Portfolio  

Below is a small sample of the many projects I have been involved with in over a decade's worth of interactive work, listed by product type.

Applications  °  Devices  °  Print Pieces  °  Robots  °  Web Sites

Applications

CoMotion Real Estate and Layout Management Tools (2004)
Designed a screen real estate and layout management system for this data visualization application, created by MAYA Viz.


FilePiles (2005)
My master's thesis project explores using a piling metaphor as a means of organizing digital documents.
Play with the Prototype
Read the Documentation (5.4mb pdf)
View the Project Poster (393k pdf)


Graphical Price Viewer (2002)
An application dealing with streaming Island data for finding the best price for shares by volume.


MyNetWorks (1999)
An application for Lucent Technologies that allowed users to control their phones as never before.
See Screenshots

 


Ning Customizer (2006)
A set-up wizard for creating and editing social networks on the Ning platform.
Ning
Techncrunch Review

 


Show Me The Future (2000)
A project with Lucent Technologies and The New York Times, Show Me The Future is a next-generation viewer of the front pages of The Times.
Launch the Site



Snap Ticket (2003)
Designed the innovative first iteration of this application integrated into the Ameritrade web site for trading stocks, bonds, and options.



Soundflavor DJ (2006)
A desktop application that works with iTunes to create custom playlists and reveal "the music you already own."
Download the Application
Read the Case Study



Devices

Canesta Gestural Entertainment Center (2009)
A home entertainment center, controlled by gestures.
Read about the design process
Canesta Entertainment Center in NewTeeVee
Watch the Demo Movie



Charmr (2007)
A system for managing diabetes, centered on a pump-monitor and its jewelry-like touchscreen controller.
Read about the Charmr design process
Charmr in BusinessWeek
Charmr Concept Movie



Echo (2003)
A toy-like device that works with instant messenger. Echo observes via an embedded webcam facial expressions and IM text, then echoes back the perceived emotion to the user.
Play with Echo



Kicker Conference Phone (2009)
A touchscreen VoIP conference phone for small businesses.
Read about the design process
Kicker Phone in Wired
Kicker Phone in CrunchGear



seeNote (2004)
A graduate project done with Microsoft's Mobile Computing Group, designing a mobile device for quickly recording information.
See the Presentation (5.8mb ppt)



webPassport (1997)
This service and the accompanying hardware was a competitor to Web TV.



Print Pieces

A Long Road (2004)
A poster of a place I've only visited in my imagination: Iceland.
View the Poster (5.1mb pdf)


Self-Portrait (2003)
View the Poster (209k pdf)


Sounds of the Amazon.com (2004)
A "musical map" using data from Amazon.com to show connections between the top 20 songs from April 2, 2004.
View the Poster (608k pdf)



Robots

Walker Navigation System (2003)
A project with the Robotics Institute at Carnegie Mellon, this system helped elderly residents of a Pittsburgh nursing home navigate to social activities.
View the Demo



Web Sites

Ameritrade (2003)
The initial design of the merged Ameritrade and Datek investment sites, incorporating the best of both sites with innovations for the active trader.


Eight-Legged Freaks (2002)
A site for the Warner Bros. movie, incorporating games and interactive pieces.
View the Site


Suite Home Chicago (2001)
A site for a city-wide art exhibition.


Tiffany for Business (2001)
A B2B ecommerce site for Tiffany.
View the Site


 

 
Sample Documentation
Concept Map (260k Flash)
Conceptual Model (15k pdf)
Mood Boards (4mb pdf)
Personas (176k pdf)
Site Map (8k pdf)
Task Flow (72k pdf)
Wireframe (16k pdf)

Articles and Papers

Building Brand into Structure

Design as a Means of Overcoming Barriers to Technology Adoption (132k pdf)

Designing Organizational Decisions (72k pdf)

Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Designers (But Were Afraid To Ask)

Form in Design (53k pdf)

Persona Non Grata

Research is a Method Not a Methodology

The Role of Metaphor in Interaction Design (340k pdf)

So You Want to Be an Interaction Designer 2006

Tackling Maintenance Projects

Writing Smart Annotations


Teaching

Visual Interface Design
(Spring 2005)

Visual Interface Design
(Spring 2004)


 
 
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