I'm Jeff. I'm a web developer, photographer, world traveler, movie lover, and baseball fanatic.
Web Development
FlikPik
We only have so much time left, so why waste your time watching bad movies? What if there was a way to pick your next movie to watch from a list of the best movies ever? And what if you could filter that list to reflect your personal preferences? Using data from IMDB and some proprietary algorithms to come up with final rankings, a list of the best movies ever is presented. Daily cron jobs keep the data fresh. Dynamic filtering allows you to find hidden gems, mark movies as seen, and add them to a watchlist. Movies on your favorite streaming services are a click away.
responsive layout, Foundation, Isotope, TMDb/OMDb/Guidebox API, Google AdSense integration
Juniper
Mediterranean-inspired restaurant in Wellesley, Massachusetts. One-page site features navigation with animated scrolling, an online menu populated by SinglePlatform, gift card and cookbook ordering integration with PayPal, and a photo gallery.
responsive layout, WordPress, Foundation, PayPal integration | Lead Developer
DMI
Digital mobility company needed a site that showcased its newly acquired divisions and business capabilities. Content and image-heavy site features angled content areas, magazine-style transitions, multi-level horizontal navigation, and embedded video and PDF content. A government subsite with graceful degradation to IE7 was required.
responsive layout, WordPress, Foundation, Google Tag Manager integration | Tech Lead
Tilted Kilt
National restaurant chain requested a new site to update their corporate brand and streamline the experience for franchise owners. Features menus and event calendars that can me managed at the corporate and franchise level. Franchise owners can offer unique menu items, drink specials, and integrate local social media accounts. A corporate approval system manages content before it is published to the live site. Geolocation services find the nearest locations for users. A new Kilt Girl is featured on the calendar every month.
responsive layout, WordPress, Foundation, Facebook/Instagram feeds | Tech Lead
Weekly Resourcing Summary
Web app that uses the ResourceGuru API to determine appropriate resource allocation for our team of account managers, project managers, strategists, copywriters, UX, designers, and developers. Visual charting of the data helps determine at a glance if resources are appropriately allocated for the week. A detail view shows specific clients and projects assigned to each resource. Filters may be used to display resource from specific departments.
responsive layout, Foundation, ResourceGuru API | Lead Developer
Ball Catchers
Catalogs the fans who have caught the most famous home run balls in Major League Baseball history. Features stories collected from news outlets, modals with videos showing each home run, and photos of the lucky fans.
custom PHP, Facebook comments
Divvy It Up!
After growing tired of the complicated math involved in sharing costs when traveling with friends, I decided to make a tool to do the math for you. You can add events, friends, and costs, and it will tell you who owes money to each person in the end. Now, it's a site where people can split costs for travel, rent, or anything. Pie charts show how costs have been shared.
custom PHP
Super Bowl Squared
Pick numbers before the big game, and win big if the scores at the end of each quarter matches your numbers. Site features secure logins for each user and email notifications using an external SMTP service.
responsive layout, WordPress, Mailgun integration
Loveline Tapes
A community effort to collect, organize, and share recordings of old Loveline radio shows. Loveline was a nationally syndicated radio call-in program featuring Adam Carolla and Dr. Drew that offered medical and relationship advice to listeners. Over three thousand recordings are stored, all of them indexed, searchable, and available to public for free. Features include a jQuery MP3 player, call tagging, integrated message board, and search functionality. Back-end tools allow admins to upload and archive new recordings, moderate content, and ban users. Cloudflare CDN delivers cached content for the best performance.
custom PHP, phpBB integration, CloudFlare
TDI Security
A showcase of a technology security company's products and service offerings. The WordPress site features a custom theme based on FoundationPress, a mobile responsive layout with breakpoints for phone, tablet, and desktop. JavaScript libraries like Isotope and D3.js enable dynamic filtering, interactive page elements, and subtle animations to data presentations. Sticky subnavigation and sidebars ensure that users never get lost in long, scrolling content. Page and browser caching ensures fast site performance. Social networking tools increase shareability. A comprehensive WordPress back-end allows for easy maintenance of site content by the client.
responsive layout, WordPress, FoundationPress, Isotope, D3.js | Developer
Photography
Mount Tasman & Mount Cook
Southern Alps, New Zealand
Mount Tasman and Mount Cook are the two highest mountains in New Zealand. They sit four kilometers apart in the Southern Alps, the mountain range which runs the length of the South Island.
Capoeira in Pelourinho
Salvador, Brazil
These guys put on a little show for us. Capoeira is an Afro-Brazilian art form that combines elements of martial arts, music, and dance. It was created in Brazil by slaves brought from Africa, especially from present day Angola some time after the 16th century.
Archaeological Museum of Rhodes
Rhodes, Greece
The Archaeological Museum of Rhodes is housed in the medieval building of the Hospital of the Knights. Grand Master de Lastic began construction of the building in 1440.
Jefferson Memorial
Washington, District of Columbia
The land on which the memorial stands was created by landfill, dredged from the Potomac River. Construction of the building began in 1939 and was completed in 1943.
Sagrada Família
Barcelona, Spain
The columns of the interior are a unique Gaudí design. Besides branching to support their load, their ever-changing surfaces are the result of the intersection of various geometric forms. Essentially none of the interior surfaces are flat; the ornamentation is comprehensive and rich, consisting in large part of abstract shapes which combine smooth curves and jagged points.
Purple Shells & Orange Rocks
Ushuaia, Argentina
Near South America's southern tip, looking towards Antarctica. Beagle Channel forms part of the border between Chile and Argentina and is one of the three navigable passages around South America between the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans.
Colosseum
Rome, Italy
Built of concrete and sand, it's the largest amphitheater ever built. Construction began under the emperor Vespasian in AD 72 and was completed in AD 80 under his successor and heir Titus.
Purple Lotus
Bangkok, Thailand
This beauty was floating amongst lily pads at Wat Arun. In Buddhist symbolism, the lotus represents purity of the body, speech, and mind as if floating above the muddy waters of attachment and desire.
Kuang Si Falls
Luang Prabang, Laos
A three tier waterfall about 29 kilometers south of Luang Prabang.
Seattle from Kerry Park
Seattle, Washington
Here's the classic view of Seattle that everyone knows. Trick is to get here a bit early and grab one of the spots along the railing where the city isn't obscured by the overgrown trees just ahead.
From the Blogs
A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood
January 4, 2022 | reviews
Surprisingly dark, not the story I expected. But the biggest issue is that the story and characters are a little too simple. There’s not much going on in this movie. Mr. Rogers, who by all accounts really was a great guy, is a little too perfect here. Chris Cooper is…
The Boys in Bergen
September 9, 2016 | travel
After a quick train through the last bit of fjordland, we were in Bergen. As the second largest city in Norway, it’s a pretty good size, and there’s a good energy here. The tourists are almost exclusively Japanese, English, and German.
The Fjordlands of Norway
September 8, 2016 | travel
Our early morning train took us west from Oslo. The first part of the trip was nothing special, with suburbs giving way to the occasional lake. But eventually, the mountains turned into giant boulder piles stained green by lichen, forests got denser, views became more majestic. We’d spend a few…