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Began the discovery process for my new information architecture gig with the National WIC Association (NWA) — Provided the discovery survey for NWA staff and analyzed the responses. At the project kickoff meeting, I presented to NWA's staff about the findings, as well as additional information learned from an analysis of their website analytics and […]
Completed the information architecture for Kuchipudi Kalanidhi, a Washington DC area nonprofit dance school and performance center. Provided a navigation schema and developed a working prototype of the homepage using Twitter Bootstrap. Also provided several initial design mockups building off a design tile that I developed; the final design work will be completed by a […]
Built a quick working user interface prototype for ReadyNation.org for a new, forthcoming section of their website that will feature business-early childhood education partnerships. I used Twitter Bootstrap to develop the prototype.
In the process of developing the UI and UX for a set of websites and web applications for Madura Micro Finance Ltd. The new sites and applications will help enhance Madura's overall objective of empowering those in rural environments, particuarly in India. The featured tools will include a dynamic mapping application as well as a […]
Applied responsive web design (RWD) techniques to ReadyNation.org using media queries. The entire site is now optimized for both desktop browsers, as well as for mobile browsers on smart devices like Android phones and the iPhone. The site's CSS is several years old, so this was largely a CSS retrofit. I took advantage of some […]
Designed and developed a new tool for CRFB's website: the Corporate Tax Reform Calculator. It builds off the design aesthetic of another tool that I previously developed for them (the Deficit Reduction Plan Comparison Tool). The client delivered the calculator's model in Excel, which was translated to javascript for the online tool. Most of the […]
A year and half after the launch of BBA's new website, the project has revised some of its prioriites and policy strategies. To reflect these updates, which included adding Facebook and Twitter to their outreach efforts, I worked with them to revise a few of their website's main pages. The more significant changes are on […]
My photo blogs (phlogs; e.g,. Phrog III: France and Spain) now have a cleaner layout. I took advantage of the nice Masonry jQuery plugin by David DeSandro.
Designed and coded a custom HTML e-mail template for the Center for Climate and Energy Solutions' (C2ES) Make An Impact campaign. They supplied a banner image and some general specifications and I took it from there. After gaining acceptance for the design comp, I used HTML, CSS, and MailChimp's own markup to create the custom […]
Performed an initial performance audit of TripTuner.com. Reviewed several website optimization areas including HTTP requests, code simplification, file combining, minification, and compression. Provided the development team with a list of critical optimization tasks including steps to optimize the site's CSS, javascript (JS), and images.