Snippets & Artifacts
On this page, you'll find several smaller samples of technical writing and graphics I've created for various projects. These projects range from coding documentation to both hypothetical and client-driven UX design projects. Enjoy!
A Ruby Gem for Simplifying your JSON
Back in my software engineering days, I created a Ruby Gem while working for XapiX.io, a SaaS company specializing in data conversions and API simplification. A big part of any interaction with an API is data formatting, particularly the JSON most REST APIs require for information delivery. After spending many hours manually typing out Javascript objects, I suggested to our CTO that we could make a simple web tool allowing a user to type in key-value pairs and have them automatically converted to JSON format. I was given the task of creating the tool myself, which our CTO suggested I offer as a Ruby Gem for others who might benefit from the tool. I'm proud to say that, over the years, my Gem has been downloaded by others over 5,000 times!
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In creating the Gem, I also wrote the documentation for its use. You can find the documentation here on the Gem's Github page, and you can visit the Rubygems.org page here. Additionally, you can view the original markdown text here.
A User Journey for a Live-event Ticket Purchasing App
As a UX design student, I had the pleasure of designing an app to buy last-minute live-event tickets. We completed the entire project from initial scope and research through ideation, low and hi-fidelity mockups, and an interactive prototype. We also produced several supplemental materials, such as user personas, competitive matrices, and--my favorite artifact--a user journey map, which I personally created. I'm a big fan of supplemental graphics for any project or form of documentation. Since a majority of people are visual learners, they enhance a user's experience and understanding of the material several times over.​
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Click the image below to see the full map. To see my portfolio page for the entire UX project, click here.
