design
http://dwaters.tvDavid Waters Productions
This site was designed (except for the logo) and developed for David Waters, an independent video producer out of Florida. David’s requirements included a showcase space for high-quality video as well as a way to post job opportunities for the video production community.
I developed the site in WordPress, using Flash for the video module.
http://dwaters.tvsee it in action »
http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/911.connections.irpt/index.htmlCNN iReport: Connected by 9/11
This interface creates a place where StoryCorps-style audio pieces are showcased in a single experience, while incorporating images and bios of the audio storytellers.
The iReport team requested that iReporters’ comments about the anniversary of 9/11 be included in the experience. Given the volume and variety of those comments, a cascade of comments below the audio stories is more readable than a simple list. If a user continues to scroll down, comments will continue to load until the feed is exhausted.
http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/911.connections.irpt/index.htmlsee it in action »
http://www.cnn.com/interactive/2011/10/world/hires.occupy.irpt/index.htmlCNN iReport: Meet the 99%
Designed for CNN.com’s iReport, which needed an interface that would showcase ten photographers’ work. The goal was to keep users inside a single experience while not forcing them to scroll through a hundred photographs in a gallery.
The result was a design that called for a single gallery interface at the top of the page. Users could select which photographer’s work to view via thumbnails beneath the gallery. The interface was designed in two days’ time, and handed off to CNN.com’s development team to build.
http://www.cnn.com/interactive/2011/10/world/hires.occupy.irpt/index.htmlsee it in action »
writing
A facility that trains astronauts for space will soon train oil and gas workers for water safety.
On Tuesday, NASA announced that Raytheon Technical Services Co., which runs the Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory, or NBL, will partner with Petrofac Training Services to offer the training.
At a ceremony in Washington on Wednesday, John Glenn, Buzz Aldrin, Neil Armstrong and Michael Collins were awarded Congressional Gold Medals for their work advancing human spaceflight.
NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) is on a mission to study our sun and how its activity might affect Earth. We’ve heard about solar flares and the way solar activity can disrupt life on Earth, but have you ever just looked at a sunspot?
photo
Gavin & Andy
Gavin & Andy, two of my fellow NASATweetup participants, after the launch of STS-133 Discovery.
Family
Antigua, Guatemala, on a walk with my family.
Bougainvillea on the roof
Shot on the roof a boutique hotel in Antigua, Guatemala, at the end of the dry season. I was playing around with depth of field.