Kate Hollenbach / Projects
emdash
spring 2007
a dashboard of simple email visualizations. if you have an IMAP email account, please try it out!
chromogram
summer 2006
visualization of an individual's contributions to Wikipedia. I worked on this project during my internship at the IBM Visual Communication Lab. we used the visualization to discover common practices of Wikipedia editors. more information on this topic can be found at the chromogram project site.
hire a designer
spring 2006
a commissioning system for openstudio. lets openstudio artists create a working profile, and allows potential buyers to request works from artists they like.
save your design
fall 2005
final project for 6.831, design and implementation of user interfaces. version control for designers: for keeping track of design documents as they evolve over time. teammates: Annie Ding, Kelly Norton.
imported drivers for zowie tangible interface for os x / cocoa development. board designed by Laura Martini.
spreadsheet
spring 2005
a simple spreadsheet application, used to pass data to designers for visualizations. contained an early prototype for what later became "hire a designer."
FeedMe: RSS Client
fall 2005
final project for 6.170 (laboratory in software engineering). a pluggable RSS-client capable of supporting various feed formats, as well as IMAP. entire project implemented in Java, with an SWT user interface. teammates or, "the dream team": Mark Burroughs, Adam Donovan, and Matt Papi. I think the download page for FeedMe is still up.
second messenger
february - august 2004
visualizations of face-to-face-meetings. work done for Joan Morris DiMicco.
microphone board
august 2004
hardware for second messenger: collects audio volume for 8 different people. built with Adam Kumpf.