Explore my Journey

The experiences that lead to burnout, deeper burnout, deeper than deep burnout, parenting, further burnout, diagnosis, autistic burnout, recovery and self care, deep introspection, and what I hope to accomplish with the remainder of my time here. A deep dive into my journey.

4B Festival

Primary lesson—Getting people to care about doing your thing is hard.

Ready.io

Primary lesson—There is a lot of possibility when things can communicate with each other.

Coach

Enabling bloggers and their audiences to advocate for their favorite color and win prizes

Cognizant

User-focused, strategically redesigned website to align Cognizant's brand identity with user experience expectations

Realtime Reviews

Slack Bot to capture semantics into protected Google Sheets for contextually relevant employee performance reviews

Kinect Hacks

Bringing skeletal data from C# to the frontend

Suffolk Construction

Dynamic ribbon cutting installation using audience applause as a mechanic

Animation Builder Origin

We developed a custom poster builder for Lego, utilizing the "Animation Builder" tool I created to animate frames efficiently and with minimal file size, allowing for the creation of complex animations that were both performance-oriented and lightweight.

Legacy Diamond

I contributed to creating a website for Leo Diamond, designed to evoke a cinematic and emotional atmosphere, effectively highlighting the diamond's quality through a dark theme that contrasted with its brilliance, earning several awards for its exceptional design and cohesive execution.

1-800-Flowers

While collaborating with a project team at 1-800-Flowers, we developed a Node.js-based solution to efficiently manage and analyze a 2-gigabyte CSV file, calculating the total miles traveled by packages from purchase to delivery, which provided strategic insights and enhanced future marketing campaigns.

Dream Stage

Conceived as an interactive cooking channel, "Dream Stage" integrates advanced sensor technology and automated camera switching to enhance viewer engagement by dynamically capturing the presenter's movements across multiple strategic camera placements, thus streamlining the production process and elevating the traditional cooking show format.

SoStream

Enabled real-time search across social networks like Facebook, YouTube, Instagram, and Twitter, displaying results in a time-based interface that allowed users to curate and share personalized streams of social media content, showcasing the potential of technology to transform digital interactions.

Carols Daughter

Utilized visually engaging digital butterflies to deliver personal notes, enhancing user engagement and fostering a sense of community, with around 10,000 entries demonstrating the campaign's success in connecting mothers and their children through skincare.

Sephora Claus

Discover the "Sephora Claus" campaign, where participants added their desired Sephora products to a digital wish pile, utilizing innovative technology for smooth navigation and providing Sephora with valuable consumer insights.

ShootLocal

Innovative iPhone app we developed to address the challenge of finding unique shooting locations for photographers and filmmakers.

Gaga's Workshop

Discover how our collaboration with Lady Gaga and Barney's New York transformed an entire floor into "Gaga's Workshop," and extended this magical, fantastical experience online.

Formyture

Discover the challenges I faced while developing an interactive website for a custom furniture company, where I aimed to translate a designer's vision into a user-friendly interface for customizing furniture.

Padula Institute

I leveraged my experience with Kinect motion tracking to collaborate with an ophthalmologist on developing a portable diagnostic tool that assesses patients' gait to tailor corrective lenses, potentially revolutionizing treatments for individuals with significant visual impairments and cognitive challenges, thereby enhancing their mobility and quality of life.

Turntable.fm

Leveraging my technical skills to climb the ranks and become the world's second most popular DJ by creatively manipulating the system, and crafting scripts that addressed community pain points, highlighting the complex interplay between technological savvy and ethical considerations in digital spaces.

Firetrackr

We harnessed NASA's satellite data to create an interactive website that visualizes forest fires across the U.S. This project integrates real-time data and social media updates to not only inform the public about ongoing forest fire efforts but also inspire action and support for combating these natural disasters.

The Camp Authority

I developed for The Camp Authority, which simplifies summer camp preparation by offering a detailed packing list with integrated Amazon affiliate links, making it easier for parents and campers to shop while generating revenue for the company.

Presenter Notes

I leveraged Google Glass technology to enhance my wife's performance as a musician by creating a dynamic, augmented reality lyric display system.

Gesture Pad

A modern gesture-based navigation system using a JavaScript and webcam footage.

Slither with Controller

I enhanced my gameplay in "Slither" by using Node.js and Robot.js to replace traditional mouse control with a joystick, enabling precise navigation and leading me to become the largest worm in the game

Recycling Night

A common neighborhood dilemma—determining the correct night for recycling collection—using a simple Arduino-based solution.

Saved Messages

Transforming a cherished vintage rotary phone into a deeply personal gift, merging nostalgic appeal with modern technology.

Computer Parts I've Owned and Loved

Join me as I share my journey and passion for computer technology at a PechaKucha event in New Haven, where I discussed the pivotal computer components that have shaped my understanding of technology and the internet.

A* Pathfinding

Discover the practical application of the A* pathfinding algorithm in game design through a demonstration that showcases its ability to efficiently navigate and overcome obstacles within a grid.

Story Robots

Discover how a unique talent for visualizing and illustrating complex concepts can transform passionate verbal descriptions into intricate mechanical diagrams.

Holiday Campaign ‘20

A unique holiday campaign launched at Vivaldi in 2020, which creatively combined trend analysis with traditional holiday themes by rewriting classic song lyrics to reflect yearly trends, and presented these songs on a responsive advent calendar website, designed to enhance user engagement through nostalgic, interactive elements and innovative technology.

Early Pay

An innovative tool that revolutionized vendor payment negotiations by allowing early payments in exchange for discounts, highlighting the crucial role of user-centered design and iterative development in enhancing organizational payment processes.

Emotiv Epoc

The innovative journey of harnessing the Emotiv Epoch headset for thought-controlled computing, exploring how personal experiences and specific memories can be leveraged to enhance the device's ability to translate neural activity into precise computer commands.

New Haven Hackathon

The "Where's My Bus" initiative alleviated commuters' frustrations with unpredictable bus arrivals by creating a user-centered mobile app that crowdsources real-time bus locations using geolocation technology, showcasing an innovative solution to enhance public transportation efficiency.

Welcome

I find it motivating to build in public. This site will be an archive of all of my projects and stories that have let me to here.