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    <h1>About Daniel Shiffman</h1>
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      Daniel Shiffman works as an Associate Arts Professor at the
      <a href="https://itp.nyu.edu/" target="_blank">Interactive Telecommunications Program</a> at NYU’s
      <a href="https://www.tisch.nyu.edu/page/home" target="_blank">Tisch School of the Arts</a>.
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      Originally from Baltimore, Daniel received a BA in Mathematics and Philosophy from
      <a href="https://www.yale.edu/" target="_blank">Yale University</a> and a Master’s Degree from the
      <a href="http://itp.nyu.edu/" target="_blank">ITP</a>. He is a director of
      <a href="https://processingfoundation.org">The Processing Foundation</a> and develops tutorials, examples, and libraries for
      <a href="https://www.processing.org/" target="_blank">Processing</a> and <a href="https://p5js.org">p5.js</a>. He is the author of
      <a href="http://www.learningprocessing.com/"
        >Learning Processing: A Beginner’s Guide to Programming Images, Animation, and Interaction</a
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      and <a href="http://natureofcode.com/">The Nature of Code</a> (self-published via Kickstarter), an open source book about simulating
      natural phenomenon in Processing. He can be found
      <a href="https://youtube.com/user/shiffman">talking incessantly on the YouTube</a> about programming.
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