I am a hybrid interaction designer-developer. I want to create products and services that help people be confident about the choices they make.
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Education
Skills
Design
- Multidisciplinary background gives me many ways to approach a problem
- In design, I focus on the immediate user activity to achieve simplicity
- I can draw, model and animate to communicate abstract ideas
- Ethnographic research techniques
- Participatory design techniques
Technologies
- Rapid prototyping using Arduino microcontrollers and basic electronics
- Standards-aware and clean HTML, XML, CSS, JS + jQuery, AS3, PHP5,
(P/My)SQL, Ruby, Processing, Java, C#
Software
- Efficient multi-platform OS user — Window-based and Command-line
- Comfortable with Apache webserver configuration in Linux/UNIX environment
- Proficient in Photoshop CS4, Illustrator CS4, Flash CS4 and OmniGraffle 5
- Working knowledge of InDesign, Dreamweaver, Visual Studio
Personal
- I thrive as a team leader and ideation facilitator
- Excellent social and empathetic abilities
- Passion for learning and teaching
- Strong logic reasoning skills
- Multilingual. Swedish and English + some German and Spanish
Experience
Professional
Software Engineer and IA, Zynga, Austin, TX |
2010 — Present |
Frontend Developer and IA, Challenge Games, Austin, TX |
2008 — 2010 |
Warstorm on Facebook
MechDuels
- Modeling user flow and wireframes for web-based games
- Implement richly interactive HTML/CSS/JS and Flex user interfaces
- Develop backend logic in PHP and PSQL
Workshop Instructor, 911 Media Arts Center, Seattle WA |
2008 |
- Developed and and taught an adult introductory course (5 sessions) on the Arduino physical computing platform.
- Variations in student experience required individual tailoring and support
Sessional Instructor, Simon Fraser University, Vancouver BC |
2007 |
- Outlining and teaching an introductory course (11 sessions) in the Arduino physical computing platform
- Supporting students in production of deliverables
- Giving students critique on deliverables
Freelance Web Developer |
2006 — 2008 |
http://dollartimes.com
http://pictureninja.com
- Developed .Net site management and database structure
- Implemented with focus on search engine optimization
- Integrated technologies: C#, Ruby, HTML, CSS, Javascript and MySQL
- Created Interactive widgets using asyncronous Javascript and Google Maps API
User Tester, Shadowplay, University of Malmö, Sweden |
2005 — 2006 |
http://webzone.k3.mah.se/projects/shadowplay/
- Conducted lab user tests under strict guidelines
- Empirical tests of psychological effect of game lighting on players
Teaching Assistant, Java programming, University of Malmö, Sweden |
2005 — 2006 |
- Prepared and executed lectures
- Supported students individually in lab sessions
Interactive Exhibitions
- Exhibited piece: "Light Collective" immersive light installation. Physical component of independent film "Otis under sky"
- Light installation made using EL Wire and hundreds of fiber optic strands, controlled by a PD patch and Arduino
- Pictures on Flickr
- Exhibited piece: XSense — wearable object featured on WMMNA
- Design of sonar audio feedback system using Arduino
- Exhibited piece: Samba Meeting — social percussion instrument
- Development of concept
- Building and deployment of interactive installation using Arduino and appropriated materials
Photographic Exhibitions
Collaboration with Rachael Sage Payne telling a story in pictures. Opening exhibition for Studio Turku.
Stjärnbilder, Malmö, Sweden |
2004 |
A selection of my black and white photographs was exhibited for three weeks at Papa Luna Arts Club.
Contact
Per Nilsson | Austin, TX | per at sproutlab dot com | +1 (512) 228 7653