E J Kalafarski

I like minimalism. I'm the VP of Product at Onswipe. I'm a high-speed rail and infrastructure buff. I’ve taught on new media and the cult TV show Lost. I’ve edited for Techmeme and worked on Capitol Hill. I’m on LinkedIn and Twitter. I do art. I’ve got a resume.

Onswipe

The frontend team I led at Onswipe built and launched the Onswipe experience, our touch-optimized, customizable tablet publishing platform—built entirely in the browser. Designed to compete with native applications, we focused on an intuitive interface based on a magazine-format metaphor.

Coverage: TechCrunch, Fast Company, Time, The Next Web

Onswipe Phone

The frontend team I led at Onswipe designed and developed an optimized publication experience, inside the browser, on mobile devices. Developing a unique, immersive experience with competitive performance on all devices was key.

Coverage: TechCrunch

Driving Directions

Google’s marketing department asked for a viral gadget that would let any site owner offer their customers personalized, dynamic driving directions right in their Web site. I focused on parity with the full Google Maps featureset and animations and visual cues to create an intuitive experience.

Coverage: Official announcement

SurfaceShop

My master’s work at Brown focused on building multi-touch interfaces that are as precise and robust as traditional point-and-click interfaces. On the Microsoft PixelSense (formerly Surface), we developed a powerful collaborative image manipulation app called SurfaceShop with spatial memory as a touchstone.

Hands-On Math

At Brown, we’ve integrated the educational StarPad SDK with the Microsoft Surface to create an environment that lets students interact with the mathematics they write in ways impossible on paper.

The Future is Lost: Economic, Social, and Technological Impact of a Cult (and Cultural) Phenomenon

Chad Matlin and I designed and taught a course for Tufts’s Experimental College on the social, economic, and technological implications of the cult television show Lost.

Coverage: Boston Globe, Paste Magazine