portfolio
Android/iOS app redesign and cleanup
This project was a redesign and cleanup of an existing app. The app was originally developed by a freelance dev in PHP and MYSQL, wrapped in some Java/Obj C for Android and iOS respectively. It was a dated design in a jquery frontend tied to PHP services. The design was very basic, dated and the services had a few bugs. Additionally, the client wanted to change the payment flow (which was originally housed outside of the mobile app).
The redesign was approached with a monochrome color pallete and improved user flow, requireing most of the front end to be re-written. The payment process was brought in as a part of the app and required the original Android and iOS wrappers to be discarded and written from the ground up - this time in Swift for iOS.
The greatest challenge on this project was trying to refactor as little as possible to keep costs down for the client while still delivering a performant, beautiful bug free app on both platforms. In the end the client was happy with the result and hopes to modernize the app with a complete overhaul in the near future.
QR code exploration and cataloging
This project was requested by Brigham Young University - Idaho (BYUI). I am friends with a member of the geology museum committee and they were rennovating the museum as well as some of the displays in the halls of the Geology Department. They had two problems with the rennovation: 1) there were many specimens that would not be on display and they didn't have a good way to catalog them; 2) the new design of the museum was very clean and minimal so they didn't want to break up the clean lines with placards and info. Instead, myself and a team of students created a platform that would generate a qr code for every item, every display and every area. This way the qr code could be placed in the corner of the display or next to an item in the hall without distracting from the beautiful and unique specimens.
Two of the goals for the system were to have a clean, minimal look that matched the museum and also to encourage some exploration of the various minerals, galaxies, fossils and animals on display. Each item was cataloged with details such as where it was found, it's chemical composition and description of what makes it unique. It was built in a Python framework called web2py and SQLite.
Upscale nursery custom site and quote system
Vecchio Trees is a large, high dollar nursery in California. They specialize in mature trees and work with many contractors in their area upscale landscape projects. I worked with a designer to implement a redesign of their site as well as implement a quote sytem to help their sales cycle.
The redesign was relatively simple but the client knew that down the road they wanted to incorporate a quote shopping cart of sorts, a CMS for their current catalog and completed jobs, as well as an inventory tracking system. We used Polymer and Firebase in order to keep the static site simple but future proof it for the clients on-going goals. The quote system was then added and powered by Firebase. Essential a visitor can browse the catalog, add trees to a shopping cart as they go and then submit that cart. The client's sales reps will then be notified so they can build a quote based on what was in the cart. This has helped them monotize their site, build an audience they can now market to digitally and extend their reach.
