Kevin Hughes
Software / Design
kev@kevcom.com
Projects
- Web 2050: Our Decentralized Future
- From a 2023 talk at the ACM Web Conference. In order to make a more humane and equitable Internet and World Wide Web, principles of decentralization must be incorporated into their foundations.
- Dock Star
- An Apple Silicon macOS app that allows you to create multiple docks, launchpads, and control panels to streamline the organization, navigation, and launching of your apps, files, folders, Web links, and Apple Shortcuts.
- Storybook
- My debut album from 2024. Best described as "dream folk", it combines alternatively-tuned acoustic guitar-driven melodies with lush and cinematic production.
- Dark Side of the Beach
- I run lights and visuals for Hawaii's ultimate Pink Floyd experience, Dark Side of the Beach. I've also designed and performed live custom light shows and visuals for the Hawaii-based bands The Other Ones and Hardly Stricly Jerry.
My Story
Computer History Museum Transcript
In 1993 I was the first person in the world to be hired by a startup solely to design and build Web sites and went from $0 to $100 million to $0 again during the dot-com bubble in 2001. Here's how it all happened. For a summary, see LinkedIn.
Computer Freaks
Award-winning Inc. journalist Christine Haughney Dare-Bryan uncovered the untold histories of the Internet and the World Wide Web in her 2023 podcast. Season one involves the history of the Internet, and my story begins in season two.