# Connor Rothschild

> Connor Rothschild is an interaction designer and engineer based in Texas. He leads technology at Asimov Collective, an agency in New York. His work spans web applications, data visualization, and user interfaces.

Contact: connor@connorrothschild.com

## Pages

- [Home](https://www.connorrothschild.com/): Featured projects and introduction
- [About](https://www.connorrothschild.com/about): Background, experience, and contact information
- [Projects](https://www.connorrothschild.com/projects): A comprehensive list of all projects
- [Writing](https://www.connorrothschild.com/writing): Essays and technical writing
- [Feed](https://www.connorrothschild.com/feed): Latest updates, thoughts, and work

## Writing

- [The Brittle Internet](https://www.connorrothschild.com/writing/the-brittle-internet): We're all moving fast—and breaking things.
- [Velocity vs Mastery in Software Engineering](https://www.connorrothschild.com/writing/velocity-vs-mastery): A framework for introducing AI to junior engineers
- [Grifters and Grandfathered Intelligence](https://www.connorrothschild.com/writing/grifters-and-grandfathered-intelligence): What the OpenClaw Moment reveals about the future of AI.
- [Admiration vs Respect](https://www.connorrothschild.com/writing/admiration-vs-respect): Why maturity means trading broad admiration from strangers for the narrower, deeper respect of people who matter.
- [AI is the Pulley](https://www.connorrothschild.com/writing/ai-is-the-pulley): AI makes creation easier and faster, but that convenience may also erode the understanding and identity that craft once built.
- [Another Reason the Internet Sucks](https://www.connorrothschild.com/writing/noone-is-anything): The internet amplifies the loudest stereotypes in every group, making authenticity and ordinary social connection harder.
- [Audacity Goes the Furthest](https://www.connorrothschild.com/writing/audacity-goes-the-furthest): Audacity goes the furthest.
- [Actors and Extras](https://www.connorrothschild.com/writing/actors-and-extras): A case for living as an actor instead of an extra, and why modern adulthood makes passivity easier than ever.

## Featured projects

- [How Much Does Kid Cudi Hum? (2020)](https://connorrothschild.github.io/cudi-hums/): for fun
- [Olympic winners, over time (2021)](https://www.axios.com/2021/07/23/olympic-winners): for Axios
- [An Interactive History of Impact Investing (2022)](https://impact.collabfund.com/): for Collaborative Fund
- [In the Dark (2022)](https://restofworld.org/2022/blackouts/): for Rest of World
- [Praxis (2022)](https://praxisnation.org): App, web
- [Tech's very bad year, in numbers (2023)](https://restofworld.org/2023/techs-bad-year-global-layoffs-data/): for Rest of World
- [The Changing Face of Protest (2024)](https://restofworld.org/2024/facial-recognition-government-protest-surveillance/): for Rest of World
- [Rainmaker (2024)](https://www.rainmaker.com/): with Asimov Collective
- [Midjourney Magazine (2024)](https://mag.midjourney.com/): for Midjourney, with Asimov Collective
- [From Relationships to Revenue (2024)](https://linkedin.github.io/linkedin-sales-navigator-roi-calculator/): for LinkedIn
- [Realm (2024)](https://realmalliance.com/): with Asimov Collective
- [Monumental Labs (2024)](https://www.monumentallabs.co): with Asimov Collective
- [Eternal (2024)](https://eternal.co/): with Asimov Collective
- [Valar Atomics (2025)](https://valaratomics.com/): with Asimov Collective
- [Terrain (2025)](https://www.terrain.com/): with Asimov Collective
- [Integral (2025)](https://www.integralneuro.com/): with Asimov Collective
- [Venice AI (2025)](https://venice.ai): with Asimov Collective
- [Testudo (2025)](https://testudo.co): with Asimov Collective
- [New Industrial Corporation (2025)](https://newindustrial.com): with Asimov Collective
- [Picogrid (2025)](https://picogrid.com): with Asimov Collective
- [Extropic (2025)](https://extropic.ai): with Asimov Collective
- [Ulysses (2025)](https://www.ulysses.inc): with Asimov Collective
- [Shinkei Systems (2025)](https://shinkei.systems): with Asimov Collective
- [Jaza Energy (2026)](https://jazaenergy.com): with Asimov Collective
- [Hadrian (2026)](https://hadrian.co): with Asimov Collective
- [Museum of the Human Web (2026)](https://museum.parallel.ai): for Parallel, with Asimov Collective