Imaginopedia

Imaginopedia is an online encyclopedia which celebrates 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 created this website in February 2007 using open source MediaWiki software in an effort to give anyone with an imagination a chance to collaboratively create an alternative set of "facts." The site supports text, digital graphics, audio, Flash animation and video and is a burgeoning project that is actively seeking collaborators.

mixed media (pop up window)

Collage and small sculptural works made from recycled materials. Flash player required to view a presentation of the work.

ladyfest promo (pop up window)

A brief piece for the Ladyfest*East festival last September 2001. Includes music clips from 3 bands, ordering information and event locations.

Software: Flash, Photoshop

report on cuban media (pop up window)

A report on Cuban Media written after my trip to Cuba in 1997.

Software: InDesign, Photoshop

Million Fishes Arts Collective

Million Fishes is 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.

Million Fishes empowers artists by creating an environment in which they can create, critique, present, teach, and develop the concepts and skills involved in producing art and sharing it with others.

Global Exchange

Global Exchange is a membership-based international human rights organization dedicated to promoting social, economic and environmental justice around the world.

I researched and wrote an internal manual on effective outreach through blogging.

Northern California Media Workers / Typographical Union

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 - San Francisco

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

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.

I update 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.

Dissent Magazine

Dissent is a quarterly magazine of politics and culture edited by Mitchell Cohen and Michael Walzer. In the words of the New York Times, Dissent "ranks among the handful of political journals read most regularly by U.S. intellectuals."

I have been the Web Producer at Dissent Magazine since August of 2000. Responsibilities include directory structure management, updating content, adding forum, subscription, and search capabilities (in development).

Storytelling at The Moth

The Moth is an evening of storytelling hosted at bars and restaurants around New York.

The website was created in full by Lee Willett. I was the Webmaster from 2000 - 2002. Responsibilities included setting up new emails, a listserv and working forms. I updated the site's monthly calendar and general content.

Big Lazy                                                  [back to top]

Big Lazy is New York City's instrumental trio, "The Big Apple's creme de la creme," according to the Village Voice.

Following the design specifications from the band members, I designed this site from scratch, migrated the site to a professional server, restructured the navigation, edited photos and copy, created a mailing list and added online purchasing capabilities.

I provided site hosting and maintenance, phone-based technical support, and added a credit card feature which has helped the band sell CDs online.

Brooklyn C.A.R.E                                      [back to top]

Brooklyn Community Artists Relief Exhibition was a silent art auction and evening of performance held on December 19, 2001 in Brooklyn, NY. All proceeds from the event went to families affected by the WTC disaster.

I built this site from a design by Dawn Brigid then registered the domain name, set up email addresses, added functional navigation, photos of artwork, pdf files for the media and an online donation mechanism.

<< “Michael” by Zoe Flanders

site offline - files available upon request.

Ladyfest*East 2001                                 [back to top]

LADYFEST*EAST is a non-profit, East-Coast based
event dedicated to supporting and promoting the
artistic, organizational and political talents of women.

I became involved in the festival in January 2000 and offered to build a website for the event.

As the production lead, I was responsible for the site structure, content architecture, layout and functionality. I updated all the content daily and maintained contact with the listserv and core festival organizers.

Possible Worlds                                     [back to top]

Possibleworlds creates 2D and 3D cel animation as well as their own voice-activated, 2D characters who can perform interactively in real-time.

During Spring 2001, I worked on a freelance basis at Possibleworlds as a production artist on a children's animation-based program. I was responsible for supporting the Animation Producer with data management and conversion. This entailed entering production notes and scripts onto a timeline form and then calculating & converting SMPTE timecode.

Additional responsibilities included mixing down audio from multitrack to Quicktime .mov files and timeline QA with the producer.

About.com                                               [back to top]

In July, August and September 2000, I worked at About.com as an Information Architect. I was responsible for maintaining the architecture of the 36 channel pages, the sitewide "Specials" pages and the company's Intranet site.

I was responsible for the directory structure, modifying and eliminating sever side includes and rebuilding pages using HTML and complex nested tables.

I also built and modified templates that used in-house PERL and JAVA-based tools to pull in includes from many locations. I made schematics with Visio and testing pages in alpha and beta environments.

Centerseat.com                                        [back to top]

On the Centerseat site, my primary responsibility was to coordinate and produce the HTML, DHTML and add the javascript for the "editorial" area of the user interface.. I worked from interactive storyboards, time & click-depth templates, scripts and flowcharts.

I also edited several .js files which synchronized the timing for editorial content & ecommerce changes within the interface.

I supervised 11 freelance coders & programmers and worked with PMs, video producers, writers & graphic designers.