I'm Jeff. I'm a web developer, photographer, world traveler, movie lover, and baseball fanatic.
Web Development
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
Ping Pong Rankings
A ranking system for office ping pong or any other competitive event. The system is built as a ladder, where players can challenge players above them and must win to move up. Email notifications for challenge matches and reminders of upcoming games are automatically sent out. Playing statistics including all-time records, streaks, and easiest/toughest opponents are calculated on the fly. Back-end tools allow admins to add and remove players.
responsive layout, Foundation
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
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
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
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
Professional Athletes Foundation
Organization works with the NFLPA to collect articles and resources for former NFL players. Features dynamically filtered content, social media sharing tools, and an accordion-driven FAQ section.
responsive layout, WordPress, Isotope | Lead Developer
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
Miami Sunset
Miami, Florida
Arrived in South Beach just in time to watch the sun set over the Miami skyline. In the foreground is Biscayne Bay.
Stairs of Tacheles
Berlin, Germany
The Kunsthaus Tacheles (Art House Tacheles) was originally built as a department store in the Jewish quarter of Berlin. After serving as a Nazi prison in WWII, it was partially demolished in the 1980’s and then taken over by artists.
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.
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.
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").
Blue Dome in Oia
Santorini, Greece
One of many blue domes on the island of Santorini. Oia is a scenic village on the north west edge of the island.
Beckholmssundet
Stockholm, Sweden
Beckholmssundet is a narrow sound between Grona Lund and Beckholmen in Stockholm. The island of Beckholmen has several dry docks for the repair and cleaning of ships. This view is from the Beckholmsbron bridge looking west.
Endlessly Repeating Twentieth-Century Modernism
Boston, Massachusetts
An art piece by Josiah McElheny at Boston's Museum of Fine Arts. McElheny hand-blew the dozens of glass vessels in this perfectly machined, mirrored box, basing them all on 20th century designs.
Wine Cellar at Bled Castle
Bled, Slovenia
Bled Castle is a medieval castle built on a precipice overlooking Lake Bled. The castle was first mentioned in a 22 May 1011 deed of donation issued by Emperor Henry II. In the servant building is a rustic-looking wine cellar.
Upper Lake
Glendalough, County Wicklow, Ireland
Followed a path from the monastic ruins of Glendalough to find this sweeping view between the mountains. The Glendalough Valley was formed during the last ice age by a glacier which left a moraine across the valley mouth. The Poulanass River, which plunges into the valley from the south, created a delta, which eventually divided the original lake in two.
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The Station Agent
March 22, 2019 | reviews
OK, so Fin likes trains. He hates everything else, and he’s cold and nasty to just about everyone. Why should we give a shit about this guy? Oh, because he’s a dwarf. Everyone looks at him, he’s ridiculed and socially shunned. Life is so unfair. Got it. Can we be…
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…