From Joomla! to WordPress
Holy cow, I never thought that I’d be free from the shackles of my outdated Joomla! CMS, which still lurks in the shadows here: http://genelu.com/v1/. When viewing the old site, click on the links to...
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Hack-o-Ween 2010/11
For the past couple of Halloweens, I’ve come to really enjoy hacking together costumes. Seeing everyday objects in a different light and turning them into makeshift props is one of the most gratifying...
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Dumbledore and the Golden Wand of Illumination
Over this past holiday break, I took some time out to work on a gift for Sera who’s a huge fan of Harry Potter and not so much of the dark. Combining the two, I decided to build her a Dumbledore night...
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Prototyping Your Next iOS App Directly on Your Mac
Note: This quick tutorial is for people that are using Macs and are familiar with Fireworks and its page linking capabilities. In recent years, there have been many ways to quickly prototype an iOS...
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Why You Should Work at a Startup While Going to Graduate School
Two years ago, I wrote an article for SVA’s Interaction Design department while attending the program. Although it has been a while, I had the urge to dig it up from SVA’s site specifically because...
View ArticleNike 1thology, It’s Alive!
A few days ago, Nike and R/GA launched (soft) the Nike 1thology Facebook app that I worked on a while back. It looks and works amazing and it would not have been possible without the help of Mariola...
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NikeFuel Stickers: Contextualizing a New Metric
The Nike FuelBand was released earlier this year and with it, came a new metric, NikeFuel (NF). A lot of people had questions like “What is NikeFuel?” or “How is it calculated?”. I myself wasn’t sure...
View ArticleThink to Prototype, Prototype to Think
August 1, 2012 After working at R/GA for well over a year, this has been at the top of my mind for a while. For now, I’m leaving this post as a reminder for me to finish this thought later on. Do check...
View ArticleDocumenting Your Prototype
Hey folks, I just updated the tapotype site with a quick tutorial on how to move your Fireworks/TAP prototype into documentation in InDesign. In hindsight, this seemed obvious, but after a lot of...
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Run of Thrones
It’s been a while since I’ve last posted about anything and it’s mostly because I’ve been busy with work. I could post about work, but it would require me to then jump over many corporate hurdles since...
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Nike+ Running Tumblr
nikeplusrunning.tumblr.com In August 2013, we (R/GA and Nike) released the photo sharing feature in the Nike+ Running app. Photo sharing enables runners to visualize their run journeys by giving them...
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Game of Thrones Red Carpet Event
In early March, I got an email from someone on behalf of HBO. We want to thank you for supporting Game of Thrones over the past three Seasons and as one of our top NYC based superfans, we would love to...
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Lose Yourself
April 8, 2014 The Shushwap region was and is considered by the Indian people to be a rich place: rich in salmon and game, rich in below-ground food resources such as tubers and roots—a plentiful land....
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The Unsinkable Chair Project
6 months ago, I moved to Portland, Oregon for both work and for a change of pace from the NYC grind. I was warned that the city was a rainy and gloomy place, but 6 months ago, it was summer. According...
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The Finish Line at the NYC Half 2015
From watches to phones, split shorts to long tights, here’s a brief look at the variety of runners that finished at this year’s United NYC Half. Full video can be found here: Find Your Finish on...
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Running Routes
Here’s a collection of run routes that I’ve mapped out and completed over the past couple of years. I’ve also included turn-by-turn directions for Run Wars, which is located under each route. May the...
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Pokémon and Nike iD
A self-initiated project with Duncan Hoge that showcases Pokémon-inspired Nike shoes created with the Nike iD Builder. It’s called Poké iD. Caught up in the recent Pokémon GO craze, we wanted to...
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About Me
At Work I started at R/GA New York in 2011. In 2014 I moved to Portland, OR where I’ve been building, managing and mentoring a team of talented UX designers at R/GA in Portland, OR. As the UX lead for...
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Infauxgraphics, Beware!
Like most people in the design community, I love infographics. Instead of having your eyes glaze over while looking at a set of numbers, they report and clarify data through a visualized narrative. To...
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The Economic Ripple Effect of Investing in Education
A couple of weeks ago, fellow interaction designer and data visualization enthusiast, Sera Koo and I worked together on a challenge put out by Visualizing.org. The challenge, to visualize the economic...
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