Timeline

2026

• Shipped Dia's new chat
• Presented Dia's new chat via livestream
• Rebuilt my photography website

2025

• Shipped Dia
• The Browser Company acquired by Atlassian
• Shipped Dia to beta
• Wrote about the strategy behind Dia's design
• Designed Dia's core browsing experience

2024

• Shipped Quick Journal for iOS
• Started at The Browser Company
• Started Mission Control
• Shipped Safari in macOS Sequoia and iOS 18

2023

• Shipped Safari in macOS Sonoma and iOS 17
• Sold MOON to Alba Studio

2022

• Shipped Safari in macOS Ventura and iOS 16
• Received D&AD Award for iOS 15

2021

• Shipped Safari in macOS Monterey and iOS 15
• Received D&AD Award for iOS 14
• Received FCC Chair's Award for iOS 14
• Recorded DJ mixes

2020

• Shipped Location Privacy in iOS 14
• Shipped Sound Recognition in iOS 14
• Shipped Adaptive Lighting for Home in iOS 14
• Shipped Doorbells for Home in iOS 14
• Designed and built maps for Onward VR
• Designed and built worlds for VRChat
• Streamed weekly live DJ mixes

2019

• Started at Apple — Human Interface Design Team
• Shipped Product Catalog in WhatsApp

2018

• Shipped Group Descriptions in WhatsApp
• Shipped Announcement Groups in WhatsApp
• Shipped Group Catchup in WhatsApp
• Shipped Message Menu in WhatsApp
• Shipped Forward Message Indicator in WhatsApp

2017

• Shipped Status in WhatsApp
• Shipped Contact Info in WhatsApp
• Shipped Swipe to Reply in WhatsApp
• Shipped Photo Filters in WhatsApp
• Shipped Photo Albums in WhatsApp
• Shipped Chat Search in WhatsApp
• Shipped Pop Crop in WhatsApp
• Started Bread Time podcast with Gabriel Valdivia
• Received Webby Honoree Award for MOON

2016

• Started at WhatsApp — designer number four
• Shipped Facebook Groups Icon
• Shipped Facebook Groups Recent Tab
• Shipped Facebook Live in Groups
• Shipped Framer Snippets Library

2015

• Shipped Facebook Groups Composer
• Shipped Facebook Groups Comment Replies
• Shipped Facebook Groups Updates
• Shipped Tao Daily
• Published in Polygon for Destiny app redesign

2014

• Shipped Privacy Checkup in Facebook
• Shipped Privacy Selector in Facebook
• Shipped Today's Birthdays in Facebook

2013

• Started at Facebook
• Shipped MOON
• Shipped Duo
• Shipped Blind
• Started work at Electric Pulp

2012

• Shipped product stories for Wright
• Highlighted by Communication Arts for Wright
• Highlighted by STA Chicago for Wright

2011

• Shipped redesigned website for Wright
• Shipped mobile experience for Wright

2010

• Released third solo album
• Played Mass Effect 2 to completion

2009

• Started work at Wright Auction
• Destroyed thesis as performance art
• Graduated from UIC — MFA

2008

• Released second solo album
• First independent art show

2007

• Started MFA in Photography at UIC
• Studied photography at Columbia College Chicago
• Released second Sally album
• Recorded second Sally album at Electrical Audio

2006

• Released second Sally e.p.
• Toured with Sally
• Released first solo album

2005

• Toured with Sally
• Played first solo show
• Released first Sally e.p.

2004

• Released first Sally album
• Recorded first Sally album at Gravity Studios

2003

• Graduated from DePaul University — BA Economics
• Played first Sally show
• Formed the band Sally