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NOKIA Point & Find

About this Site:

With Nokia Point & Find, users can access information and services from the Internet simply by pointing a camera phone at an object. The device recognizes real-world objects and links the user directly to web content or other digital services.

The Nokia Point & Find Management Portal allows you to create your own custom experiences. Use the simple online interface to create your worlds, manage content, assign roles and deliver a unique interactive experience to your targeted users. The Nokia Point & Find Management Portal is your connection to Nokia's game-changing technology for mobile users to find your content when and where they want it most."

source: pointandfind.nokia.com

Objective:
Build new features and improve existing features of the Nokia Point & Management Portal while simultaneously refactoring the entire web application.

Project Description:
Sometimes when you have a team of highly skilled computer scientists and engineers, the interface can become an after thought. This is most problematic if your users tend not to be the kind of demographic that know PI to 700 places. The Management Portal is capable of managing many complex tasks combining 'real world image recognition' and advertising.

Technical Project Description:
PHP, Symfony Framework, Mysql, Doctrine ORM, Jquery JavaScript Library, CSS, HTML.

Martini Life

Site: www.martinilife.com

About this Site:
Martini Life’s expanding network of enthusiast channels comprises of the most exclusive pursuits on earth, including Equestrian Sports, Private Aviation, Sailing, Wine, Cigars, Golf and Classic Cars. Spanning 10 channels, the Network boasts 1 million unique visitors per month with our publishing partners, and an additional 4 million unique visitors in our extended network.

Objective:
Create an expandable series of related blogs that allows the development team quick deployment of new blogs, is easy to use and is comfortable to read are easily managed with one unifying stylesheet, and site that looks like Flash but is made with HTML, CSS and JavaScript and deploy it rapidly.

Project Description:
Martini Life needed to be able to first create 7 blogs that aggregate other blogs on a specific topic like aviation for example. They also needed to be able to deploy a new blog as quickly as possible. With the infrastructure Martini now has, a new blog with assetts ready, can be created in less than an hour. I put a lot of time into making the login and registration experience as smooth and intuitive as possible.

Technical Project Description:
Ruby on Rails, Jquery JavaScript Library, MooTools JavaScript Library, CSS, HTML.

Martini Media Network

Site: www.martinimedianetwork.com

About this Site:
The Martini Media Network, birthed in the labs of Venrock, has one goal: to corner the passionate, affluent consumer online. The result: a vibrant media network, serving high-end advertisers, quality publishers, and committed enthusiasts.

Objective:
Create a site that looks like Flash but is made with HTML, CSS and JavaScript and deploy it rapidly.

Project Description:
Martini Media Network needed a site quickly and it needed to be of the caliber their clientelle expect from the print media they subscribe to.

Technical Project Description:
The site is hand coded HTML, CSS and uses the Jquery JavaScript Library plus Sifr for font replacement.

Aviation Supplies & Academics - Learn To Fly Blog

Site: www.learntoflyblog.com

About this Site:
For pilots, aviation students, and those who are thinking about learning to fly. Interact with some of aviation’s top flight instructors and authors from ASA.

Objective:
Create a custom word press theme.

Project Description:
ASA needed a blog for various authors to be able to post articles, have author bios, ad banners and they wanted it to be easily updatable. Wordpress, a customizable powerful blog application was the right tool for the job because it already had most of the features they needed nd the others were available as plugins. So I set up a wordpress blog for them and customized the look using CSS and made a few modifications to the PHP files that run wordpress.

Technical Project Description:
Wordpress, PHP, JavaScript, Jquery JavaScript Library, CSS, HTML.

Delamina

Site: www.delamina.com

About this Site:
Delamina is "a new jewelry and fashion web site designed specifically for women to shop and play in an environment with direct access to top designers and information about the latest trends."

Objective:
Create a polished, easy to use and elegant online shopping experience.

Project Description:
Gizmo Creative needed someone with my skill set for this project. Features like the fast loading high resolution zoomable pictures of jewelry make you feel as though you are shopping in an actual store. I've helped create a responsive and intuitive shopping experience, making purchasing the finest of jewelry simple and elegant.

Technical Project Description:
This site is a hand built mvc framework built in PHP5 and MySql. It uses a modified version of oscommerce for transactions and a wordpress blog. Delamina relies on Ajax and JSON to interact with the API layer. The interface is built using the ext Javascript Library and custom JavaScript, CSS and HTML.

Gonsalves & Stronck

Site: gs-construction.com

About this Site:
G&S is a construction company in Silicon Valley.

Objective:
Build the company a brand new website portofio for their 15th anniversary.

Project Description:
Gonsalves & Stronck's Website needed to be modernized. Since the time of the last site being built, Users computer screens have gotten larger so I was able to make everything on the site larger. A slideshow of the companies latest and best appears on the homepage. This and everything else on the website is easily updateable and sortable by the company. Whenever there is a new project to add to the site, it's a breeze for them to add it.

Technical Project Description:
Gonsalves and Stronck is built on an old school PHP CMS that the client really likes so we kept using it for the new site. I built a new interface using MIT's MooTools JavaScript Library and CSS.

Yahoo! Groups Beta

About this Site:
Yahoo! Groups is sometimes referred to as the first social network.

Objective: Modernize a very outdated interface

Project Description:
I worked with Yahoo! Groups for over two years with a very large team that included engineers, interaction designers, visual designers, product and project managers. Communication and planning was a crucial part of this project. When I wasn't in meetings, I was building complex online forms and interfaces. If you take a close look at the screenshot, you'll notice just how much is going on the page.

Technical Project Description:
The front-end of the site was a custom built PHP MVC Framework. The interface was constructed using CSS, HTML, JavaScript and JSON was data-interchange format.

TKID

Site: www.tk-id.com/

About this Site:
TKID is a New York and San Francisco based interior design firm.

Objective:
Build a modern portfolio with content that is editable by the firm

Project Description:
I was working as a contract web developer for Resolve Digital at the time of this project. Barry Harrison designed the site and I built it for his firm. Current and future portfolio content is easily editable by TKID.

Technical Project Description:
TKID uses the same CMS as Gonsalves & Stronck. More interestingly, TKIDwas my first all CSS site I ever made.

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