KC Collins
@sounddr.bsky.social
I do sonic UX research & consulting. Writer. Professor. Adventure seeker. Search & Rescue volunteer. Ottawa, Canada #sounddesign #sound #UX #audio 🇨🇦 🇬🇧
Gehry was my favourite architect, and I made a pilgrimage to see several of his buildings IRL. This one is Dancing House, in Prague. RIP to a real legend.
December 5, 2025 at 10:20 PM
Gehry was my favourite architect, and I made a pilgrimage to see several of his buildings IRL. This one is Dancing House, in Prague. RIP to a real legend.
Filed my formal legal class action complaint against Anthropic for stealing my work. Let's see if I actually get paid. AI = Theft.
December 1, 2025 at 1:26 PM
Filed my formal legal class action complaint against Anthropic for stealing my work. Let's see if I actually get paid. AI = Theft.
Busy weekend training with Search and Rescue teams from all over Ontario. We had a simulated tornado and flood along with very real snow and wind!
November 17, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Busy weekend training with Search and Rescue teams from all over Ontario. We had a simulated tornado and flood along with very real snow and wind!
Did you know, in the 1980s guns went "poo poo!" ?
November 8, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Did you know, in the 1980s guns went "poo poo!" ?
I am studying for my wilderness first responder exams and have discovered that I'm suffering from mild hypothermia.
November 7, 2025 at 5:47 PM
I am studying for my wilderness first responder exams and have discovered that I'm suffering from mild hypothermia.
Game Audio Conference Oslo www.gainorway.com/gaco-2025
August 15, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Game Audio Conference Oslo www.gainorway.com/gaco-2025
I love closed captions. They make a sound person's life so full.
July 25, 2025 at 3:25 PM
I love closed captions. They make a sound person's life so full.
Pilgrimage to the giant metronome in Prague. It keeps a slow beat but it works!
July 15, 2025 at 12:49 PM
Pilgrimage to the giant metronome in Prague. It keeps a slow beat but it works!
David Lynch exhibit at the DOX (Prague): Really great to see some OLD experimental shorts and I feel like I better understand both his films and soundtracks to them!
July 9, 2025 at 1:00 PM
David Lynch exhibit at the DOX (Prague): Really great to see some OLD experimental shorts and I feel like I better understand both his films and soundtracks to them!
A visit to the Museum of Musical Instruments was a bit like going to the zoo: It's nice to see these creatures, but profoundly sad that they're locked in cages and can't live out their purpose.
July 6, 2025 at 3:02 PM
A visit to the Museum of Musical Instruments was a bit like going to the zoo: It's nice to see these creatures, but profoundly sad that they're locked in cages and can't live out their purpose.
My hotel has a rotary phone and called me on it. Man, the nostalgia hit hard.
July 3, 2025 at 6:29 AM
My hotel has a rotary phone and called me on it. Man, the nostalgia hit hard.
AudioMostly/ICAD conference--backdrop to our conference presentations. A Unesco world heritage building, which is lovely, but perhaps not so much when it is 40 degrees outside! #AMICAD2025
July 3, 2025 at 6:29 AM
AudioMostly/ICAD conference--backdrop to our conference presentations. A Unesco world heritage building, which is lovely, but perhaps not so much when it is 40 degrees outside! #AMICAD2025
Is AI the new "working for exposure"? How will indie composers get practice working on games now, when devs prefer to just use AI rather than even free music by real humans?
June 16, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Is AI the new "working for exposure"? How will indie composers get practice working on games now, when devs prefer to just use AI rather than even free music by real humans?
Who decides how music is labelled in tv/movie subs? I quite like the theme for Last of Us being labelled "pensive".
May 27, 2025 at 12:37 AM
Who decides how music is labelled in tv/movie subs? I quite like the theme for Last of Us being labelled "pensive".
Wow... AI for the win! Don't ask me why I searched this.
May 13, 2025 at 2:45 AM
Wow... AI for the win! Don't ask me why I searched this.
Happy to announce my new book, Sonic UX: The Science of Sound and the User Experience (working title) will be published next year by the MIT Press!
April 24, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Happy to announce my new book, Sonic UX: The Science of Sound and the User Experience (working title) will be published next year by the MIT Press!
Why is my Spotify "Release Radar" suddenly filled with artists I don't follow who have only a handful of people who listen to them? Anyone know?
March 7, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Why is my Spotify "Release Radar" suddenly filled with artists I don't follow who have only a handful of people who listen to them? Anyone know?
Canadians: See you on the Hill on Saturday.
March 6, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Canadians: See you on the Hill on Saturday.
"Mainstream filmmaking needs to acknowledge that what we hear should influence what we see, just as much as what we see should influence what we hear. Sound is too powerful to always play the caboose." -- @randythom.bsky.social
February 24, 2025 at 3:03 PM
"Mainstream filmmaking needs to acknowledge that what we hear should influence what we see, just as much as what we see should influence what we hear. Sound is too powerful to always play the caboose." -- @randythom.bsky.social
Who among us hasn't? (from CNN)
February 16, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Who among us hasn't? (from CNN)
Got to play with an Apprehension Machine today--the instrument used in the Lighthouse soundtrack!
January 31, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Got to play with an Apprehension Machine today--the instrument used in the Lighthouse soundtrack!
Who needs work when you've got toys?
January 31, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Who needs work when you've got toys?