jjm | about

“The dematerialization begun in the Gothic era reaches its apotheosis in the microchip.” — Jacqueline Gargus, “The Late 20th Century: Architecture in the Post-industrial Age” from Ideas of Order: A Formal Approach to Architecture

My full name is Justin James Meza¹ and I’m of Caucasian and Mexican descent. I grew up near Los Angeles, California, although I’m currently in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania working toward my Ph.D. at CMU.

These days, I spend all of my time performing research. I’m an avid music fan and when I used to have free time, I enjoyed playing the electric bass guitar and keyboard. I also enjoy art (oil paints and watercolors!), reading, writing, and, of course, programming :).

HP Labs did a little piece on me a while back, here, where I’m infamously described as “something of a foodie” :).

my favorite books

These are some non-fiction books I like to keep within arm’s reach:

• The Bedford Handbook
• The Elements of Style
• BUGS in Writing
• The Visual Display of Quantitative Information
• Presentation Zen
• Getting Things Done
• Take Back Your Life!
• Leadership is an Art
• Is a PhD Right For Me?
• Serious Creativity

… and some of my favorite authors of fiction:

• J.R.R. Tolkien
• Ayn Rand
• Haruki Murakami
• Kiyohiko Azuma
• Jules Verne
• Roald Dahl

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This site was created using the Hakyll tool for static site creation. I utilized the Solarized color scheme and, if you’re using a modern browser, you should be able to see the Graublau Sans Web fonts for the headings. I generated the IPA pronunciation of my last name using the AT&T TTS applet.

The source code for this site can be found on its project page on GitHub.