Online Work: Slate Magazine

I currently work as a developer at Slate Magazine, where I am responsible for our technology team’s front-end work and our relations with the editorial, design and business teams. Below are some site projects in which I had a leadership or other major role.

Slate’s 2006 Redesign
Our two-person development team launched the site’s total visual revamp in record time, offering Slate users new features, functionality and efficiency.

Slate V 2007 Launch
With a tight, one-month deadline to get our innovative new video magazine off the ground, I took on cross-departmental roles — including a successful pitch for the site’s name — to get the site up and running.

Slate Widgets
Capitalizing on the popularity of widgets, or portable content that can be used on other sites, we launched our Bushisms widget based on Slate’s popular feature by Jacob Weisberg.

Gutenberg Content Management System
We make regular updates to publishing functionality through Slate’s CMS, known as Gutenberg, to facilitate easier publishing and site maintenance for Slate’s editors. In 2007 I initiated a code cleanup that reduced page-load time on the site by an average of more than 1.5 seconds.

The Fray 2007 Redesign
In partnership with Cisco and with an external contractor, we redesigned and recoded the functionality for Slate’s popular discussion forum, The Fray.

Slate Blogs
In fall 2007 Slate launched a spate of blogs on a new platform, with The XX Factor and Trailhead leading the way. We continue to upgrade the platform and add new blogs to the site’s stable.