Rob Brackett,
- maker of fine softwares,
- long-distance hiker,
- bicycle tourer,
- espresso drinker.
Currently residing in the SF Bay area.
rob 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. Most recently, I worked at Editorially, a small startup hoping to build a new breed of tools for collaborative writing and editing. Unfortunately, Editorially went out of business in early 2014. Since then, I have been traveling across Asia.
I’ve also been known to produce code and ideas for outfits like 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. On days when I am allowed to roam free of a computer, you can find me running around a racquetball court like a madman, hiking, backpacking (I’m slowly conquering the AT), or conquering hills under pedal power.
Want to know more? Check my résumé or other profiles across the web:
[Projects]
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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.