June 6, 2022

Reserve Marketplace: Chat-Based Crypto Marketplace

Cryptocurrencies and blockchain technologies are some of the hottest areas in tech right now. But for as popular as they are in the USA, for some developing countries with currencies in crisis, they can literally be a lifeline thanks to so-called "stablecoins," whose value is pegged to the US dollar. Reserve is one such stablecoin.

For this Dash Careers design challenge, I spent a week creating a new chat-based marketplace app for Android where business is conducted exclusively in Reserve currency.

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May 22, 2022

Mixtape: Playlists With a Personal Touch

In an age of algorithms and auto-generated playlists, the personal touch of sharing music has been lost. Most music sharing apps emphasize collaboration, but don’t have features to let users express the thoughts and feelings that went into creating a playlist, which is a deeply personal process.

Mixtape, an app concept I created for a Dash Careers design challenge, seeks to put the “social” back in social playlist creation and sharing.

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