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Meus Momentos Gigantes

Client: 

Claro/Google

Claro South America was looking for a way to connect with customers throughout the Rio Olympics. I led the development of a custom time-sensitive gallery which integrated multiple social media accounts and matched user photos with olympic moments.A custom backend was built which processed the photos through a nudity filter before being available for real-time moderation.

At the end of the olympics users were invited to create a dynamic video which used their timeline photos. A custom video with the user’s photos could be then uploaded to youtube.

role/skills

  • Lead Architect
  • Lead Developer (Front End)
  • Dynamic Video Creation
  • Google Cloud Platform
  • Docker
  • ECMA 6
  • ffmpeg

Mad Libs

Client: 

Kettle/Penguin

The immensely popular word game Mad Lib’s needed a digital reboot. The goal was to create a highly addictive, scaleable, cross-platform application. All under a very tight deadline. I led the development as well as helped guide the creative process insuring a successful launch. The game has been downloaded +2 million times and was featured in the iTunes essential categories. It was also built to implement a smart template system which allowed for multiple white label versions of the app: WWE, Family Guy, Hello Kitty!, Adventure Time etc…

Apple loved the app so much they tweeted about it upon release. NBD.

role/skills

  • Lead Architect
  • Lead Developer
  • iOS Development
  • Titanium
  • Backbone

McDonald's Burger Showdown

Client: 

Cossette/McDonalds

I built a burger building platform for McDonald’s Chicago. This was all custom software built using PIXI.js as the rendering engine. There were two phases to this campaign, burger building and voting. Each phase required a custom frontend and backend.

The campaign and platform was reused in multiple markets. In New Zealand, someone forgot to update and use the profanity filter we implemented. This resulted in bad press and a virile article about inappropriate burger names. Remember kids, always use a profanity filter.x

role/skills

  • Lead Architect
  • Lead Developer
  • PIXI.js
  • Node
  • Backbone

Coke Zero Drinkable Billboard

Client: 

Ogilvy/Coke

I led the front-end development for the user experience of the Coke Drinkable Commercial/Billboard. During major sporting events users were encouraged to ‘shazam’ a Coke TV spot. They were then sent a text message providing a link to redeem a free coke zero coupon.

You can read more about the project in adweek.

role/skills

  • Lead Front-end Developer
  • Backend Developer
  • Node

McDonald's Interactive Billboard

Client: 

Bossa/McDonalds

A one time experience which ran days before Christmas and was located in Piccadilly Circus. A floating Christmas cracker was displayed on a prominent billboard. Users were then encouraged to connect to the billboard via their smartphone. Once two people connected the first person to swipe would receive a prize.

role/skills

  • Lead Architect
  • OpenFrameworks
  • Node
  • WebSockets

og portfolio

Client: 

me/myself/i

My old portfolio built CoffeeScript using CoffeePhysics and my custom grunt process for parsing SVG files. Fun little diddy which showcases some of my older interactive work for clients such as IBM and UBS. Also be sure to check out some of my old experiments.

role/skills

  • JavaScript
  • SVG
  • CoffeeScript

Call Me on My Cellphone Email:   

dhaakon@gmail.com