Allison Q. McCarthy

may i suggest...

personal projects

i recently felt inspired by a fellow who created if you consider - an ambient audio adventure through golden gate park, that lead me around some unique, interesting places in the park. later, i was on a walkabout thinking how great it would be to log some of my thoughts and visions while i go in a way that might be useful (for me or anyone else) in the future.

TED

inspiring talks, inspiring thinkers

Ideas are absolutely worth spreading and I couldn�t think of a more inspirational site than TED for a healthy and invigorating dose of ideas. TED stands for Technology, Entertainment, Design. It started out (in 1984) as a conference bringing together people from those three worlds. The talks are filmed and presented to the world on TED.com for people like me to get super inspired.

first heard last

personal projects

i have a lot of ideas. some i�ve been working on forever, some i just kind of think about, say out loud, get a good laugh, buy a url, then never touch again. first heard last is just one of the many ideas that I have, but one that i actually wanted to see through in some way. and twitter proved to be the best place to do it.

nike snowboarding

projects produced at odopod

Being an avid outdoor adventurer and experienced woman of the mountain, I was super excited to work with Nike on the launch of nikesnowboarding.com. Odopod teamed up with Nemo out of Portland (PDX is all the rage these days), to create an online experience for the brand. While Nemo tackled the design of the

adobe cs4 launch

projects produced at odopod

Our friends and SoDA partners at Adobe asked Odopod to create a cool demo using the new Creative Suite 4 at their launch event on September 23rd. Using NikeSkateboarding.com, we highlighted some of the coolest new features of Fireworks, Flash, Flash Player 10, and Air CS4.

honda kiosks

projects produced at odopod

I love working at Odopod and having the opportunity to work on such a wide variety of projects ranging from web sites, to mobile apps, and interactive kiosks. We worked with George P. Johnson Experience Marketing to create these super fun auto show kiosks for Honda. Our team developed three interactive touch screen kiosks where users were able to customize a vehicle with all kinds of crazy decals, browse through 2008

color organization

personal projects

call me crazy, but i love organizing things by color. my bookshelves, my closet, my mac book pro desk top applications (thanks rob) - everything you can imagine, i love to organize... especially by color. why not my iphone? i knew it was going to be a challenge. in fact, i went through several iterations of adding and deleting apps. but i made it here and i am happy. i know you love it too.

home remedy experiments

personal projects

i�ll let you in on a little insight into my life. i like to develop these random experiments and test results. i�ve even purchased randomexperiments.com. most recently, i�ve indulged in this behavior by conducting my own little home remedy experiment. after stumbling upon a long list of ridiculous remedies, my curiosity took hold. one of these alleged remedies caught my eye - honey clears blemishes!

data visualization

inspiring ways to visualize information

i am utterly obsessed I am with color and data visualization. Really amazing information design is like getting a handwritten letter in the mail, or a wonderfully unexpected package filled with fabulous surprises and magical objects of desire. i kid you not, i love maps, charts, and any 'ol bit of information that is organized and presented in a graphically stunning format. of course, with a passion this great (and shared by so many others),

playstation

projects produced at odopod

i could not have been better placed to help out the producer group on PlayStation projects at odopod. not only am i an avid gamer and self-proclaimed nerd, I also love PlayStation, so it's a perfect fit. Odopod has been tasked with projects large and small and we're currently engaged in some work for PlayStation that I am more than excited to share with you... once it's launched! Check back in the fall!

nike soccer

projects produced at odopod

working on nike soccer has been such a joy, especially since my childhood memories are filled with days and weekends of soccer practices, games and trophies. when i came to odopod, i could not have been happier to work with the talented folks on the nike soccer account and make their web visions a reality. From the campaigns around the Men's and Women's National Teams, to Facebook and Myspace pages, odopod was the central point for nikesoccer interactive projects, and I was there managing the team.

odopod

producer: 2007 - current

I belong to Odopod, a design studio of two minds: story and logic (ripped right from our site) where I engage in producerly things on a day to day basis.

Some pieces of business I'm working on include Nike Soccer, PlayStation, and Honda and I'm thrilled to keep moving with these guys. if you're interested in learning even more about us

the places ive lived

personal projects

I am the kind of person who can't sit still - always moving, always on the go, always looking for the next best thing, always changing and growing. Every few years we go through incredible life changes whether big or small and I am about to embark on one such journey starting today!

womens health

projects produced at etr

While employed as a project manager with ETR, I had the great fortune of working on the site redesign of Women's Health Magazine - a client I had a personal interest in.

Rodale tasked ETR with developing the design planning and information architecture road maps in which their internal team would design and build the site from.

us magazine

projects produced at etr

Us Magazine is all about celebrity culture, gossip, fashion, love and anything else imaginable having to do with any celebrity, b-celebrity, or wanna be celebrity making headlines.

I had the privilege of working with the online team at Us, bringing their website dreams into reality in order to increase impressions and advertising dollars, all while keeping their budgets in check and schedules on track.