User Experience + Prototyping

I love imagining and desiging ways to interact with people and my environment. I read voraciously, ask good questions, and take (inner and outer) observation seriously. Recently, I listened to a former Stanford University childcare aide sharing anecdotes. She shared the story of an autistic child, who becoming fascinated with insects, placed a bee in his mouth and got stung. Whoa!

From one standpoint, a person might be shocked at the event. But, look at the level of interaction and more, the child's desire to experience his world.

I can sympathize with the child's experience, but I seek to know what he wants. Possibly, he (the user) wants to communicate an idea or make a better connection or a friend. This story exemplifies my curious passion for creating and discovering new ways to build a shared experience.

Examples of my ideas and work

(2011)
Interactive Toy Catalog: based on old Sears Christmas catalog. Road points to: W3C Device Orientation Event Draft.
(2011)
CSS + HTML5 (No Flash) Video Experiment - Screen 1: Work in Progress. Email me for the link.
(2011)
CSS + HTML5 (No Flash) Video Experiment - Screen 2: Work in Progress. Email me for the link.
(2011)
Charcoal Sketch: User experience outside digital media.
(2011)
UI for modular OSC and MIDI control surfaces: Layout Design for sending and receiving Open Sound Control messages via Wi-Fi network. Works with Logic, Sunvox, and Renoise.
(2010)
Just UX Inspiration: A genuine reminder of how both difficult and elegant simple is. The UI for one of my favorite music tracking programs, Sunvox
(2000/2001)
Early UX: Old notes from work on the Ask Jeeves Palm VII search product. Found important: reaching out to PALM development community and getting my hands on an emulator.