work
I'm an engineer, designer, writer, and photographer. I create technology in service to real human goals. My work starts with people's stories. I have a wide range of expertise, from broad interaction design and project management to low-level database modeling and embedded system programming. I apply these skills simply and appropriately within a tight feedback loop.
Web & design projects
The Remains
The Silver Seas
Recently I've been building standards-compliant web sites, Ruby on Rails-based web applications, and doing general design and user interface work on a contract basis.
Featured projects:
- Chefs Collaborative asked me to redesign their logo and web site, and to build a local food search engine in Rails
- I re-appropriated the American flag for marriage equality
- I made a visualization of wine flavor components
- I designed The Silver Seas' logo and album art
- Taza Chocolate needed photography and a web site design
- Lost In Translation will take your words way out of context, and Lokobot will inspire your next Web 2.0 company.
- The Remains needed a new web site to match their style
Photography
I love to experiment with light and composition, and I want to convey my experience of places and events in my life.
Video
During a cross-country road trip in October 2007, I made a short film with Karl Cronin called Body Telephone that shows Karl's evolving movement response to different spaces we encountered along the way. It's part of his ongoing Dry Earth project.
Writing
I often write on my blog about technology, design, and computer usability.
- I wrote two articles examining the arc of complexity in YouTube's home page over three years
- I complained about syncing my data and open source usability and my toothbrush, and I raved about zooming user interfaces and Christo & Jean-Claude
- I sold Donald Norman on a zero-handled mug
- But Microsoft wouldn't hire me