Mt. Dickerman, WA

June 19, 2011

Just another sarcastically sunny summer day in Seattle and I decided to spend the day of lo-visibility climbing up Mount Dickerman. I had been reading the reports and there was apparently still a lot of snow up on the trail. I don’t really have much gear and really have no business heading out onto a snowy trail but the view from the top of the 5273ft summit is supposed to be that good. So I gave it a shot.

Unfortunately there really is that much snow up there still (the really hard-packed no traction blend), and there was a pretty sketchy frozen waterfall that I decided it best not to cross given that I was alone and the foggy conditions were putting a damper on the prospective view anyways. So I surprised myself and did the intelligent thing and turned it around at about 4200ft. I want to get back here to go to the top, maybe in August when the snow has melted – but as a consolation I allowed myself to spend a little more time than I usually would on the lower portions of the trail in the really impressive old growth. Here are some shots.

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Hi there. I'm a design & code creative living, working and studying in sunny Brooklyn, NY. I'm currently finishing my thesis project at ITP and looking forward to what comes next.

Keywords: Design, User Experience, Interaction Design, Product Design, Visual Communication, Branding, Processing, Data Visualization, HTML, CSS, Javascript, Python

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Education

2010.09 — 2012.05 (expected)

Master of Professional Studies
Interactive Telecommunication Program (ITP) Tisch School of the Arts, New York University

2010.09 — 2004.05

BA Visual Communications with minor in Art History
The George Washington University
Graduated Cum Laude
National Society of Collegiate Scholars
Spring 2003 semester at Sydney University, AU

Work Experience

2012.01 — present

Interaction Designer & Developer, SumAll, New York, NY

I'm currently working on an amazing data product with an incredible team here in SoHo. Check us out!

2011.06 — 2011.09

UX Designer, Microsoft Bing, Bellevue, WA

Worked with design, editorial, dev and program management teams to scope, design and develop prototypes for soon-to-be-released Bing.com feature during a summer internship. The internship culminated in two presentations of the feature prototypes to senior leadership at Microsoft as well as the Bing design team.

2007.02 — 2010.08

Graphic & Interaction Designer, Empax, Inc., New York, NY

Created a range of environmental, print and interactive materials to promote nonprofit clients and their causes. responsible for designing and presenting brand strategies, identities, print collateral, environmental signage, animation, user experience and interface, content management system setup and third party plug-in and data integration, search engine optimization, user analytics and testing.

2006.12 — 2011.08

Freelance Graphic & Interaction Design Consultant, New York, NY

Worked as a sole proprietor with various clients from retail, music, film, nonprofit, real estate and technology industries to create and improve existing brand and user experiences across many platforms and media.

2004.04 — 2006.01

Graphic Designer, The George Washington University Communication & Creative Services, Washington, DC

Worked with project management and external production vendors to deliver a range of print and interactive material related to university publications and communications initiatives. responsibilities included design and implementation of print collateral, posters, animation, environmental signage, web publication and press checks.

Selected Publications

2011.07

Freakonomics (Web),
“What Would it Be Like to Climb 26 Years of Federal Spending?”

2011.04

Flowingdata (Web),
“Physically climb over budget data with Kinect”, by Nathan Yau

2011.02

Logo Lounge 6 (Book),
by Catharine Fishel and Bill Gardner, Rockport Publishers - Gedenk Logo

2010.12

“A Bartender That Pours The Perfect Shot, Every Shot”, by Matt Buchanan

2009.11

Basic Logos (Book),
by Index Book - The 2007 Gotham Awards Logo

2008.10

Print Magazine,
“Dialogue: Martin Kace”, by Steven Heller - The Alliance for Climate Protection Website

Selected Exhibitions

2010.12

ITP Winter show 2010, NYC

2011.04

Data Viz Challenge Party, hosted by Eyebeam and Google, NYC

2011.05

ITP Spring Show 2011, NYC

Other Experience

2006.01 — 2006.12

English Teacher, NOVA Japan, Kure-shi, Hiroshima-ken, Japan
Taught and mentored students of all ages and abilities in small to medium-sized classes to improve proficiency in english linguistics and conversation.