eli curtis gregory
dauntless development
“Able” or aptly, “ability” is quite the remarkable word. The word ability, is in and of itself empowering. An ability is a skill or a tool that can be used to solve a problem. Now with the word "ability" as an aggregate within another word, the word is further empowered because now the "ability" knows why that problem needs to be solved.
For example there must be credibility between those with whom we do business. We must be conscious of the sustainability for things we produce and consume. Technologies should be built with extensibility so as to maximize their potential. People should be rewarded for their accountability, no more blaming the ‘other guy’. By keeping our word, we are being forthright with ourselves while also demonstrating honorability to others.
The symbiotic relationship between the word ability and a certain few remarkable words in the English language parallels that of my relationship with the desire to build.
To the depths.
Apps are the future of commerce, communication and computing. In recent years, consumers have overwhelmingly chose mobile computing devices at an exponential rate as compared with their desktop computer counterparts. We need to evolve.
I am an independent iPhone application developer, designer and distributer. With five steady years of experience developing apps for the iOS mobile platform and three apps, two of which are available in the app store, I continue to gain knowledge in the area of iPhone App development and design.
Ahh, the web. A place where you can learn, teach, talk and buy. The possibilities are endless, surfs up.
Collaborative Web Work
Arts Edge: An online resource for teachers, students and parents to integrate the arts into other areas of academia in response to budge cuts of the arts. My job: Update old, maintain current, and produce new interactive web content and media. [link]
WhatsGoingOnNow.org: A campaign that was contracted through the John F. Kennedy Center for the performing arts which honors the 40th anniversary of Marvin Gaye’s historic album ‘What’s Going On’ by asking the youth of today to supply input discussing the social issues of today. My Job: Quality Assurance of the Kennedy Center’s WGON campaign pre-launch, integral to the successful launch of the site, following up with the maintenance of the quality of the site. [link]
BloomingtonHeraldTimesOnline.com: Online edition of the Bloomington Herald Times, Bloomington Indiana. My Job: As intern, I was in charge of a project the HTO developed so as to document Bloomington’s gravesites for the purpose of general curiosity or genealogical study. Currently, this project still remains under construction. [link]
Independent Web Development
Dana Farber Harvard Cancer Center: OncoFertility, preservation and survivorship support. My Job: To build an intranet website for doctors to demonstrate to their patients the OncoFertility treatment and survivorship options.
TwitterBot: Developed a ‘TwitterBot’ that posts automatically a daily tweet boosting @ArtsEdge’s twitter prescence. Today's Tweet:
CMS Experience
SiteCore
Drupal
Square Space
Web Advertising Experience
Flash advertising
Still advertisement design for web
Design Experience
My first foray into print media dates back to my high school days where I was appointed to be the director of photography for the nationally recognized Rockville Rampage newspaper [2 years]. There, notably, our newspaper won NSPA Gold Crown award, individually I won first place in the sports photojournalism contest and our team collectively published a textbook by high school journalists for high school journalists.
It is no surprise, then, that my interest in newspaper publication continued into college where I worked for 2 years at the Indiana Daily student at Indiana University where I was involved with the award winning creative design team of the advertising department. Throughout my time there I contributed to producing 50 ads per week, which ran daily. In addition, I was put in charge of two in-house ad-marketing campaigns: IDS Spring Housing Fair 2010 & WFIU’s Jazz Appreciation Month.
As an art student (minor) at Indiana University, I was further privilege to take a variety of design classes focusing on areas such as:
Digital Art/Design: Taught to grasp the gamut of professional printing from design and pre-print techniques to packaging and post-production.
Print Making: Explored various print making techniques including lithography, screen-printing, etching, and wood engraving.
Typography: Was given access to the Henry Radford Hope school of Fine Arts Type shop and got to use 100+ year-old Vandercook printing presses.
2D/3D Art: Experimented with various illustration, painting, ceramics and wire building techniques.
