Scott Snibbe

Scott Snibbe
Scott Snibbe at MIT Media Lab (2009)
BornAugust 1969 (age 55)
New York City
NationalityAmerican
EducationBrown University, Rhode Island School of Design
Known forNew Media
MovementInteractive Art, Digital Art, Buddhist Art

Scott Snibbe (born 1969 in New York City) is an interactive media artist, author, entrepreneur,[1] and meditation instructor[2] who hosts the Skeptic's Path to Enlightenment meditation podcast.[3] His first book, How to Train a Happy Mind, was released in 2024.[4] Snibbe has collaborated with other artists and musicians, including Björk on her interactive “app album” Björk: Biophilia[5][6] that was acquired by New York's MoMA as the first downloadable app in the museum's collection.[7] Between 2000 and 2013 he founded several companies, including Eyegroove, which was acquired by Facebook in 2016.[8][9] Early in his career, Snibbe was one of the developers of After Effects (acquired by Adobe).[10]

  1. ^ "Apps can help us fall in love with music again". CNN. Retrieved 2019-05-26.
  2. ^ "Meditation Sessions - Gyuto Foundation". www.gyutofoundation.org. Retrieved 2020-05-13.
  3. ^ "A Skeptic's Path to Enlightenment on Apple Podcasts". Apple Podcasts. Retrieved 2020-05-13.
  4. ^ "How to Train a Happy Mind by Scott Snibbe: 9781786787460 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books". PenguinRandomhouse.com. Retrieved 2023-12-26.
  5. ^ Pavlus, John (2011-08-09). "With Biophilia, Björk Creates Album Art For The 21st Century (It's An App!)". Fast Company. Retrieved 2019-05-22.
  6. ^ Anderson, Chris (2011-07-26). "Björk's Lead App Developer Riffs on Music, Nature and How Apps Are Like Talkies (Part 1)". Wired. ISSN 1059-1028. Retrieved 2019-05-26.
  7. ^ "MoMA | Biophilia, the First App in MoMA's Collection". www.moma.org. Retrieved 2019-05-26.
  8. ^ "Facebook snatches up team from Eyegroove, a musical selfie app". TechCrunch. Retrieved 2019-05-22.
  9. ^ McIntyre, Hugh. "Facebook Has Snapped Up Musical Selfie Startup Eyegroove". Forbes. Retrieved 2019-05-22.
  10. ^ "AE Codenames & Credits". cosa.com. Retrieved 2019-05-26.