This is a list of some of my personal projects. I haven't been paid for these things (...yet?!), and I work on them outside of my role as a professional user experience designer.
User Experience Design
Check out my professional portfolio for my UX work. If you want to know more, feel free to contact me on twitter at @corychainsman
Works in Progress
- Histomap of World History - an attempt to remake John B. Sparks's 1931 timeline of world history with D3JS. More Info: codepen
- Raspberry Pi Christmas Lights animator - a front end to send key-frame animations to a string of addressable Christmas lights. More Info: codepen
Software
- Max Slack Emoji - A Slack bot to repeat an emoji the maximum number of times allowed by the Slack API. More Info: writeup | codepen webapp prototype
- 3D Color Spaces - 3-Dimensional representations of a couple colorspaces (So far RGB and HSL) using Three.js. More Info: RGB Cube | ""HSL"" Cube | HSL Cylinder | HCL Bicone
- Submarine WebVR Test - I'm playing around with Mozilla's A-Frame WebVR framework. This is a Google Cardboard-compatible 3D space with a little submarine and some bubbles. Collaboration with fellow designer/developer @efburke More Info: Submarine site | Space shapes site
- PixelPrinter - A web app to make parameterized pixelated 3D-printable objects from images by selecting a few representative colors. Complete with 3D STL viewer! More Info: website | github | writeup
- TellMeAStory.Today - a NaNoGenMo 2014 project showcasing how absurd it is that some browsers don't show the full URL in the URL bar. More Info: website | github | very brief writeup
- Github-Starred-to-Pinboard - a python script to automatically add rich data about Github starred items to pinboard. More Info: github
- CMC - A former theme for this website. More Info: github
Hardware
- Raspberry Pi Water Sensor - instructions and code to make a homemade sensor to detect water/moisture. I used it in my parents' basement. More Info: github | fritzing
- 3D Printed Tea Cup & Saucer - I modeled a cup and saucer as a gift for my girlfriend, but I couldn't get it printed in time for the holidays. So, I hand-drew a QR code in a card that linked to the website so she could at least enjoy the sentiment at the right time. More Info: website | github
- General 3D printing stuff - I've built and maintained a couple of 3D printers, and this is a subset of my settings/models/whatnot. More Info: github | thingiverse
Talks
- A (Mostly) Visual Guide to 3D Printing for Beginners - A GIF-filled presentation about how 3D printers work, and how to design objects for FFD 3D printing. More info: Slides on Google Slides | Slides as PPTX
- Librarians & Wikipedia - Opportunities for librarians getting started with Wikipedia More info: Slides as PDF | Slides as PPTX
Other
- Supercut of NPR's Ofeibea Quist-Arcton saying ""Dakar"" - because her voice is just so good when she says it... More Info: soundcloud
- Alfred workflow for changing screenshot settings on the fly. More Info: packal repo
- T-shirt design for Earl Gregg Swem Library. More Info: press release