My last project of 2014 was easily the most enjoyable one. The project was an analysis of my digital conversations from the past decade. Firstly, let me praise Google and Facebook for their efforts to make their data available. Their efforts to share control with their users sets a great…

Alongside HTML and JS, CSS is a core component of the modern web. CSS defines the look and feel of web markup - positioning, colors, fonts, margins, padding, etc. CSS3 is the latest, greatest edition of CSS, coming to us alongside HTML5. With it, it brings LOTS of new behaviors…

Happy March Madness! (... and maybe next year Illini!) This year, Warren Buffet and QuickenLoans are partnering around March Madness for a huge marketing campaign. The gist: if you can exactly predict the outcome of all 63 games of the tournament, you'll win $1 Billion dollars. That might seem like a…

Over the past 2 days, I spent about eight hours building a custom vision improving application. Modeled after RevitalVision and UltimEyes, this application is entirely web based. These products defy intuition by improving our vision without directly affecting our eyes. At the foundation of these technologies, is the idea that…

I'm BAD at design. Pixel pushing, color scheming, look & feel, etc. are my weakest skills as a developer. (Un-)Fortunately, my lack of skill seems to be inate, not driven by disinterest. Even when pressed, I can't tell the difference between 10 and 15 pixels. As a kid visiting…

Finally, I'm building an app for teachers! Similar to Educreations and ShowMe, "VirtualBoard" allows a teacher or presenter to broadcast their lecture onto a projector from any device. In addition to free drawing (like the other apps), you can also draw over any website (Eventually any application). This advanced interactivity…

I'm a mathematics major turned web developer with a focus in site & project architecture. Interested in both Front and Back-End development, including database design and application, Single Page Applications, and data visualization. Github Facebook Facebook April 2014 - present Web Developer May 2012 - April 2-14 Senior Developer May…

Mockup is a project built for mobile developers. It is a sleeker, customizable, more powerful version of mockuphone, placeit, etc. built solely on the frontend. The code was built during a coding binge after Thanksgiving. It features a very basic Backbone.Marionette framework and uses canvas elements for image manipulation…

With the modern web, new tricks have been created to beautify and optimize the browsing experience. Among those tricks are jQuery manipulations, font icons, CSS3 animations, WebGL, and many others. New APIs are being speced, developed, and integrated into Modern Browsers every day. As a developer for an active web…

I'm officially taking the dive into the blogging. Blogger, xanga, the cloud, the blogosphere. The modern "dotcom". It seems that most young professionals have blogged at somepoint in their life. Whether for dieting, travelling, working out, pinteresting, etc., people like sharing their thoughts with the world, and the world eats…