin again with all I’ve learned.

Now I’m all about living stress-free, helping friends with their business and streaming dreams, diving back into gaming, & cultivating some Top-Secret stuff to make a real difference in a lot of peoples lives. I’m having fun and always looking to connect with new friends.

Thanks for stopping by my Farm & watching some of my work & play. Send me a message. Let's collaborate!

AGED SINCE

1999

LAB 601 BATCH

THE LONG VERSION

Six Seasons, One Farm

1

SEED

Auburn

Born and raised in South Florida, I studied Film and Television at Auburn University. I led the production crew for the Educational Television Department, making documentary programming for PBS and extension learning, and worked football broadcasts as camera operator and technical director.

2

SPROUT

Atlanta, 1996

I moved to Atlanta as an online editor at one of the largest post facilities in the city, and quickly saw there was a better way to work with digital media than the linear workflows of the day.

3

GROWTH

LAB 601, 1999

I started my own company to fuse nonlinear workflows with top creative talent. Over the next 15 years we became development partners with AVID, Boris, Imagineer, Adobe and many more.

4

HARVEST

Labtopia Farms

LAB 601 was re-branded Labtopia Farms, known worldwide for future-forward work in visual effects, colour correction, stereoscopic 3D and nonlinear post.

5

SECOND PLANTING

The Second Life

After years on the road promoting my Unsinkable Floating Drink Holder, the THIRST MATE, medical issues stopped me. After almost a year of dying, with only days to spare, a Second Life was gifted. On the Eve of Xmas 2019, a generous unknown family in tragic loss, a donation, a match, a new life, a double transplant.

6

PERENNIAL

Today

I live sustainably in a vintage Airstream with my cats TiKi-TiKa and Bongo, streaming, gaming and building. Stay tuned for chapter two: “My Second Half-Life.”

WHAT THE FARM STANDS ON

We’re All Here For Each Other

A second chance teaches you what matters. Everything on this farm, the films, the games, the gadgets and the gardens, starts from four things.

GOOD SOIL

Integrity

Say what’s true, do what you said you’d do, and give credit where it’s due.

CROP ROTATION

Sustainability

Live lightly. Build things that last, reuse what you can, and leave the land better than you found it.

CROSS-POLLINATION

Each Other

Nobody gets through this alone. Help friends build their dreams, and let them help you build yours.

WHOLE ECOSYSTEM

Everything Around Us

People, animals, land, water, technology: it’s all connected, and all of it deserves respect.

Immune to redaction. Loyal to truth.

50+

FEATURE FILMS

Dozens

TV SERIES

1000s

COMMERCIAL SPOTS

WHAT I’M UP TO

Consulting, Inventing, Building

HOME GROWN

Skills

AI software development

Robotics & consumer products

Production studio design & construction

Drone operations, mapping & modeling

3D environments & photogrammetry

Digital twin systems

Sustainable land use & planning

Webinar & streaming broadcast production

OTHER PLOTS ON THE FARM

More Things I’m Growing

Farm Stand Open

Today's Board

Pick Your Packet

Every packet holds a different kind of seed. Tear one open and see what grows.

Seed convoy rolling out at dawn. Follow the dust!

Took the long way home. Worth it. Wish you were here!

The combine makes no sense. Neither do I. Love it. - D

The bees got a promotion. Now they have propellers.

Rainbow irrigation, no extra charge. Bring a hat!

Tiny planter on duty. Do not feed after midnight.

WaKi-TaKi supervising the harvest. Pets accepted.

Lanterns up, tractor parked. Stay for supper.

FARM REPORT ✦ Local cow wins lawsuit, udderly vindicated ✦ Corn stalks reported to be all ears ✦ Tomato files for divorce, says it was ketchup-ing with someone else ✦ Pod 7 soil looking a little dirty, nobody is surprised ✦ Beet drops, crowd goes wild ✦ Sunflower elected mayor in landslide, voters were head over heels ✦ Hay prices stable, reporters stay stacked ✦ Lettuce turnip the beet ✦ Chicken crosses road, investigators still clucking ✦ Cucumber in a pickle, relish the news ✦ Wheat forecast: a grain of truth ✦ Weather: 100 percent chance of sunshine, zero chance of rain delay ✦ Tiki and Bongo still on patrol, the harvest is purr-fect ✦ Pumpkin patch patched, pie-oneers delighted ✦ Farmer takes day off, field is outstanding in its own ✦ FARM REPORT ✦ Local cow wins lawsuit, udderly vindicated ✦ Corn stalks reported to be all ears ✦ Tomato files for divorce, says it was ketchup-ing with someone else ✦ Pod 7 soil looking a little dirty, nobody is surprised ✦ Beet drops, crowd goes wild ✦ Sunflower elected mayor in landslide, voters were head over heels ✦ Hay prices stable, reporters stay stacked ✦ Lettuce turnip the beet ✦ Chicken crosses road, investigators still clucking ✦ Cucumber in a pickle, relish the news ✦ Wheat forecast: a grain of truth ✦ Weather: 100 percent chance of sunshine, zero chance of rain delay ✦ Tiki and Bongo still on patrol, the harvest is purr-fect ✦ Pumpkin patch patched, pie-oneers delighted ✦ Farmer takes day off, field is outstanding in its own ✦

WEAR THE FARM

My Merch!

Enamel mugs, gaming mouse pads, a jigsaw puzzle, tees and trucker hats. Fight the Future and Caravanner Paradise.

Farm

Stand

OPEN

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LABTOPIA IS

OPEN FOR

CREATION

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