I've been building on the web for 15 years, helping companies like Apple, Google, Twitter, and the American Music Awards create beautiful and useful experiences for their users.

I specialize in a mix of visual/interaction design and front-end engineering — which allows me to translate ideas into functional prototypes and production-ready code with the full fidelity of the web.

Here you'll find a medley of writing and side projects that explore software, design, architecture, and the internet of things.

Posts & Projects
Minimum viable HomeKit-enabled temperature control for less than $10 in parts
Link to $10 HomeKit thermostat*
Link to Garage design/build
Blending the old with the new in the renovation of our 1920s home, adventures in custom lighting fabrication, and learning how to model in 3D.
Link to Designing a home
2017–2018

Designing a home

Blending the old with the new in the renovation of our 1920s home, adventures in custom lighting fabrication, and learning how to model in 3D.

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Link to Hue gallery
2016

Hue gallery

Originally authored for net magazine, this article details how to create an immersive media experience with the Philips Hue API.

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2016

The Black Pixel web stack

Written shortly after the formalization of Black Pixel's Web Services team, this post features our go-to tools and technologies for developing great experiences.

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Hacking Ikea's sit-stand desk with a Raspberry Pi to support realtime height feedback and programatic control.
Link to PiDesk
2015

PiDesk

Hacking Ikea's sit-stand desk with a Raspberry Pi to support realtime height feedback and programatic control.

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Link to AnnaAkana.com
2014

AnnaAkana.com

Designing and building a new website for multihyphenate Anna Akana, including a custom Node.js service that pipes realtime social statistics to the UI over WebSocket.

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Writing a lightweight Markdown-based blogging engine in Ruby with Sinatra.
Link to A dance with Sinatra
An interview with Herman Miller for their Lifework blog.
Link to Herman Miller Lifework
2012

Liftoff

Blog post accompanying a portfolio update that included future-looking support for 5k displays 2 years before they existed.

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Fond memories of an intro to design and creative work.
Link to Hoist; the band years