Shadow of the Valley (2024)
A father's war, a son's quest, and combat in the Que Son Valley, Vietnam.
Cody Burleson
Me in 10 seconds
- Filmmaker. Co-founder of Rock Mountain Media, adapting On Full Automatic into a streaming series with Marine Corps veteran Bill Taylor, exploring the applications of AI in filmmaking, and building a VFX miniature for an independent film.
- Writer. Author of Shadow of the Valley, a memoir of my father's war in Vietnam, plus essays on a variety of topics that interest me.
- Software engineer. 20+ years building for the web (IBM, Base22, CNH, W3C standards work); now freelance, and building Framelight
- Artist. Working in oils, lately a landscape of Garden of the Gods inspired by Albert Bierstadt's work.
- Mountain dweller. Trail running and hiking around my home above Manitou Springs, Colorado.
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Newest writing
The Hyper-Creator’s Manifesto: Principles for Intentional Technology Use
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Patterns for PKM: Progressive Summarization
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… and more here.
My books
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