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NCAA Stadium Sounds http://www.ncaastadiumsounds.com Over the past two decades, the sport of college football has seen an exponential growth in fans from all walks of life. The experience inside the college stadium is still one of the most unique traditions in the entire world of sports. In 2007, my brother and I set out to capture one of the most recognizable parts of that tradition - the marching band fight song. Using various college football bulletin boards and videos from around the country, we were able to accumulate a large volume of public-domain clips that were unique to each college campus and each team's legacy. In 2008, when EA Sports added the ability to play custom sounds within their NCAA Football video game franchise, the traffic to the website took off and has seen rapid growth since then. The ever-evolving input from college football fans has allowed us to stay current and keep up with new additions to the college football world. |
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Green Surf Nicaragua http://www.greensurfnicaragua.com Located along a private beach on the west coast of north-central Nicarauga, GreenSurf Nicaragua is one of the premiere surf tour companies in Central America. In order to set themselves apart from the hundreds of other surf tours along the coast, the founders of GreenSurf contacted me to build a unique website that would emphasize and highlight their unique style. From start to finish, the mission of GreenSurf was to show just how active the surf is in and around their tour area. I was able to set up an advanced update tool that would allow GreenSurf to publish daily surf reports, photos, and videos, as well as showcase general information about their company. This constant interaction with their potential customers has become a vital part of their business strategy and continues to push GreenSurf Nicaragua into the upper echelon of surf tours in the world. |
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The Vulcan Review After moving to Birmingham in 2007, I spent many lunch breaks and dinners seeking out hidden places in Birmingham that weren't getting the recognition they deserved. This project began as lengthy list of every restaurant in the city that I forwarded to friends asking for recommendations. Many of them had never even heard of some of these places - or had heard of, and despite having lived in Birmingham their entire life, had never been to. I started The Vulcan Review in the fall of 2007 and it caught on pretty quickly thanks to the explosion in Twitter activity around that time. The restaurant database was maintained as well as I could but it was tough to keep up with major sites like Yelp and UrbanSpoon that came paired with apps. Despite that, we were able to publicize the site and gain almost 800 user-generated reviews for various restaurants in the city. I still believe that locally-run review sites are more informative and honest but the business model was just not there to generate profit. In January of 2012, I chose not to renew the domain name. |