2018 Attain Way Achievement Award Winner
In December 2018, along with my colleagues, I was privileged to receive the first quarter Attain Way Achievement Award from my employer, Attain LLC for my substantial contributions to the OSHA-NIOSH Heat Safety Tool. According to Attain: The Attain Way Achievement Award recognizes employees for their outstanding service. This internal, quarterly, peer-nominated/peer-reviewed award program honors […]
2018 Bullard-Sherwood Award
In 2018 I was the proud recipient of the prestigious NIOSH Bullard-Sherwood Award for my integral contributions to the redesign and iOS development of the OSHA-NIOSH Heat Safety Tool App. I am deeply humbled by this award and hopeful that my work might make an impact in the safety and health of the American workers. […]
OSHA-NIOSH Heat Safety Tool
In 2016 I began working for Attain, LLC as a contract employee. My first project for the National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) was to redesign and develop the Heat Safety Tool which was originally developed/contracted by OSHA. The app provides potentially life-saving information and heat index prediction to protect the lives of […]
iOS/watchOS App: Cthulhu vs. Your Mom Gold
The day the watchOS 2 version of Cthulhu vs. Your Mom Gold was released, Apple chose to feature it in the “Great Apps and Games for watchOS 2” section of the Apple Watch App Store. As of this writing, it is still being featured. Cthulhu vs. Your Mom Gold was the realization of our goal […]
iOS App: Spirit Story Box
Spirit Story Box was the first iOS App released by our fledgling company, Streamside Software. I created it (with encouragement and advice from my wife Jill) in my spare time while working for Indiana University. We released it in early July, 2013. On August 8th, it shot up in the App Store rankings reaching number 52 overall in the […]
Web Comic/iOS Blog
I started cartooning for my high school newspaper. I suppose this is the activity for which I am most remembered by my classmates. This past year I rekindled my love of cartooning and created a Web Comic/Developer Blog called NSBliss which chronicles my life as an Apple developer. Check it out at NSBliss.com or in Apple News under NSBliss.
Logo Design
I love creating logos for companies. I think what makes it so satisfying is that once a logo is finished, it kind of takes on a life of its own. It becomes an old friend that you run into in the strangest of places. I remember walking through the Indianapolis International Airport and coming upon a […]
Other Work
Filmmaking: I have studied filmmaking and started a small studio in 2013 called Two Streams Films with my wife, Jill. I am currently on hiatus from my filmmaking projects but still love to film an occasional time-lapse or promotional video. Canal Sunset (Video Hive stock footage by Roger Pingleton) Photography: Also close to my heart is nature/landscape […]
I’ve got a Golden Ticket! WWDC 2015
I was seriously, I kid you not, dreaming about golden tickets while I napped at around 4:30pm this afternoon. Tuesday I had submitted my registration to attend Apple’s WWDC 2015 conference in San Francisco (June 8-12). Acceptance (or rejection) of my submission was now up to Apple’s lottery process. That would explain the golden ticket dreams I guess. […]
How To Make A Successful App (Part Two)
As promised, I will get into some of the nitty gritty details of creating a successful app in this post, but as you can imagine, I won’t be able to cover everything. However, I will complete this series of posts as quickly as possible and give you as many resources as possible to turn to. […]