Portfolio
Below is a small (non-NDAed) sample of the many projects I have been involved with in almost two decades’ worth of design work. Process documentation upon request. My Resumé (pdf).
Umi Telepresence (2011)
Multi-platform (TV, mobile (Android, iOS), desktop, web) product line.
Anybots Touchscreen Control Panel (2011)
Touchscreen mounted on Anybots telepresence robots.
Lee Enterprises iPad App (2010)
Putting local news onto a tablet.
TiVo Premiere (2009)
The latest HD incarnation of the innovative DVR service.
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
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
Plastic Logic’s Que (2008)
A tablet e-ink ereader, designed for business executives.
Charmr (2007)
A system for managing diabetes, centered on a pump-monitor and its jewelry-like touchscreen controller. IDSA award finalist.
Read about the Charmr design process
Charmr in BusinessWeek
Charmr Concept Movie
Soundflavor DJ (2006)
A desktop application that worked with iTunes to create custom playlists and reveal “the music you already own.”
Read the Case Study
Ning Customizer (2006)
A set-up wizard for creating and editing social networks on the Ning platform. Used by tens of millions over the last several years.
Ning
Techncrunch Review
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)
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)
CoMotion Real Estate and Layout Management Tools (2004)
Designed a screen real estate and layout management system for this data visualization application, created by MAYAViz. Used live during the Iraq War, the system saved dozens of lives as part of the Command Post of The Future.
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)
Self-Portrait (2003)
View the Poster (209k pdf)
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
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
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.
Snap Ticket (2003)
Designed the innovative first iteration of this application integrated into the Ameritrade web site for trading stocks, bonds, and options.
Graphical Price Viewer (2002)
An application dealing with streaming Island data for finding the best price for shares by volume.
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.
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.
MyNetWorks (1999)
An application for Lucent Technologies that allowed users to control their phones as never before.
See screenshots
webPassport (1997)
This service and the accompanying hardware was a competitor to WebTV.