Portfolio
Yahoo! Messenger for iPhone2008 – 2009Product Design
Helped initiate the project. Did the product design, interaction design, and preliminary visual design. Co-product managed the 1.0 release.
A streamlined Yahoo! Messenger client for the iPhone OS. Within a month of its release it became the #1 free social networking app on iTunes, and was featured by Apple. It is currently rated 4+ stars with over 100,000 ratings.
Yahoo! Messenger 102008 – 2009Design Management
As Director of the User Experience Design group I managed staffing, logistics, and overall creative direction. Also did some of the interaction design work.
With 108 million monthly active users worldwide, Yahoo! Messenger is the #1 instant messaging product in the US and other markets. Version 10 added high-quality video calls, social content aggregation, in-product language switching, and numerous UI refinements.
Yahoo! Messenger for Vista2007 – 2008Interaction Design
Designed the user experience in collaboration with a visual designer. Received Yahoo!’s internal “Purple Design Award.”
An all-new Messenger client for Windows Vista, built on Microsoft’s WPF front-end platform for a next-generation experience. Focused on polish, delight, and simplicity, it was well-received and well-reviewed in the press.
Publisher Alley2003 – 2004UX Design
Designed the user experience and much of the look & feel. Created mockups and prototypes using PHP, XML, and XSLT. Designed buttons, icons, and graphical elements. Wrote a UI specification. Used then-new CSS techniques to provide a flexible, cutting-edge user interface.
A new, data-rich Web application that allows book publishers to review and analyze sales data.
Sequoia2004 – 2005Product Design
Conceived the project as an evolution of today’s email experiences. Designed the feature set and front-end algorithms, to be paired with an advanced text-mining system. Created functional specifications, mockups, prototypes, and an animated demo. Wrote and filed a US patent application. Pitched to potential partners and venture capitalists.
A product that addresses information overload with intelligent, tools for browsing and managing a large collection of documents.
ActiveMedia2005UX Design
Provided late-stage interaction design expertise, focusing largely on screen layout and look & feel, as well as more fundamental workflow questions for the administrative application. Produced mockups and workflow diagrams, then helped ClearStory implement the new design using CSS and JSP.
ActiveMedia is a Web-based digital asset management tool produced by ClearStory Systems, with both an end-user and an administrative interface.
Zirrus2006Design & Development
Conceived, designed, built, and deployed the app. Currently has 7,900 registered users.
A rich Web task management application inspired by tag clouds.
Tour for the Cure2006Design & Development
Designed and implemented an interactive Web site, using DHTML in combination with OpenLaszlo and Flash. Users could explore the Tour with an interactive map linked to a photoblog.
A fundraising road trip that visited over 180 baseball stadiums in the spring and summer of 2006 to raise money for cancer research.
Duover2001 – 2007Design & Development
Designed, built, and sold online. Developed in Apple’s Xcode IDE using Objective-C.
A file synchronization application for Mac, optimized to work across a network.
Gobi2001 – 2003UX Design
Completely redesigned the user interface, look & feel, and branding. Created mockups, prototypes, a new logo, buttons, icons, and other graphical elements.
A large-scale Web application through which YBP Library Services sells books to libraries, providing a full suite of book purchasing functionality.