I'm Jeff. I'm a web developer, photographer, world traveler, movie lover, and baseball fanatic.
Web Development
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
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
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
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
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
Jaybridge Robotics
Autonomous vehicle and industrial robotics software company requested a site which showcased the technology. A hero carousel with content transitions and scroll-driven parallax interactions were added to make the browsing experience more dynamic.
responsive layout, WordPress, Foundation | Lead Developer
17th Street BBQ
News and events from an Illinois restaurant group. Site features updatable menus, a carousel with merchandise, a newsletter subscription form, and a blog. The client's Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, and YouTube feeds are featured in the footer.
responsive layout, WordPress, Twitter/Instagram/Facebook/YouTube feeds | 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
MonkeyStats
There weren't any good, free web sites for managing the schedule and statistics for recreational baseball and softball teams, so I made this. Team managers can keep player rosters, post schedules, send game invites, and keep team statistics. Features advanced form functionality and data validation, intense baseball math. Also included is a physics simulator showing how far you can hit a ball under various conditions.
custom PHP, Mailgun integration
Photography
Palace of the Grand Master of the Knights of Rhodes
Rhodes, Greece
Built in the late 7th century as a Byzantine citadel, it is one of the few examples of Gothic architecture in Greece. The site was previously a citadel of the Knights Hospitaller that functioned as a palace, headquarters and fortress.
Golden Room in Stockholm City Hall
Stockholm, Sweden
This is the hall used for the ball after Nobel Prize banquet every year. A location for festivities in the central building of Stockholm City Hall was ordered in 1908 by the city councillor. Initially, the Golden Hall was not golden but built with stone and granite. Thanks to a hefty donation by a someone who wished to remain anonymous, the Golden Hall was reworked with golden mosaics of events and persons from Swedish history.
Church of the Holy Sepulchre
Jerusalem, Israel
This church in Jerusalem is said to have been built on the hill where Jesus was crucified and to contain the place where Jesus was buried. The church has been a paramount pilgrimage destination for Christians since at least the 4th century, as the purported site of the resurrection.
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.
International Rose Test Garden
Portland, Oregon
Jesse A. Currey, president of Portland's Rose Society at the time, petitioned for the city to serve as a safe haven for hybrid roses grown in Europe during World War I. Rose lovers feared that these unique plants could be destroyed as a result of the war. Foreign hybridists sent roses for test from many countries and the garden was an immediate success. Today, the garden in Washington Park features over 7,000 rose plants of approximately 550 varieties.
The Road Beyond
Glacier National Park, Montana
A drive through Glacier National Park led me along Going-to-the-Sun Road until I came to a gate blocking vehicles from going any further during the winter season. Just beyond the gate, the road looked beautiful.
Trail on Mount Zas
Naxos, Greece
The climb up was hot and fun. Zas Cave, inhabited during the Neolithic era, contained objects of stone from Melos and copper objects including a dagger and gold sheet. According to Greek mythology, the young Zeus was raised in a cave on Mt. Zas ("Zas" meaning "Zeus").
Bird & Clock in Kotor
Kotor, Montenegro
A wooden bird hangs over the square in Kotor, an old Mediterranean port surrounded by fortifications built during the Venetian period from 1420 to 1797.
Medieval Souvenirs
Rhodes, Greece
The old city of Rhodes is surrounded by medieval walls with seven gates. To enter any of these gates is to enter another world. Though many of the alleys are now filled with tourist shops, restaurants, cafes, some of them retain that old world feel.
A Message from Above
Jerusalem, Israel
The Old City as viewed from the Mount of Olives, named for the olive groves that once covered its slopes. The mount has been used as a Jewish cemetery for over 3,000 years and holds approximately 150,000 graves.
From the Blogs
Labor Day
September 20, 2018 | reviews
The emotional story, gentle pacing, slow beauty, and Gattlin Griffith’s soulful eyes give the movie a wonderful, melancholic feel. And good tension in many scenes, though a bit forced at times, keeps things interesting. Brolin has a great presence. I love how in his career, he has vacillated between playing…
My Day at All-Star FanFest 2018
July 17, 2018 | blog
With the MLB All-Star Game here in DC this year, I went to the All-Star FanFest, which MLB proudly calls “the largest interactive baseball theme park in the world”. Yesterday was long but fun day with friends and lots of little moments that made it memorable.
Managing in MLB
October 26, 2017 | blog
2014: Matt Williams named NL Manager of the Year October 2015: Nationals fire Matt Williams 2016-2017: Dusty Baker most successful manager in Nationals/Expos franchise history October 2017: Nationals fire Dusty Baker Bottom line is that these firings often do not always correspond with a manager’s success on the field. Based…