Rob Brackett,
- maker of fine softwares,
- long-distance hiker,
- bicycle tourer,
- espresso drinker.
Currently residing in the SF Bay area.
work at robbrackett dot com
Get in touch.
The details? I’m Rob and I work to craft rich, interactive software that works well for real people—especially when it comes to the web and mobile. I spend the workday consulting with large and small organizations to help them create software with better user interfaces and technical documentation. (E-mail me if you are interested in working together.)
I’ve also been known to produce code and ideas for outfits like Editorially, a small company that built collaborative writing and editing tools; Code for America, a non-profit helping city governments better build and use public-facing technology; Apple, a company that makes computer-y things; Appcelerator, makers of the Titanium framework; and Involution Studios, a little design firm in Boston.
But that’s the professional story. When roaming free of a computer, I’m known to monitor San Francisco’s morning fog levels on Twin Peaks, backpack long trails, and undertake many-months-long bike rides through Asia and the arctic.
Want to know more? Check my résumé or other profiles across the web:
[Projects]
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Newless (Library)
Js
Newless is a small JavaScript library that modifies or creates constructor functions so that they need not be called with thenewkeyword, allowing you to write safer code and use constructors in more functional contexts. It also works with new ES6 classes. -
Editorially
Web Js Node Ruby
Editorially was a web-based writing app designed to improve the editing and feedback experience for writers. It sported a nicely formatted Markdown editor, version control, diffs, discussion threads, and more. Unfortunately, the company went out of business in 2014. -
EditorConfig-TextMate
ObjC C
EditorConfig is a standard text file format that plugins for various text editors can use to customize the editor’s formatting on a per-project/file basis. I built and maintain the plugin for TextMate. -
NodeTiles
Js Node
NodeTiles is a JavaScript-based system for rendering custom-designed map tiles for slippy maps (e.g. Google Maps). Since it uses a canvas-like API for drawing, it can be adapted for use in browsers and not just server side. -
Open311 Service Tracker
Web Py
As a 2012 fellow at Code for America, I built the city of Chicago’s official web site for looking up the history and status of a 311 service request. -
iAd Producer
ObjC C Js
Apple iAd Producer is a desktop app for designing and building ads for Apple's iAd Network on iOS. It's an extremely powerful tool for building rich, interactive, web-based experiences optimized for mobile. -
Qwot.es
Web Py
Qwot.es started as a weekend project with my good friend Mr. Dave Bedingfield. We had a serious itch to build something fun and simple. In this case, a web site that lets you post bad-ass quotes and then tweet them to Twitter. -
Simple Selection
Js
A JavaScript library that provides a simple, cross-browser way to find out about and change the content a user has selected on a page. It also provides a selection event that occurs whenever a user makes or changes a selection. -
McAfee SecurityCenter (Beta)
JsWin
I led a team at Involution Studios, consulting with McAfee to help design and engineer the UI for SecurityCenter 10 (in beta now). We created a JS library similar to SproutCore or Cappucino (you work with controls, not the DOM) that made the UI easy for their engineering team. -
SharedWebConfig
Py
Tool for automatically configuring the built-in Apache web server in OS X on several machines. Originally developed for use at a design studio where everyone needed to have the same development environment set up. -
WebSketch Editor
Web
In wrote a full-fledged, drag ’n’ drop web-page designer in HTML and JavaScript for WebSketch. You can check it out by signing up or watching their demo video. -
Firefox Profiles
OS X
Very simple script for maintaining multiple versions of Firefox on Mac OS X.