EFI Command WorkStation
Command WorkStation is a premiere software suite used extensively within the digital print industry. The main purpose of the software is to prepare files for printing on fast high end printers located in production facilities. Command WorkStation is the interface directly into the Fiery print server. This server performs complex actions far beyond the normal scope of a typical desktop printer driver. Using Command WorkStation you can access the all the available printing and finishing options available on a production class printer. Command WorkStation creates the personalized bills from your phone company, the perfect bound booklets of coupons from your local businesses, and the folded brochures at your local store. If you've ever watched documents being prepared at a FedEx Kinkos location, you have seen people using this software.
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Job Center Tooltips v1.0EFI Image Enhance
ImageEnhance is both a standalone piece of software and an available module to be purchased with Command WorkStation. The purpose of ImageEnhance is to allow users without knowledge or access to image editing tools (such as Photoshop etc.) to quickly enhance images within a PDF document such as a corporate newsletter. ImageEnhance displays all the images contained in the dcoument in a list. Users can apply enhancement presets to single or multiple images. There is also an interactive mode to enhance a single image with complete control. In the interactive mode the user can see the original image and the enhanced images in a number of ways including side by side and overlayed.
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EFI Splash
EFI Splash is a software package designed specifically for the Mac. The purpose of this software is very similar to Command WorkStation, preparing files to be printed, but for a Mac. At one point Splash was a competing product offering but it was purchased by EFI and added to the list of software solutions sold by EFI. I worked on an update to an image enhancement module for Splash very similar to Image Enhance. The file list, presets, and interactive modes are similar. I added some Apple flare to the document view in the form of a coverflow navigation.
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EFI Fiery Office
EFI Fiery Office is a product designed to bring high end finishing options into the office place. It was designed to specifically target users of Microsoft Office products and is to be shipped as an Office Plug-in. With Fiery Office an office worker can quickly merge multiple documents onto one project, then apply finishing options using a highly visual 3D interface. There is also an ImageEnhance option within this product to allow office users to enhance images within their documents. I did the high level workflows for this project while a visual designer on my team did a lovely job matching the look and feel of the Microsoft Office Suite.
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- Workflows:Screens were removed from this document to the Visual UI Document. Workflows only.
- Wireframes: Wireframes are used in the workflows
EFI JDF Connector
JDF Connector was formerly a separate piece of software designed to allow operators accustomed to JDF files to print on a Fiery server. I was assigned to integrate this software into Command WorkStation without losing essential functionality and also adding some of the unique features available in Command WorkStation to JDF users. This was a pretty complex workflow, but we broke the integration into manageable phases to accomplish across two releases of Command WorkStation.
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EFI Fiery Clone Tool
Fiery Clone Tool is a system backup and recovery tool designed to allow users to clone their Fiery Servers after a system had been installed and configured. In the event of a failure a Fiery server can be restored to its original configuration with minimal downtime. Fiery clone tool can be used from the BIOS or from direct interface with the Fiery server itself using the buttons and LCD built into the Fiery server box. The screens and spec below are from the BIOS version of the Fiery Clone Tool. The flash prototype is from the LCD version.
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EFI Fiery Central
Fiery Central is a software interface into a Fiery Central server. A Fiery central Server is designed to network multiple Fiery servers and provide load balancing to split very large jobs across many different printers. Fiery Central offers a tool to create reusable workflows that can be assigned to jobs in order to automate production. Originally it had a very different look from Command Workstation. My job in this project was to match the implement Fiery Central with the same look and feel as Command WorkStation.
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EFI Interface Design Guidelines
I created these interface design guidelines to assist developers and other members of my design team achieve a consistent look across our many software offerings. To create these guidelines I worked with the guidelines distributed by both Microsoft and Apple to come up with a multi-platform set of guidelines for EFI. In addition to these guidelines, I created a small library of layered Photoshop files with common UI components and their states. This greatly improved the speed of the design process.
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- Splash Screens: Details and dimensions for splash screens, copyright info, and branding.
