Instead of silly animations with sliding boxes, I use Flash to develop tools for quick deployment across different applications
Electoral demographics map
A mash-up of Census, exit poll and other data to create a picture of what the 2008 election might look like. Users can adjust turnout and vote preferences of different demographic groups to determine how things might shake-out in November.
Confectionary for MIT Media Lab
With Upstatement I created a Flash-based story editor and viewer. It allowed users to create 'electronic postcards' with photos, text and video to share and send to their friends.
Manny Ramirez home runs
As the Red Sox slugger closses in on 500 HRs, this Flash app sorts/charts/maps 'em. Made with the help of data expert Eric Bauer and JavaScript wiz Alan Taylor.
Animated video bumper
Made to be used in front of videos on chron.com. Never used, though. Free to a good home.
2008 candidate finder
Groups a series of reports covering the issues of the 2008 race. The Flash piece compares the user's selections against answers given by the 15 presidential hopefuls to return the closest match.
International Space Station construction
Collaboration with Alberto Cuadra. My first project entirely in ActionScript 3.0 and OOP.
CHIPping Away game with Nick Anderson
A co-production with Pulitzer Prize-winning cartoonist Nick Anderson.
Missile Defense
Another interactive cartoon/game with Nick Anderson.
Tribute timeline
This is an XML-driven timeline for quickly assembling a memorial package following or leading up to a death. The entire piece is XML-based. So if Rosalynn Carter (or any non-former First Lady) died tomorrow, an editor could update the file with new photos and info without use of Flash. Don't believe me? Download the source files for yourself.
Quiz tool
(Another) XML-driven tool to create quizes. In addition to adding photos (as seen in the Harry Potter Quiz) the template can also handle audio clips and image questions.
Campaign contribution map
This interactive map shows a breakdown of giving across different zip codes in the Houston Area. The piece is powered by PHP and a MySQL database.
About Jared
I'm a designer and developer in the Boston area specializing in Flash. I work for The Boston Globe the newsroom developer. I play guitar and make steak.
Friends & enemies
Upstatement.com is a full-service web design and development firm in Boston
Mike Swartz is a freelance designer and illustrator in Boston. In 2007 he invented ToastCream.
Rob Howard and Dave Altschul's divshare.com is the best place on the web to store and share files for free. Great for posting audio and video to your blog. As not seen in the Wall Street Journal.
Elyse Andrews is a copy editor at Newsday and my co-pilot from Daily Orange days.
Chase Davis is a world-renowned expert in computer assisted reporting, he also has a blog at the coolest domain name on earth.
Meg Loucks is the Chronicle's ace videographer.
Lindsay Meeks is a New York videographer at the NY Daily News.
Alberto Cuadra is the best news graphics artist around.
Justin Young's magic news site at itricks.com will keep you informed of all the latest tricks illusions.
Resume
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