This is Jared Short's personal website: a place to find my profiles, get in touch, and spend a moment with a living sculpture. You can find me on X as @ShortJared, LinkedIn as shortjared, and GitHub as shortjared. To contact me directly, email hello@jaredshort.com.
The artwork is inspired by Conway's Game of Life. Each layer records a generation of the cellular world; scrolling separates the layers to reveal its history. Moving your pointer or touching the sculpture seeds new cells. Hovering a contact link transforms the sculpture into that profile's icon. On touchscreens, tap a profile once to preview its icon and again to open the link.
The contact links work without JavaScript, and a still image stands in for the sculpture when animation is unavailable. The animation respects your device's reduced-motion setting. This is a personal contact page, with no account, subscription, checkout, or public application API.
