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For the upcoming launch party of ATTIC, numerous businesses are donating door prizes to be given away in a raffle format. Several of the winners will be seleced dynamically from attendees that register for a MailChimp-based newsletter while attending the event. To make this possible, I'm developing a simple mobile web application that uses the […]
Implemented a tweet field within the Drupal CMS so that the client can customize the default tweet used by the Service Links module. Required building a custom Service Links module and hook. Also implemented Twitter Card for blog posts and improved Open Graph meta tags for Facebook sharing.
Launched my passion project, ATTIC. I've been shopping for vintage and antique furniture since I got my first apartment in DC. The selection has grown slightly with new shops popping up in new neighborhoods. Meanwhile, my own time has grown thinner, so I decided to try to pull together their disparate web efforts under one […]
Developed an improved, flexible and streamlined return/refund process for transactions for the National WIC Association's payments management system. The new functionality works across all transactions and payments in their system including purchases related to event registrations, exhibitor registrations, membership payments, and more. Ensured the updated maintined proper financial and accounting integrity across several payments and […]
Updated the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget (CRFB) Drupal-based homepage carousel. The old carousel (designed by a third party) rarely accommodated the organization's content appropriately (insufficient space) and the design looked dated. Although I still had to work within the design constraints of the rest of their site, I designed and implemented a cleaner […]
Implementing a real-time chat into a Yii-based application using the Pusher sockets/API service + PHP and javascript/jquery. We started with the Pusher-chat plugin provided by HTML5-ninja and then customized it to our needs. In particular, we needed the chat to recognize that we have multiple user groups with different permissions. Users should only be able […]
Building a Twitter Boostrap 3-based theme for use in a Drupal 6 multi-site setup. Using the domain access module, the theme will serve content from the same database and same Drupal core used to power the main website. Administrators will be able to edit both sites within the same administrative interface. The new responsive (i.e., […]
Last year I built the Social Security Reformer for the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget. The interactive tool models a variety of potential public policy changes to the social security system and allows users to see the impact of those changes and try to make the program solvent. This week the Social Security Trustees […]
Got a new project that has us migrating a client's existing Yii (php framework) application from a Windows to a Linux server. After sorting out some key differences between the server requirements (e.g,. casing issues), we've got an initial version running on an AWS server with nginx.
Launched the website for 935 Lies, a new book by best-selling author Charles Lewis. The fully mobile responsive site clearly drew inspiration from the book's wonderful cover design. It makes an impression by using strong typography and minimal graphics. The custom webfont integration was done using the myfonts.com service. Otherwise, I used many of my […]