“People ignore design that ignores people” Frank Chimero
Million Fishes Arts Collective
Million Fishes was an incubation program where emerging artist of visual art, filmmaking, choreography / dance, music, conceptual art, new media, interactive art, interarts, and writing can build the tools necessary to establish themselves as contributors of art.
I built the original website and maintained it from 2005 – 2010. In 2010, the website was rebuilt into a WordPress site by Mary Franck.
Imaginopedia – Encyclopedia of the Imagination
Imaginopedia is a website that I started in February 2007. It is designed to look and function exactly like Wikipedia but it encourages users to create an alternative set of “facts” based on the imagination.
Imaginopedia is about encouraging the freedom of the imagination and is an attempt to foster a space that challenges the idea that only facts are real and only real things are useful. I used MediaWiki open source software to design and set up this site.
Global Exchange
Global Exchange is a membership-based international human rights organization dedicated to promoting social, economic and environmental justice around the world.
In 2006, I researched and wrote an internal manual on effective outreach through blogging.
Pacific Media Workers Guild
Our Guild represents more than 2,000 newspaper and communications workers across Northern California, the Central Valley and Hawaii, along with freelance and new media journalists, typographical workers and courtroom interpreters.
In 2006, I trained the HR department to update the organization’s web-based Benefits Handbook using Adobe GoLive.
Women’s Audio Mission
Women’s Audio Mission is a women-run, non-profit organization dedicated to the advancement of women in the recording arts. WAM provides access to audio technology, and training in its use to record sound for music, radio, film, television and the internet for women and girls.
I produced Flash banner ad for WAM for use on a partner website.
Sul da Bahia
Capoeira is a 400-year-old martial art that blends music, dance, singing, and acrobatics to create a holistic approach to teaching self-defense. Originating in Africa, Capoeira was brought to Brazil by captured slaves from Angola.
I designed and coded Sul da Bahia’s site completely from scratch.
Red Poppy Art House
Red Poppy is a San Francisco-based community non-profit who hopes to create progressive sustainable social change in Latin America and the world through art.
In 2004, I updated this site daily. The site was built by Collen Nagle, founder of sdo.net.
Women’s Economic Agenda Project
WEAP envisions a world in which all women and their families have the skills, shelter, and nourishment they need to enjoy happy, healthy, and productive lives. WEAP assists poor women to achieve a livable wage by providing technical training, emotional support, and linkage to resources.
I restructured and updated WEAP’s website in June 2003. I continue to maintain the site and am preparing to do a major re-design and also edit, catalog and compress their video archive.