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The Thirst Project
Launched on World Water Day, March 22nd 2010, this redesigned website for The Thirst Project, is now powered by a Wordpress backend CMS. The large carousel introduces the story of The Thirst Project and how their humble beginnings have brought clean drinkable water to some of the world's communities most in need. Please visit and learn how you can help!
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Glee - FOX Broadcasting Company
This website, for the brand new FOX television show Glee, is folllowing a trend I see growing very rapidly these days. The entire site is just one page. Using JavaScript libraries, additional information is concealed using several lightboxes, and carousels to organize information and only reveals the additional content when the user requests it.
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The Simpsons - 20 Years Celebration Flash Intro
2010 marks 20 years The Simpsons, have been on the air. To celebrate this amazing accomplishment, FOX decided to indroduce an animated Flash intro to the header of The Simpsons' website.
I built the animation using flash video, ActionScript 3.0 and a few static images. I programmed the randomized distribution and falling of the confetti that includes gravity and a slight drift to make it seem more realistic.
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Website for the independent film Tiny Little Lies
I was approached to create a website for the independent film Tiny Little Lies to round out their existing web presence that includes Facebook, Twitter, and MySpace.
This website is driven by an easy to use CMS that allows the content to be easily updated by the client.
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Film Independent's Spirit Awards Website
As the first event to honor independent film exclusively, Film Independent's Spirit Awards has made a name for itself as the premier awards event for the independent film community. It's a celebration of the spirited pioneers who bring a unique vision to filmmaking.
Each new year brings a new theme and a new look to the Spirit Awards. This year also brought a entirely new site from the ground up. Branding for this site was very important to Film Independent. So, working with their marketing department, I designed this site to commplement their "independent" look and feel.
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iPhone Mapping Application
Showcasing the latest technologies in web-based mapping from ESRI, I worked with the Core Development Team to build a mapping application for use on Apple's iPhone. This project included Information Architecture, Interface Design, Icon Design and Frontend Development efforts.
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FedEx Route Planning Web Application
I designed the front-end interface for a new route planning application for FedEX. This application will allow the planning, scheduling, and mapping of delivery routes from the FedEX intranet website.
The biggest challenge to the design of this application was matching the new application's look and feel to FedEX's existing style guide for all intranet web design. In the end the team from FedEX said it was great and it's only problem was it made the rest of the existing site look bad.
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FDS Manufacturing website
FDS Manufacturing's existing site was over 6 years old and was in need of a complete redesign. They were looking to update the website and reinforce their renewed emphasis on product branding.
Their new site is powered by a Content Management System (CMS). The CMS's easy to use interface makes it extremely easy for FDS Manufacturing to be in control of the content on their site. If they add new products to one of their brands, they can quickly update the site themselves. They don't have to rely on anyone else to make edits for them. They like that a lot!
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GPS Software Interface Design
Designing the interface for this GPS software required a number of departures from the conventions of web application design. These included designing for touchscreen interaction. Making nice looking, large buttons that dont look too hokey is no easy feat. Also the application is built using C#, a programming environment whose limmitations I had to learn. Lastly, this application was created to be run on a number of devices, including laptops, desktops, PDAs, Smart Phones and Mobile Phones, and standalone, dedicated GPS units.
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Long Beach Map Shop Web Application
I designed this map making website for the city of Long Beach, California for use by the general public. Designing complex applications for everyday users is challenging. I never dumb down an application just because it is going to be used by the general public.
Creating a simple, easy to use application for users who may have varying degrees of web experience is always a challenge. I love a challenge.
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Smithsonian Institute Amazon GIS Portal
Working with the Smithsonian Institute, I created this site design for their use in acquiring additional funding for their Amazon GIS program. This design met their needs by creating a clean design that conveys a lot of information to the visitors using attractive visual style and elements.
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Great Apes Mapper Web Application
The Great Apes Survival Project (GRASP) is an innovative and ambitious project with an immediate challenge - to lift the threat of imminent extinction faced by gorillas, chimpanzees, bonobos and orangutans.
This map viewer was designed to educate users about the known populations of these endangered animals and the effects we humans have upon their diminishing environments.
Hi, I'm Ross Higgins
I design and develop websites and enjoy solving difficult, complex problems.
I'm an interactive designer and developer with over twelve years of professional experience.
I'm passionate about design, technology and where they intersect. I believe that form should follow function and I strive to create handsome, standards compliant web sites and web applications.
As a Senior Front-end Web Developer at FOX Broadcasting, I build and maintain FOX.com and the tv show websites such as 24, HOUSE, GLEE and The Simpsons.
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Currently Interested In:
- New Career Opportunities
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Please send me an e-mail to get in touch with me.
I've done work for:
- FOX Broadcasting
- Film Independent
- Fedex
- The Smithsonian Institute
- Jane Goodall Foundation
- Nike
- ESRI
- Rand McNally
- FDS Manufacturing Co.
- Los Angeles Police Department
- Riverside County Sheriff's Dept.
- North Carolina Dept. of Commerce
- Georgia Dept. of Transportation
- Michigan Dept. of Transportation
- Helping America's Youth
- GT Bicycles
- Roxy
- Fox Sports
- Sixthman Communications
- Online Digital Communications
- Donovan McNabb
- Ahman Green
- Jamal Anderson
- Jarvis Green
- James Worthy
- Howard Hewett
- Ted Washington
- Sports West Football
- The Kellen Winslow Foundation