Hi! Welcome to otherdimensional club, the digital home of nikhil sonnad aka khila.
I do a lot of different things: music, computer programming, data visualization, journalism, teaching, writing. This site is both a portfolio of my work and a place for me to share random updates and thoughts. If you want something a bit more official, check out my CV.
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Flexible, custom dashboard system developed for government green energy monitoring
Freelance web and data project for Optimiser
Podcast theme song: Planet Speakeasy
Music composition for Planet Speakeasy
Podcast theme song: Data is Plural
Music composition for Data is Plural
Composed a funky little intro tune for Jeremy Singer-Vine's Data is Plural podcast
Syllabus: Fundamentals of Data Journalism ↗
Teaching materials for CUNY
Syllabus for my most recent section of Fundamentals of Data Journalism at CUNY J-school. This is my own modified version of the original syllabus by Sandeep Junnarkar, the school's Data Journalism director.
Discatur: Container 7-11 ↗
Music for Discatur
A lightly mixed but otherwise untouched recording of the last hour and a bit of a live, fully improvised set of techno performed by Discuatur—myself and my collaborator Arne Sander—at our party Container 7-11, the world's first convenience rave!
Hukum: A card game ↗
Open source multiplayer game
An open-source and fully multiplayer implementation of Hukum, an Indian trick-taking card game my father's family has played as long as I can remember. This project is partially a way to play the game, but also an archive of the concept and ruleset. Built with Elixir and Elm.