Portfolio
Research Design Build
2011
Tarzan
An app that incorporates real-time location data with day-to-day calendar scheduling. Built for Cleanweb Hackathon, featured in The New York Times. Initially prototyped in 36 hours using Python; subsequently built a full prototype in Ruby on Rails/Heroku.
MeetMarket
Mobile app to facilitate in-person networking at professional and academic conferences. Researched, designed, and prototyped (partially) in Objective-C in spring 2011.
Mobile app to facilitate in-person networking at professional and academic conferences. Researched, designed, and prototyped (partially) in Objective-C in spring 2011.
Redwood Swing
Free-standing porch swing. Modified for ergonomics and usability; built from redwood lumber in summer 2011.
Free-standing porch swing. Modified for ergonomics and usability; built from redwood lumber in summer 2011.
Hesperian Content Adaptation Tool
Web-based tool for adapting medical reference content to other formats. Designed for users of varying computer literacy; prototypes of varying fidelity using paper, Balsamiq, and Axure.
Web-based tool for adapting medical reference content to other formats. Designed for users of varying computer literacy; prototypes of varying fidelity using paper, Balsamiq, and Axure.
2010
eBay Analytics Research
Built tools to analyze web content for ongoing natural search analytics research. All tools built using open-source tools (Python, MySQL, R...)
Built tools to analyze web content for ongoing natural search analytics research. All tools built using open-source tools (Python, MySQL, R...)
Yahoo's Innovation Problem
Management consulting for Yahoo Mobile and Local division.
Management consulting for Yahoo Mobile and Local division.
City CarShare usability analysis
User research study to understand the impact of new City CarShare reservations Web site.
User research study to understand the impact of new City CarShare reservations Web site.
Marriott Green Hotel
Service system for hotel management and staff to take control of resource usage.
Systems research, user research, information systems design
Service system for hotel management and staff to take control of resource usage.
Systems research, user research, information systems design
MiniTREC
Search engine/information retrieval programming challenge. Built with Lucene.
Search engine/information retrieval programming challenge. Built with Lucene.
What Is Disputed on the Web?
Conference paper co-authored with Rob Ennals (Intel Research) discussing our research on information credibility online.
Conference paper co-authored with Rob Ennals (Intel Research) discussing our research on information credibility online.
2009
Mobile Patch
A cell phone interface that communicates with the user via TENS electric shock. Built with Arduino.
A cell phone interface that communicates with the user via TENS electric shock. Built with Arduino.
Bowlquake
A bowl of water that visualizes real-time earthquakes as water disturbances. Built with Arduiono.
A bowl of water that visualizes real-time earthquakes as water disturbances. Built with Arduiono.
Twitter user recommender
A user recommendation service for Twitter. Built with Python on Google App Engine.
A user recommendation service for Twitter. Built with Python on Google App Engine.
2008
Agile development tools for medical software
Agile SharePoint-based tools for medical software company to collaborate with.
Agile SharePoint-based tools for medical software company to collaborate with.
Ongoing
OmniFocus scripts
A series of AppleScripts written to improve usability of OmniFocus.
A series of AppleScripts written to improve usability of OmniFocus.