I've built two profitable companies from just ideas, raised 6 figures in Angel investment, and worked for and with Fortune 10 companies, professional athletes, and believe my job on this planet is to organize and simplify.
I'm not all work and no play, as I enjoy making a fool of myself dancing to Bieber for 30th birthdays, moonwalking like Michael, or jumping an invisible rope.
Everything you see below, along with many other projects, were executed from an idea to finished product in the last year (October 2010 - 2011), while also writing for Evolyte's and other's social media accounts (Blog, Twitter, Facebook, YouTube).
The best apps are the ones you only need to open once, what I call Invisible Software.
Weather Notifier
Ranked #40 in App Store: "Wake up to the weather"
Design O'clock
Gorgeous analog clocks for your iPhone
Swingbyte - Coming Soon
iPhone/iPad App that tracks your golf swing in 3D
As much as I love the iPhone, the web was, is, and always will be the future. Now if we can only make apps for the web easier to build.
Confide
Confide, anonymously on your pains and joys
The Evolyte Store
Groupon + Woot = Superhero Baby
Bear Battles
Bear Necessities photo battles to battle pediatric cancer
I'm fortunate enough to work with two of the world's best storytellers, an animator (now at Disney) and an illustrator (now at Pixar). They're able to tell a story without words and make ideas stick. Pretty powerful if you ask me.
Tortillas Nuevo Leon
Festive animation for the very large tortilla manufacturer
JetZet
A social network for travelers
The Mustard Girl
Pixar/Disney style short story of the company's founding
I've had the special opportunity to work for some of the world's greatest professional athletes. Below is just a tiny sample of some of that work.
Derek Jeter
Iconic image for an iconic moment: 3000 hits
Deron Williams
Pitch deck designed to help sign Deron Williams
Kemba Walker
Mixtape design for the future NBA Rookie of the Year
Email is the first and broadest social network. It's sad more companies don't take cues from Apple's elegant email designs.
Evolyte iPhone Apps
Weather Notifier & Design O'clock iPhone apps
Excel Sports Management
Monthly email to the most influential people in sports
The Evolyte Store
Email announcing the 1st week's deal: Apple iPad!
Some spec work I put together to boil down complex topics into simple statements and pictures.
Forward Thinking
A long-term view isn't next quarter's profits
Illumination
iPhone lock screen wallpaper
Prayer for Japan
A tribute to the people of Japan, post tsunami
There's a reason that so many "normal" people love Comic Sans, because it's playful. Similarly, people are delighted and remember those websites where things changed based on where and how their mouse interacts with the webpage, so why do most web developers try to downplay it in their work. I believe that the web should be more playful, not less.
Ajax Social Media
Simple javascript tooltips + infographic
Harley Helping Hands
A charity's event page selling tickets
Geller BioPharm
Healthcare Investment Bank's corporate site
Forget sliced bread, startups are the best thing since pockets.
Analogies
Novel Teaching Methods
C.C.S.S. Framework
Comedy (Charlie Sheen??), Cute (kittens!), Sex (it sells), and Shock (Kenny Powers, motherf*cker)
Virality
Behavioral Marketing for Dummies
The filet is priced at $60 to sell the $20 chicken breast.
Power of Reference Points
Pricing Theory
People actually get paid to speak? Sort of feels like I'm on reality TV. But, depending upon the audience and content, there can be a host of pre-work that's required, including analyzing industries, brainstorming ideas, and proposing potential solutions to posed problems.
I typically talk about topics from the technically complex (mathematical analysis of pricing theories and their impact on customer demand) to the wildly comedic (How many unicorns does it take outshine Charlie Sheen? Hint: a lot.). Below are some of my recent speaking engagements:
(E)motion, Virality & Consumer Behavior
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