Hi, I’m Jonathan. I live in Minneapolis, and I make websites. I’m into design, theology, justice, and grace.
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A blog about design, faith, and how they work together. View All Posts
July 16, 2016
I believe abolition of the prison industrial complex is the right goal to pursue in the movement for black lives. This wasn’t always the case, and I’d like to take a look at how and why I’ve become convinced. This is how that journey has proceeded for me.
October 27, 2015
I went to a conference a couple weeks ago called Identity, Theology, & Place: Reinhabiting the Mississippi Watershed. For a bit of context, I’ve lived in this Mississippi Watershed for just over a year, after moving to Minneapolis from Atlanta last October.
November 13, 2014
I’ve recently been doing some customization of MailChimp forms – essentially just wrapping the data in our own HTML so we can style it. While doing this, specifically with the Update Profile form that subscribers can click in the footer of emails, I ran into issues where the checkboxes were not correctly checked, leaving users with no way of understanding which newsletters they might already be subscribed to.
Collecting amazing and interesting things on the web. View All Items
May 26, 2015
design / mobile / user experience
It’s time to recognise that this is the wrong approach. We shouldn’t try to compete with native apps in terms set by the native apps. Instead, we should concentrate on the unique web selling points: its reach, which, more or less by definition, encompasses all native platforms, URLs, which are fantastically useful and don’t work in a native environment, and its hassle-free quality.
May 9, 2015
Any portfolio is the start of a conversation. It needs to invite discussion, further questioning, and that all important call-back.
May 6, 2015
design / design research / journey map / user experience / user research
Every experience could blend into the aether and let me get on with life. Instead, video ads auto-play at full volume just when I thought I had my work computer muted, my “smart” coffee maker takes 10 steps to brew a new pot, and every new app download asks for information that I’m not sure I want to give up. I’m constantly bombarded with dumb experiences, but we can make them smarter with ultra-contextual design. Context-aware systems provide information and utilities to people based on the tasks they are trying to accomplish.
My work happens in my day job, and occasionally on interesting side projects. View My Work
I've spent the past several years in various roles at MinnPost, Emory University, AirWatch, and CareerBuilder.com in Minneapolis and Atlanta. I've consulted on projects locally and in other places across North America.
I do design strategy, design research, user interface design, and build responsive websites with HTML5 and CSS. I'm passionate about discovering and solving problems, learning about people to make things they like to use, and beautiful interfaces.