- About Screens: launching about screens, dimensions, scrolling content
- About Plugin Screens: launching, dimensions, OS fonts
- Push Buttons: dimensions, spacing, Windows and Mac
- Combo Boxes:dimensions, spacing, Windows and Mac
- Steppers/Spinners:dimensions, spacing, Windows and Mac
- Steps Panel: icons, branching
- Navigation:button placement, optional help
- Layout:Pixel dimensions, content areas
EMC NetWorker Console
EMC NetWorker Console is part of a family of backup and restore software applications. Launched from a web browser, it is a java based Enterprise level application. NetWorker Console allows a corporate network administrator to schedule the backup and restore options for a network of servers and the client machines they are scheduled to backup. The NetWorker software is used by companies and organizations who cannot afford to lose information due to a disaster or system failure. This includes banks, credit card companies, and government agencies. Customers include Citigroup, Visa, the Kennedy Presidential Library, and the White House.
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EMC NetWorker Admin
EMC NetWorker Admin is a version of NetWorker which is installed on each NetWorker server. NetWorker Admin allows a network administrator to schedule the backup and restore options for the client machines that are assigned to the server.
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EMC NetWorker User
EMC NetWorker User is the version of NetWorker which is installed on all networked client machines. This software talks to the server and performs the backup and restore actions for the machine it sits on.
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EMC User Profiles
The EMC user profiles were part of a larger user personas project planned by my team at EMC. These profiles were made into large posters which were displayed outside the User Experience Lab along with artifacts obtained from site visits.
Saba
Saba is a web application focusing on corporate training and human resource management. I designed the layout of the login screen and the course transcripts as well as creating the icons for the navigation.
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Meebo.com
Meebo.com is a web browser based IM service which can consolidate all your instant messaging IDs and services in one portable place on the web. This means you can chat with all your contacts from one window. There is no download required to use the service, so you are also free to chat from any computer with internet access. I designed a consistent look for the homepage, forum, and blog. I also created a few basic skin options for the IM screen.
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CarmelHelene.com
The official website of pop singer Carmel Helene. Carmel is currently on tour with Miley Cyrus and in her off time working on her new album.
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SeaportCenter.com
Website of the Seaport Conference Center in Redwood City, CA
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Robot
An engineer friend of mine invited me to see the robots he was building in Mountain View, CA. He asked for my professional advice about the robot from a Human Computer Interaction perspective. The robot at the time was 6 feet tall and looked like a dead ringer for the Terminator. I joked that he could do a photo op with our then new Governor. Seriously though, this huge robot is intimidating. I told him that to have a consumer robot the design would have to be very friendly and unthreatening. I told him to make it much smaller, more like my own petite 5 foot stature. I told him that the body shape should be androgynous. I also told him that instead of spending years perfecting walking, which also required the robot be permanently tethered to a large air compressor to power the leg muscles, he should combine a torso with his homebrew Segway. I told him that the head would be crucial because as humans we tend to look at faces to make snap decisions about other people and their intentions. If he didn’t want people thinking he was building and army of killer robots, the face had to be innocent looking with very large eyes. I was thinking a bit about how the character designer of ET made an alien lovable to a human audience. I also said, the eyes must be blue LEDs. Avoid red! Everyone knows robots with red LED eyes are up to no good. Later that day I sent him a design for the head. Below is my original head design and the final consumer product.
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Current Projects
I always have a bunch of projects in one stage or another. The two I’m focusing on most right now are porting traditional board games from Enginuity Games to an electronic form for the iPhone. My prototypes are in flash. I’m also working on gestural interface innovations for the Wiimote project. For the Wiimote project I built my own IR pen from a Wii-shaped candy dispenser, a Bic pen, a Vishay IR LED, and a momentary button purchased from Radio Shack. Using software downloaded from Boonjin.com I’ve turned my plasma tv into an interactive whiteboard. I can also use my Wiimote to click on buttons, links, manipulate objects/windows, and surf the internet. By turning the wiimote to face me rather than the screen I can manipulate these things in the air using my IR pen 5 feet away from my plasma tv. Plans are shaping up for a finger glove with a thumb activated button and IR tip.
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Icons
These icons were mostly created for EMC, but there are also some icons created for Saba, Meebo, and EFI. My icon style is clean and modern with soft edges and drop shadows. I pay attention to color and try to consider the various places where an icon will be used so that the screen as a whole will be well balanced. I create icons in vector format for perfect scaling then optimize the icon for each size and file type. Check back for iPhone style icons coming soon!
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