Lorin Halpert
- Multidisciplinary background in user experience, design, business and web development.
- Technical experience: XD, UX, JS, HTML, CSS, PHP, SPAs, PWAs, Tableau, Power BI, Adobe Suite, Office 365 Suite/admin, G Suite admin.
- Co-founded the BarCraft esports movement.
- Volunteers time to QA projects of interest. Currently: Star Citizen. Previously: Antumbra, BlackBerry 10, Dota 2, MediaMonkey, Winamp.
- Enjoys tea, pinball, raw minerals and art with a heavy dose of texture. Blogs infrequently.
You should contact me via email, twitter, or linkedin.
“@danthat @chetfaliszek not ... crispy... enough... 🔥”@Lorin posted at 1:21PM 17/10/2020
- My repositories
- faviconCacher
- my-productivity-stack
- pdmd
- php-ref
- pink-trombone
- rainmeterWorldclock
- trelloBlur
- I'm following 30 other repos
- js1k
- twemoji
- proofs
- materialdesignweb
- speedlify
- spec
- ZzFX
- onedev
- wsl2-php-development
- Cooltipz.css
- hyperdrive
- 98.css
- beamsplitter
- lighthouse
- pose-animator
- htm
- esbuild
- nw.js
- api-now
- til
- actix
- swoole-futures
- lifxjs
- tc39.github.io
- first-order-model
- humanbeans-clock
- heapify
- php-ref
- drogon
- preact
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.
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
↕ Miles Davis - processed negative and contact print
↑ Bruce Springsteen ↓ Dolly Parton
↓ Sonny Terry
↓ John Lennon - contact print
2014 Design Highlights
Shirt design, WeLoveFine
E81 hybrid Nokia / HP WebOS device mockup 2011
Non-obstructing walkway solution using reclaimed utility poles, OCAD 2010
Brand refresh + turntable slipmat, Ravetrax
2007 #1 , #2 , #3 , #4 Animated banners, WTFServe Forum targeted ad campaign
Inspiration
I admire Simon Luthi, Paul Irish, Jeff Atwood, Ricardo Cabello, Sam Javanrouh, Tommy Emmanual and many others...