Geni is a collaborative family tree. Over 7 million users have added 110 million profiles, and 60 million of them are linked in a "world family tree." I designed and developed the family tree interface, which handles millions of interactions each day.
Time magazine named Geni one of the top sites of 2008, and it was a 2009 Adobe MAX finalist.
Yammer is the social network for your business. The company was spun out of Geni, and I designed and developed the Yammer desktop application in Adobe AIR, which became the most popular way our users interacted with Yammer.
Yammer won TechCrunch's annual startup competition, TC50, in 2008. In addition to maintaining an astounding growth rate (raised $40M with more than 125 employees), it is redefining the way companies communicate.
Between Page and Screen is a digital popup book of poetry. Amaranth Borsuk, a Mellon Post-Doctoral Fellow at MIT, wrote the poems, and I wrote the software and animations.
The book has been exhibited in numerous galleries in the United States, England, France, and Germany, and was a finalist in the Concours poésie-média Biennale Internationale des Poètes en Val-de-Marne in 2011.
Between Page and Screen is currently available from Siglio Press.
I worked at an ad agency where I built minisites and advergames for entertainment clients like Disney, Warner Bros. and Sony. Our sites for Justice League Heroes and 300: March to Glory turned out particularly well.
I also built a few sites for 686, a snowboarding company. It was 8 years ago, but it doesn't look too bad now.
Way back before that, I worked for NBC making funny short films and, even way backer, I designed MortalKombat.com and DukeNukem.com.
For a complete history of my work experience, please view my resume.
About Brad
I graduated from USC-CNTV with a degree in film production and, after a brief foray into visual effects, have worked on the web ever since. Most recently, I've worked on product and user experience for Geni and Yammer. For a complete and thrilling recap, please read my resume.
In addition to user experience, I enjoy craftmanship of all character, particularly photography, gardening, and making (with an admitted bias toward drinking) beer.
Though heretofore a lifelong Californian, I now live in Somerville, Massachusetts, and have learned to appreciate layering.
Contact
Write me at bradbouse / gmail, or find me on Twitter (@bradbouse) and LinkedIn.
