This project was an individual cumulative design project spanning the entire 2nd year of the IU HCI/d masters program.

This project demonstrates my presentation skills, displays visual design skills for the required accompanying poster, and provides a brief introduction to my process and a posthumous reflection.

This project was a team presentation for our Design Theory class. This, our final project, was a presentation of a created design theory that was to be applied to a specific design situation.

My contributions to this project included the visual models, the theoretical ideas of expansion and contraction, the idea of containers, the extreme level of attention to detail concerning the precise meanings our figures and explanations were conveying, and a lead role in the creation of the presentation.

During the summer of my Master's program, I worked an Interaction Design and technology stratigist internship role at the Idaho Mountain Express newspaper in Sun Valley, Idaho.

My role required understanding the business of newspapers, to create an website upgrade for such a unique company. I worked closely with multipe staff roles, as well as subscription holders, to create a potential redesign, but more importantly to provide a report explaining the importance of an up-to-date online presence, and how it was achievable at an affordable cost.

This project was a team design and presentation, focused on creating a Mozilla RSS Reader similar to Google Reader.

My contributions to this project was the idea of a browser bar add-on opposed to a full page interface, to leverage the users current understanding of the software to incorporate a powerful tool without a sharp learning curve or potential for frustration. I also created the paper prototype and lead the user testing of our early iterations.

This project was based on the 2009 CHI student design competition prompt, to create a design that promotes local sustainability. Our group designed an iphone app concept that merged the ideas of google maps direction functionality, with local crowdsourcing, to find the best routes for commuting on a bicycle.

My contributions to this project included the overall concept of biking directions merged with local crowd-sourcing, team leadership and conflict resolution, and pushing to finish within our time constraints.

This project was a team design and presentation around the prompt of creating an appropriate iphone app for Weight Watchers. Our team created a concept that rewarded users for healthy shopping by displaying the health of the user's plant avatar in a annonymous "community garden" of other Weight Watcher shoppers.

My contributions to this project included the creation of the paper prototypes, running user tests, team leadership and conflict management, and the creation of our final presentation.