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Category: Top Work

Website design and build: Peel Pizza Co.

Advertising, Coding, Top Work

Over the summer, I visited a pizza shop in Hingham, MA, that had some fantastic pizza. It wasn’t pizza that was “good for being in Massachusetts,” it was just good…

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Does the Sophomore Slump Exist in Music?

Does the Sophomore Slump Exist in Music?

Journalism, Top Work

Imagine being in Mumford & Sons. You formed a band, successfully co-opted another country’s musical history, and managed to produce a Grammy-winning record. You got to play with Bob Dylan…

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Flash.Me News App

Coding, Top Work

Flash.Me is a web app for people who want to catch up on the day’s news, quickly. Flash is the brainchild of my classmate Niels Nørgaard, was designed by Britt…

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Living in the shadow of the boom: photos

Journalism, Photography, Top Work

Photojournalism piece on the newest oil boom in Williston, N.D. – photos were a Staff Pick on Exposure. LAND OF SECOND CHANCES by Mike Murphy on Exposure

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Broadband access in the US

Coding, Journalism, Top Work

  My classmate Lee Schechter and I built an interactive site that shows Americans’ access to broadband speeds. We wanted to show that what the FCC considers “access” to broadband is…

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The Starter League – Tomorrow’s entrepreneurs go to school

The Starter League – Tomorrow’s entrepreneurs go to school

Journalism, Top Work

Here’s an interactive article I recently wrote for Chicago Made. I used Creatavist to build it – it’s a bit of a hassle to work with, but it can produce…

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Chicago Made website design

Chicago Made website design

Coding, Top Work

This past week, I designed and coded a news website for my Producing A News Website class at Medill. In about two days, I came up with a look and…

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Thrifty City website design

Thrifty City website design

Coding, Top Work

Designed and coded a magazine website for my Magazine & Interactive class at Medill. We were given about five hours to design the site, which was to be populated with…

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Bringing coding to the masses

Bringing coding to the masses

Journalism, Top Work

Originally appeared on Medill Reports What is holding you back from building a website or app? Is it fear that you’ll fail, that it’s too complicated for someone who didn’t…

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Retailers get personal with smartphone marketing—maybe too personal

Journalism, Top Work

Originally appeared on Medill Reports The next time Chicagoans walk into a store on the Magnificent Mile, they might get an unexpected greeting from the store via their smartphones. A…

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