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Jim Bumgardner started using computers while studying analog electronic music at CalArts in the early 80s. In the mid-90s, while making interactive multimedia CD-ROMs for Time Warner, Jim created The Palace, a pioneering avatar chat system. Today, Jim makes interactive TV software in Los Angeles and is an instructor at Art Center in Pasadena. His personal website, KrazyDad, is a showcase for Jim's more recent software experiments. Jim is the founder of the Flickr Hacks group on Flickr. Jim used the Flickr API to create the innovative Flickr Color Pickr, the Flickr Chia Pet, a number of beautiful mosaic images and posters, and Hipbot, the Flickr pool-cleaning robot.