Dematic approached Mutually Human looking for insight into how to best display information on the picking, storage, buffering, and shipping of products within the plants where they have their software and logistics systems installed. Specifically they wanted ways to improve the usability, efficiency of information, and quantity of actionable data displayed within their existing system. […] Read more – ‘Dematic Planning and Shipping Control’.
Mutually Human was contracted by Spectrum Health to implement a redesign and optimization of their existing Smartphone app as it transitioned from one back end service provider to another. I was the project lead and front end developer for the duration of the project. We used the existing tech stack (An HTML/CSS/Backbone.js in a Cordova […] Read more – ‘MyHealth Smartphone App (iOS & Android)’.
Gelo is a local startup that represents one of Mutually Human’s first forays into the internet of things. Together with Mutually Human, Gelo provides reliable low-energy bluetooth beacons and a stable SDK for developers to add proximity awareness to their iOS and Android Apps. I was tasked with designing a brand identity system that would be robust enough to be applied to everything from smartphone apps to pencils to bluetooth beacons. Read more – ‘Gelo Brand Identity System’.
The Chamber of Commerce website was a responsive design and development project that became my responsibility midway through it’s execution. Although the interaction and visual design had been mostly completed, the front end development and realization of the custom WordPress theme had barely been started. I first established a relationship with the client and sought […] Read more – ‘Grand Rapids Chamber of Commerce Website’.
It's always a good sign when users experience your work and get in touch because they like what you've done. When the marketing team at Henderson Global Investors saw the Ridgeworth app, they contacted ddm for a proposal on a similar public app. The financial team brought me in to do some initial spec work to land the account. I conducted a content inventory on the corporate Henderson site and pulled together a quick interactive prototype for the first sales meeting. The main goal of the meeting was to show the Henderson marketing team that I understood financial advisors and wholesalers as user groups and could design an intuitive app that would serve their needs. Read more – ‘Henderson Global Investors iPad App’.
One of the reasons that ddm hired me was to take over management of Ridgeworth's interactive accounts. They knew that my attention to detail, client-service orientation and UX background would help to please one of their most demanding clients.
Shortly after I started at ddm, we were asked to submit a proposal for a complete revamp of their website. They also wanted a public iPad app that would pull data and assets from their website so that their salesforce and associated financial advisors could have a tool that was available to them without an internet connection. Read more – ‘Ridgeworth Investments App & Website’.
In July 2012, I was asked to undertake the task of designing and building an app for a Christian author. But not just for that author, but for any author in the future that might want to have an avenue through which to market their books and get their message to their audience. The project lasted a little over a month from start to finish, the client was thrilled and her users continue to leave positive comments both in the App Store and on her blog. Read more – ‘Amish Wisdom App & Author App Platform’.
The iPad is a magical device. Anyone who has handed one to a luddite grandparent and watched them use it with very little explanation can testify to that fact first hand. But for Spanish-speaking iPad lovers everywhere, that magic tended to stop the moment they searched for ebooks on any of the available platforms. Read more – ‘Todoebook App’.
