Lorin Halpert

A selfless lifelong learner with a multidisciplinary background in user experience, design, business operations and web development.
Technical experience - business and technical writing, experience design, UX, JavaScript, HTML, CSS, PHP, Adobe Creative Suite, Tableau, Microsoft Power BI, Office 365 Suite & administration, Google Workplace administration, and so much more.
Personnel experience - technical project management, volunteer management, issue tracking and prioritization.
Founded Barcraft, an esport community management platform.
Enjoys tea, pinball, and art with a heavy dose of texture. Used to blog.

You should contact me via email, twitter, or linkedin.

Currently volunteering time… as condo board president and providing quality assurance for projects of personal interest. Currently Chromium, Star Citizen, and Antlion Audio. Previously Dota 2, BlackBerry 10 OS, MediaMonkey and Winamp🦙

I commented on issue #15645 at GitLab.org / GitLab @Lorin at 11:17am on Nov 9th, 2023

album cover I'm currently listening to…
Smalltown Boy by Bronski Beat off the The Age of Consent album.
247,780 songs logged since April 2004

Articles & Achivements

August 8th, 2014 Interviewed by GosuGamers
April 9, 2012 Quoted by VegasINC
August 22, 2011 Quoted by BlogTO (WSJ scooped)
2014 Paypal BattleHack Toronto participant
2012 NYSE opening bell ceremony participant, Startup Weekend
2010 Lead the 'Changing the World' category winning team, Startup Weekend Toronto

UX Philosophy

Streamlined, data driven, intuitive.

The greatest user experience is invisible and innate. An intuitive experience is best when driven by research data; personal intuition may not reflect that of the project's primary personas. Iterate, iterate, iterate.

2014 Valve Software, Dota 2

Collecting, digitizing and creating over 165 game-ready assets of player, production and workshop contributor autographs during The International tournament. Collaborated with multiple on-site translators and staff.

Released as in-game update as well as redeemable cards given out by professional players to personalize virtual cosmetic items.

Example of digitized autographs within game

Animated Emoticons - Dota 2 Workshop, Valve Software

Bounty Rune
Exploding Gold
Being Salty
Hooked Em'
Give Diretide!
Sprout
Too Cool
4x Multicast
The Cheese

In-game branding for Chinese eSports teams Invictus Gaming and NewBee

2010 Estate of David Gahr, Getty Images

Technical planning, purchasing, oversight and documentation of digitization efforts; leading to a smooth and successful acquisition by Getty Images.

Personally processed and restored high value negatives, color slides, and contact prints featuring: Andy Warhol, Allen Ginsberg, Arethra Franklin, Billy Joel, Bob Dylan, Bruce Springsteen, Dolly Parton, Elton John & Bernie Taupin, Eric Clapton, Georgia O'Keefe, Herbie Hancock, Janis Joplin, John Lennon, Miles Davis, Phil Collins, Rolling Stones, Simon & Garfunkel, Ted Nugent, and many others.

Imagery later used in USPS "forever" stamp designs (Miles Davis, Janis Joplin).

Work samples © David Gahr Estate, Getty Images