Projects
I've been creating community and exciting, creative demos and interesting projects for years. Discover some of them here. Many are powered by the datasets I manage on Kaggle. You can download several of the free items associated with these projects on Gumroad.
Global Communities
Front-End Foxes, Inc.
Formerly Vue Vixens, Inc., this international nonprofit survived COVID by transforming from in person workshops to an online school; we educated hundreds of women over 5 years and have several success stories.
Learn more here.
AWS Cloud Clubs
In February of 2023 my team at AWS launched AWS Cloud Clubs worldwide. We have grown immensely since then and are a global phenomenon.
Learn more here.
Educational and Fun Demos
Saree Detector App
This app was built as a demo to show how image recognition capabilities can be used for artisan textiles, to enhance connoisseurship.
Watch the TEDx talk here.
Ombromanie
Tell stories with just your hands - and use hand poses to capture them via a web app!
Visit the GitHub repo here.
PoseDance, a TikTok Trainer app
Learn how to dance like an influencer on TikTok with this web app, which uses body poses to track and score your smooth moves.
Visit the GitHub repo here.
Project Troubadour: A Storytelling Web App
Created in conjunction with Microsoft and the Smithsonian's Cooper Hewitt Museum of Design - use a Museum's API to construct connected stories.
Visit the GitHub repo here.
WineUp: Your Pocket Sommelier
Wine and cheese pairings, powered by ML and the Wine Spectator API. A mobile app demo.
Visit the GitHub repo here.
Twist & Shout: Beatles Tribute App
A mobile app celebrating the Beatles with ML song generators, an album cover recreation tool, and more
Visit the GitHub repo here.
EMiLy App: Emily Dickinson tribute app
Celebrate Emily Dickinson's oeuvre with ML-generated poetry
Visit the GitHub repo here.
MixoLogy: What's in my minibar?
Take a pic of your minibar's contents, suggest a cocktail to make, or shake the phone for an AI-generated suggested recipe!
Visit the GitHub repo here.
The Well-Architected Coloring Book
To reinforce the ideas that underpin the six pillars of the framework, here's a coloring book that will help you remember them.
Learn more here.
AWS Tarot
The companion website of a not-too-serious Tarot card deck that references AWS services
Learn more here.
Ye Glorious Historiae of Ye Cloud
A completely anachronistic journey into cloud computing topics using Bayeux imagery. Because why not.
Learn more here.