HTML5 Video Player
The HTML5 Video Player enabled playback of video from all Discovery Networks on iOS devices. This invovled creating encoding specifications, using HTTP Live Streaming for multi-bitrate videos and writing complex javascript for ad serving.
http://tlc.discovery.com/videos/dc-cupcakes-a-cupcake-wedding-dress.htmlAsk Karl: Science Channel
As part of a promotion of the Rickey Gervais produced show, "An Idiot Abroad", I created an interactive experience where a user can ask a question and get a random audio response from Karl Pilkington.
http://science.discovery.com/tv/an-idiot-abroad/ask-karl/Discovernator for Discovery News
The Discovernator displays random facts when triggered. The Discovernator has been very a popular interactive feature on the Discovery News site.
http://owa.is/ly/dscvrn8riPad Prototype for Discovery
This prototype was created for the Discovery Digital Media exectuive team to demonstrate an iPad optimized experience of Discovery topic and show blogs. This is best viewed in Mobile Safari on an iPad.
http://owa.is/discovery/falkor/iPhone Prototype for Discovery
This prototype demonstrates the use of responsive design and small screen optimized delivery of content. This prototype is essentially the same as the iPad Prototype, however the user experience on an iPhone is optimized for the smaller screen size. This is best viewed in Mobile Safari on an iPhone.
http://owa.is/discovery/falkor/Webometer
The Webometer allows a user to perform a competitive load test by loading multiple sites one after the other in a frame and then plotting the results in a bar graph.
http://www.owa.is/dev/webometerKip Video Player
This customized Flash video player was built using Video Maru, an open source Flash video player. This was built for my daughters website and her cat, Kip. It demonstrates the level of player control and presentation customization available through Video Maru.
http://www.owa.is/dev/video/kippy2.htmlAd Injection
The Ad Injection method speeds up content loading by delaying ad load. The content on AOL.com loads now up to 4x faster due to the ad injection method. This method will soon be implemented on the netscape.com main page as well as other Netscape pages.
http://www.aol.comSEO JS Photo Gallery
This photo gallery uses javascript to navigate photo via a horizontal scroll. The photo gallery HTML is Prgressively Enhanced, thus optimizing it for serach engine indexing.
http://www.owa.is/dev/gallery/seogalleryjs.php?d=2Flash Photo Gallery
This photo gallery uses the same xhtml as the javascript version as an XML data source. This example showcases some of the advantages of Flash over Javascript (such as rotated pictures)
http://www.owa.is/dev/gallery/flashgal.htmlSports Ticker
The sports ticker launched with the 9.0 sports main page to members on both narrow and broadband connections. It was the first integration of personalizable content to be a permanent fixture on the channel main screens. It allowed members to customize which sports scores they wanted to display each time they launched the page.
http://www.owa.is/dev/sportstickerInteractive Color Picker
Through the use of sliders, a custom color can be generated for a track suit.
http://www.stereolust.com/colorMe/meG7.htmlkajeet pong
This pong game was developed in conjunction with design team for the kajeet website. The game illustrates in an entertaining fashion the text and call blocking features unique to kajeet phones.
http://www.kajeet.com/4u/kajeet-for-kids/texting.htmlkajeet homepage
The kajeet.com homepage uses a flash based dynamic display module to promote new features and other marketing messaging.
http://www.kajeet.com/4u/index.htmlRadio@AOL
Radio@AOL is one of the most popular online destinations for streaming audio on the internet.
http://radio.aol.comAOL Member Movies
Initially a project for AOL Broadband, the Member Movies feature showcased movie clips submitted by AOL members. The project was initially created in Flash, but I transformed it into DHTML to make the load time faster and more accessible. The code I created is also configured to be reusable for future projects that use similar design template and SharkLite publishable.
POE tool
This was a prototype developed for a user friendly dynamic display module publishing tool.
http://www.owa.is/dev/poeNFL @ AOL
Created resource efficiencies by writing a Tcl/SMIL based solution for scheduled publishing of NFL Videos. This solution eliminated the need for teams of web publishers to work shifts during weekends to enforce contractually obligated blackout times for NFL Videos.
COD
COD alleviates the burden of content loading below the fold by only loading it when it is scrolled into view.
http://www.owa.is/dev/cod/Election Guide 2004
This product allows voters to vote on the different candidates and visually tracks the results by state.
http://www.garykebbel.com/election_2004.htm