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I'm Kirk, an experienced programmer currently looking for a UI + UX role, (near Boston or remote) largely as an individual contributor but able to lead small teams as well.
professional roles
I've worked for a wide range of companies, from small lean startups to household-name corporations where code I wrote was used by of millions of unique users every month. (I also have an online résumé, optimized for print.)
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insight dashboard
created kepler.gl-based tool for display and investigation of real-time streaming GIS data as part of r+d-centric innovation lab
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monster + randstad
trailblazed design-system-for-design-systems and renovated homepage and job search for major industry player
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monster widget
revamp of a customizable, tech-agnostic widget for monster's newspaper partners to embed, used across hearst newspaper sites
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cargurus search
upgraded homepage and search on the industry leading car buying website
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ads for aol
developed management and tracking dashboards for vast-scale mobile ad placement camapaigns
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scrumtool@aol
a hackathon project that became an integral part of team sprint planning
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webrtc @ cafex
prototyped a webrtc proof-of-concept allowing medical professionals to mark up shared visual resources in realtime behind webvideo link
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alleyoop
championed "juicy ui" at pearson education's early foray in sprint-based development
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dataviz + ui
A gallery of personal and professional experiments in data visualization and ui prototypes
web projects and communities
I am a big believer in the independent web and its ability to make community and bring people together. Most often I act as sole developer, creating experiences in the fullstack from whole cloth, solving challenges of ux, scalability, and longevity.
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kirkdev
my long running tech blog to share ui/ux knowledge with others and provide a reference for my future self
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blender of love
web's first romance poetry community, at its peak publishing 700 works a month.
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chart-o-tron
band sheet music management and setlist polling for street bands on the go
interactive tools, toys, and games
"creative coding" has always been a profund source of pleasure in my life, from in-browser toys to online (and increasingly, real-time interactive) web tools to empower others.
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animals
24 delightful virtual puppets, a tribute to illustrator ed emberley who taught kids how to draw 'em.
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timelines
a ux challenge - how do you present decades of life in a way people can connect with?
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med-plan-print
practical tool for generating printable medicine and meal checksheets
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kirk.is/drawing
minimalistic free shared online whiteboard, a tool for early work-from-home days.
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joking at a distance
browser-based realtime online-multiplayer port of a (NSFW) tabletop game, made in early quarantine times.
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atari code tools
web-based tools (some old but beloved) outputting runnable code for character and backgrounds graphics and jamming and looping music for the atari 2600
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lowLag.js
simple wrapper for low-latency, high-compatibility, html5-friendly audio for an earlier web era
offline art and projects
Other creations (and concerts!) I am proud of.
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mortality comic
so, you're going to die, illustrated by dc comic artist james harvey, is a guide to coping with one's own mortality.
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band performance
I made a business card with a QR code URL on the back telling folks about local options to get back into making music in one of several bands I play tuba for and help lead
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atari 2600 games
original games running on real 80s-era hardware
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yee & lan
a story of planetary love, illustrated by marissa saradpon