Before pivoting into Programming, I spent my career making videos that millions of people watch on apps, tablets and YouTube! I acted as producer, writer or EP on all of these projects. I’ve been intimately involved in creatively honing and developing each one — most of them I ushered from one sentence in an email into a complete production with a cohesive creative team that’s on budget and earns a consistent audience.
Writing
In college, I hustled for some freelance writing gigs. Although these are links, most of them appeared in real glossy print in a legit magazine! Have a read.
Los Angeles Times, Technology Blog – Start your own print media company with MagCloud
Wired – Hack a Hottie’s Digits
Wired – Push a coin through a table
Sports Illustrated – Former Cleveland Stater now card shark
Sports Illustrated – The 10 Best College Sports Pranks
Lifehacker – Five Classic Ways to Boost Your Note-Taking
Lifehacker – Getting Things Done Explained for Students
Young Money – How to Get All of Your Textbooks for Free
Campus Circle – The limo that charges like a taxi (teased on cover, flip to page 6)
The College Years
In college when most of my peers were focused on indie filmmaking, I became interested in digital video — before YouTube! Here are some of those projects.
These are highlights from my junior thesis from back in college.
My friend and I used to make a weekly web show and podcast called Hack College. Here’s a taste.
Print design
Basic single-page tabloid color layout, PDF download
Basic single-page tabloid B&W layout, PDF download (including an article I wrote)
Double-truck tabloid color photo layout, JPG download (plus captions)