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I was taking care of a house and two dogs in Costa Rica when I decided to build a portfolio that more accurately matched my vibe and experience.
My concept was simple - An experience where a user can get the exact version of me that works best for them! Via a simple slider or using text based OCEAN analysis you are matched with and can talk to your own version of El. The concept being that you could replicate this in live chat and give users the experience they are looking for.
Built with vanilla JavaScript and Three.js, integrated multiple AI services: Claude for conversations, Hugging Face for personality analysis, and Google Imagen for avatars. Deployed serverless on Vercel. Did train my own LLM Head to analyse the text data but found a hf space that was already set up and ready to go. If it ain't broke don't fix it.
A big goal was to develop my Claude Code skills and techniques. Managing context. Clear instructions. Little by little took me about 4 weeks while living and working alongside. Hope you like It!
This was my second AI development. Had huge challenges in hallucination and unreliable memory in the last trading bot. Constant confident generation of incorrect information.
My concept was simple - A Daoist Sage. An Agent using RAG as its foundational memory and accuracy mechanism. Specifically I tasked it with drawing from the Dao de Ching and referencing the specific piece of information it uses in its response.
It is easy to see the utility of such a tool and was more a proof of concept than anything else. It was my last Eliza agent, I have now moved to the more user friendly Claude.
I've been close to crypto for many years now. First joining the space around 2015. I've traded everything from bitcoin to shitcoin. With agentic AI I saw an opportunity to cut out what I dislike the most about trading, the time in front of the screen.
My concept was actually kind of complicated - It was a trading bot that used 3Commas and Twitter sentiment analysis to trade full time.
Training an LLM head on Pump.fun launch patterns. Connecting this to 3Commas for signals and trading. That was as far as I got. I could not get any reliable results all paper trading leading to losses. Hallucinating random signals that threw everything off.
A great experience in Eliza and agent development. This kind of project needs a real goat.
Project documentation available upon request
I started with the Kaiawhina in 2023. Awhi means to support and Kai makes it a verb. So it translates to the act of supporting others. Great kaupapapa and lead by the very talented Bianca Ranson.
Over the course of two years I supported many events and protests; Climate, Palestine, Māori. A particular stand out was the march across the Auckland Harbour bridge. A bridge usually with no pedestrian access and an event that included 60,000 people.
An honour to be part of this community, ake ake ake!
A reimagining of Tony Kushner's baroque meta-theatrical fantasy as a contemporary meditation on love, artifice, and the transformative power of storytelling under director Leo Gene Peters.
Our approach centered on staging the unreal by building a 1:1 cave to bring the audience into the world. We performed costume quick-changes in full view to highlight theatrical artifice and projected text fragments from Kushner's stage directions onto actors' bodies. The production challenged actors to master 17th-century verse while finding modern emotional truth.
As Theogenes - The Lover, I connected with the verbs that brought the character to life and genuinely fell in love on stage. I also taught yoga to the company every other day, helping connect with breath and body.
Performance archived in personal collection
After burning out from building startups, I needed something no algorithm could provide. A way to sit with myself.
The practice involves 10 day silent retreats completed at Dhamma Medini, NZ, with an intention of twice daily meditation sits. The approach eschews apps and hacks in favor of just the breath, the body, and whatever arises.
The key insight: "It's not about achieving some perfect mental state, it's about seeing what's already there." This ongoing practice provides grounding and perspective that informs all other work.
This foundation of mindfulness and presence has become integral to my approach to life, bringing intention and awareness to how I build and interact with everything from friends to social media
A reimagining of tech recruitment as a dynamic growth journey, replacing sterile job boards with living stories of career transformation.
The narrative-driven web experience featured claymation-style 3D animations, spontaneous "Easter egg" movements, and visual storytelling for both employers and candidates. The intelligent job board included custom API syncing between Webflow and JobAdder in real-time, JetBoost filtering that felt like Tinder for dream jobs, and Kiwi-tech coded icons replacing generic briefcase symbols.
As Account Manager, I won the pitch against 4 agencies by bringing this story to life. I managed 6 specialists across 3 timezones and translated recruiter pain points into playful interactions.
The project was shortlisted for 2023 Webby Awards and is Talent Army's flagship client acquisition tool.
Blackbird VC needed a digital presence as bold as their investments. One that would make founders feel seen, not just pitched to.
We abandoned the tired "suits shaking hands" aesthetic and built an electric visual language featuring handmade documentary photography of real founders and bespoke animations mimicking startup momentum. The functional artistry organized content like a gallery with no buried decks, and interactive founder stories triggered by scroll velocity.
My role as Deal Maker involved working with the development team and Blackbird to envision a website that was both achievable and visually stunning, creating a rebellion against traditional VC digital clichés.
Wellington's legendary Club 121 needed a website that could bottle their underground energy and pour it across screens nationwide. A digital mainstage for their debut festival.
The project featured psychedelic Kiwi immersion with native flora and fauna illustrations pulsing to ambient basslines, hover-triggered soundwave animations, and lineup reveals that felt like uncovering secret set times at the venue. The technical backbone included an Airtable/Zapier CMS allowing real-time vendor applications and volunteer coordination.
As Project Manager, I pitched the "digital doof" concept after attending 3 club nights for research. I streamlined the stakeholder workflows into one unified backend balancing festival chaos with UX clarity.
Festival concluded - site archived