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StaidRealty Portal - Real Estate portal (2005).
(Slide show of selected screen design layouts)
  • Designed the complete Look and Feel.
  • Developed additional interface features.
  • Authored the entire Help system and Tutorials. See the Introductory Tutorial for the portal.
StaidRealty Portal
Cognetics Corporation Web Site - corporate information site (2003).
  • Redesigned to reduce wordiness and unify style with corporate logo.
Cognetics Corporation Web Site
The LUCID Community - blog for advocates of usability methodologies (2003).
  • Researched various bloggers to find one that was flexible and programmable.
  • Learned some PHP to work with the tool and make it support the design.
The LUCID Community
Port Authority of New York & New Jersey - budget tool for Technology Services Department (2002/2003)
  • DHTML reading and writing XML data.
  • Extensive Javascript to manage data table.
Port Authority Budget Tool
Kamoon Connect - peer-supported advice/help forum (2002).
  • DHTML prototype establishing the front end for a database-driven tool.
  • Had to work within the constraints of the tool (what it was and was not capable of).
  • Extensive DHTML work (scrolling regions, dynamically resizable pages, toolbar, etc.)
Kamoon Connect
Siemens Soarian Marketing Demo - healthcare support system, including insurances (2001).
  • DHTML prototype following a specific scenario.
  • Data held in an XML file, loaded into memory and held in global variables.
  • Data changes retained during a session and reflected in the interface.
Siemens Soarian Marketing Demo
American Journey - CD-ROM series of primary source documents in American History for schools and libraries. (1994 - 1999)
  • Graphical Look & Feel
  • Custom Photographic Collages
  • Custom Maps for Each Disc
American Journey
Lucent PRISM - marketing tool featuring detailed analysis of market segments (1998).
  • Front end for a massive amount of data.
Lucent PRISM

ConEdison netPower Central - Intranet Portal (1998).
(Powerpoint Slide Show of Poster and Home Page Screen)

  • netPower Central Logo
  • Poster announcing the launch
  • Screen grab of the Home Page with 3-dimensional rotating menu.
ConEdison's netPower Central

ConEdison Learning Center Web Site - Consumer-facing site to promote public rental of facilities (1997).

  • Prototype of home page to show design concept
    (only left menu item that is "live" is "Search for Courses")
  • Proof of concept for accessing digital media
ConEdison's Learning Center Web Site

ConEdison Appliance Usage Calculator - Consumer-facing site that allows customers to calculate the energy usage of their home appliances (1997).

  • Initial design with cartoon menu was rejected by client who had a hard-and-fast rule: "No Cartoons!"
  • Click on the image on the first page, and you'll see the revised look.
  • "Household" link at the bottom will go to the second level down.
ConEdison's Appliance Usage Calculator