December 2022
Studyfinder
Worked in a team of 5 to conceptualize and prototype an app to help students find and rate study spaces on campus. Watch our problem space video.
August 2022
Docs Overview page redesign
Implemented HTML components for site builder (Hugo) to organize all product landing pages. We designed this template to serve as a "nutrition label" for each Cloudflare product. I programmed the components to be flexible and extensible without cluttering Markdown code.
July 2022
Argo Smart Routing docs
Authored new documentation for Argo Smart Routing by combining information from multiple different sources across the Cloudflare documentation. This new page acts as a single point-of-presence for Argo documentation for over three million monthly users.
April 2022
Drops
Advanced Research in Literature
Senior English capstone project exploring Internet archival history in the form of an imaginary pseudo-retro operating system.
April 2022
Pitt School of Education Heuristic UX Evaluation report
Usability Testing in Technical Writing
Final group project evaluating the user experience of the University of Pittsburgh School of Education admissions site. My team consulted with the Pitt School of Education's site team to identify pain points, ran research with potential users of the site, and presented final findings and recommendations to the client.
March 2022
Rate Your Music Heuristic UX Evaluation report
Usability Testing in Technical Writing
Heuristic usability and accessibility evaluation of Rate Your Music.
February 2022
Ubuntu UX Strategy report
Usability Testing in Technical Writing
Collaborative project evaluating the user experience of Ubuntu and its documentation. My team created user personas to compare usability with other major operating systems.
December 2021
Hacker's Delight: Redefining Music Technology
Audio podcast exploring the relationship between music and technology. Why don't we hold musical innovation to the same degree as "pure" technological innovation? Featured in the English department's Digital Media & Design Showcase.
December 2021
All's Fair in Robot War
Analysis of anthropomorphism of artificial intelligence and its relationship to the use of AI in warfare.
November 2021
Mistrust in the Age of Panoptic Power
Application of Michel Foucault's Panopticon to modern ideas of surveillance.
November 2021
LaCroix Instagram story
Integrating Writing and Design
Instagram story mockup advertising LaCroix sparkling water in the style of '70s/'80s print ads (with a modern twist).
- Can images from lacroixwater.com.
- David photo by Jörg Bittner Unna on Wikimedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0, modified by me.
- Instagram story mockup by Marina Dillaco, licensed under CC BY 4.0, extended from original.
October 2021
Simulated Management and Labor Dignity
Reflection on Simon Head's Mindless and simulacra in the workforce.
October 2021
Inclusive Design class poster
Integrating Writing and Design
Poster advertising upcoming class offerings with focus on accessible design.
- Clock and face icons by Font Awesome.
- Accessibility icon by Alfonso Melolonta Urbán for The Noun Project.
October 2021
Quote poster
Integrating Writing and Design
Quote poster modeled after American public school minutia: motivational class posters and math textbook covers.
- Head icons by Adrien Coquet for The Noun Project.
- 3D objects from Adobe Stock.
October 2021
Rushmore Horror edit
Trailer for Wes Anderson's Rushmore, recut to fit within genre conventions of psychological horror/thriller films.
September 2021
Four Page Design
Integrating Writing and Design
Music magazine article mockup celebrating the work of Steve Reich. The repeating title recalls Reich's repetitious compositions, which fall out of step to harmonically resonate.
- Cover photo by Jeffrey Herman.
- Left photo by Richard Landry.
- Right photo by Ian Oliver, licensed under CC BY 2.0.
September 2021
Event poster
Integrating Writing and Design
Poster mock-up for Protomartyr show. This design emulates the band's album cover style. The piece incorporates Andrew Carnegie, a symbol of Pittsburgh's industrial labor history, a salient theme in the band's lyrics.
September 2021
Redesign
Integrating Writing and Design
One-to-one recreation of classic General Electric print ad.
- Original ad design by General Electric.
- Headphone image by Retrospekt.
- Cloud photo by @enginakyurt on Unsplash.
- "Stereo Tape Escape" photo by /u/11bulletcatcher on reddit.
- "Stereo Radio Escape" photo by flips288 on eBay.
- "Stereo Great Escape" photo by eden1tribe1 on eBay.
- GE logo is a registered trademark of the General Electric Company.
April 2021
Max's Journey
Digital Narrative and Interactive Design
Interactive multimedia illustration of boat scene from Maurice Sendak's Where the Wild Things Are. Featured in the English department's Digital Media & Design Showcase.
April 2021
Pittsburgh Neighborhood Project
Big Ideas in Computing and Information
Contributed Python code and wrote documentation for neighborhood ranking project.
April 2021
Pitt Campus Corner
Introduction to Technical Writing
Contributed front-end design, programming, and documentation to crowd-sourced knowledge site for University of Pittsburgh housing. Iterated according to user feedback from survey. Usability metrics were later analyzed for the Pitt Campus Corner usability report.
March 2021
Computer Vision Syndrome poster
Introduction to Technical Writing
Infographic warning of the dangers of computer vision syndrome. Part of series designed to showcase UX design thinking in a technical writing environment.
March 2021
Burghquest
Digital Narrative and Interactive Design
Interactive augmented reality experience exploring Pittsburgh history through regional food and popular culture.
March 2021
Frozen Safety poster
Introduction to Technical Writing
Print poster promoting safety in the ShopRite frozen foods department. Part of series designed to showcase UX design thinking in a technical writing environment.
March 2021
Pittsburgh Food Deserts
Digital Narrative and Interactive Design
Geographic data visualization identifying food deserts within Pittsburgh city limits.
February 2021
¡Presidente Pedro!
Digital Narrative and Interactive Design
Generative narrative study analyzing Midwestern Bush-era attitudes towards race and class in Napoleon Dynamite.
November 2020
Queering the Gaze with Some Fava Beans and a Nice Chianti
Analysis of Buffalo Bill and Hannibal Lecter's subversion of Hollywood's heteronormative movie killer tropes in Silence of the Lambs.