ReRoute.it is a mobile application that allows you to use meta information to choose a smarter method of transportation when you need to get somewhere. You use it in place of other popular wayfinding apps.

Aaron Ogle built ReRoute.it for a mobile audience but it's actually built much like a browser app. We were able to create a cross-device app in minimal time without sacrificing the little details with this approach.

I utilized icons provided by TheNounProject, the same icons used internationally for public consumption. There's a surprising amount of data being displayed in this intuitive, human-centered design.

The app is available for use here. You can view it from your regular browser but for the best experience, load it from your mobile device.

JobOps is a robust Rails application that serves as the nations first job search network specifically for veterans. Through a partnership with the Whitehouse we've been able to provide a way to translate the skills aquired during service into marketable career qualities.

We knew this wouldn't be a simple job search. We knew that if veterans wanted to compete in the civilian job market they would need to network with themselves and with other professionals.

Using APIs from Linkedin, Twitter, and Facebook as well as job marketplaces, we're able to serve up a wide variety of functionality tailored for finding a career.

JobOps is built on Rails but also includes JQuery, HAML, and SASS. I offered front-end development and was the lead on CSS protocol and design interpretation. Working in Rails for the frist time was exciting and educational and I hope to work more with it soon.

I designed my wedding invitations. We were engaged in a hot-air balloon. The invitations are perferated so that the guest can tear the RSVP portion off and mail it in, reducing cost and footprint.

I used Magesta Script Light as the title typeface and Bank Statement for the body typface. Both faces compliment eachother with at classic yet destructive form. We wanted to convey that it was a laid back, rustic wedding with notes of classic romance.

To keep costs down, I eliminated the need for a remit slip/envelope by making the back of the card detachable. The pertinent information was on the front half and the mailable information on the back along with the reduced rate postage.

As part of my year-long Code for America fellowship, I helped liberate an impossible-to-manage site by moving it to a WordPress install. Along with co-fellow John Mertens, we had the new site live in less than 40 working hours combined. Feel free to check the site out here.

Not only did we create an easy to manage site, we also added functionality and educated the Welcome America team on how to make updates and add content. Later on I also consulted them on how to expand their online communications through creative marketing and social media.

I've created and guidebook that will teach individuals 10 and up how to make a mosaic using Rubik's Cubes. In addition, I created a set of templates for mosaics and a webpage.

Aside from the demanding design, I was also challenged with technical writing. My process for removing extemporanious elements helped me write instructions for pre-teens.

This guidebook is available for free download and is also included kits that 'You Can Do The Cube' sells to teachers.

The guidebook was tested with a number of different programs and age groups. One such group created a special mosaic, designed by me, for the Today Show. The show aired on October 19th 2011.

Level Data originally approached a designer friend of mine to recreate their site. Since he didn't know how to build a fully functional site I came on board to lend my expertise in front-end development. We chose WordPress as the platform to build the site on because it would be easy for them to manage.

Like many of the sites I build, the infomation architecture needed to be considered before designing the UI. The end product is a highly functional and easily managed site.

I utilised a number of plugins and created custom scripts to achieve the unique functionality that was required for the design. You can see the live site here.

This project is currently under development. Craigslist has long been lacking design. I'm creating a stylesheet that adds a simple theme to the site through an easy to use javascript bookmarklet.

The initial functionaly is working and looking great. There is still a good amout of pages that need CSSing. These are actual screens by the way. Stay tuned, the bookmarklet will be live by the end of the year.

This has been a really fun project and as I'm sitting here in the coffee shop whiting this people are looking at my screen and commenting on how cool Craigslist is. "Wow, when did they roll out the new design? I haven't been on the site in a while I guess". Lolz.

So here's how it works, it's simple. Click and drag the image below onto your browser's toolbar. Visit Craigslist. Click on the bookmarklet that you just placed in your toolbar. Wha-lah! Craigslist Redux. Remember, it's still in beta.

In 2010 I built a mosaic of Dr Martin Luther King Jr. using 4,242 Rubik's Cubes. I finished in the top 50 out of 1,700+ artists at ArtPrize 2010.

By using a simplified set of algorithms I was able to manipulate each cube into the desired configuration.

The project took over a year of detailed planning and collaboration between multiple organizations and individuals. The project cost over $8,000, most of which was donated by the public.

Nearly 30,000 people came to view the mosaic in the two weeks it was on display. Roughly 250,000 people have viewed it online since it went viral on September 15th 2011.

City Hero is a proof of concept that was developed by my team at Code for America. We spent February 2011 in the city of Philadelphia conducting user experience research and held over 100 interviews. We were the first group to ever speak with every department head in Philly's municipal government.

Once we came back to San Francisco we spent another month decoding the research into patterns and eventually build personas, faux users who we would then develop our product around these users. We were challenged to build a wealth of features inside a painfully simple UI. That's where I came in.

Since this project was built from scratch I was tasked with developing a brand and user interface that complimented eachother and our users. This project eventually led to a collaboration with design firm Local Projects and a product called Change by Us

Our research showed that our users were energetic and mature so I created a complimentary color pallet and chose a font that is fun and played with our theme of heroes subtly. I also needed the colors, typeography and visuals to be powerful and easy to use on the web.