Hello, I'm Justin.
I'm a developer and maker who loves to explore new technologies. My work blends front-end development, fine arts, and years of involvement in the maker and startup communities. I work primarily with React and Gatsby, and also have extensive experience with rapid prototyping projects.
I'm currently working at Intralox helping a small team of engineers to improve and modernize all of their web properties using Gatsby, Tailwind, and Kontent.
Want to know more?
You can find me on LinkedIn and GitHub. You can also reach me via e-mail at justin@isamaker.com.
Select clients
Google, Nike, Nissan, United Airlines, ComEd, A.C. Moore, USAA, Prota Ventures, DeepLocal
Expanding Internet in a Box's Storage on a Raspberry Pi
Expanding Internet in a Box's Storage on a Raspberry Pi
Running Internet in a Box on a Pi is great until you run out of storage. Check out this post to see how I set up my instance.
Sojourn Fare
Sojourn Fare
Growing gourmet mushrooms can be hard, but it gets easier when you have a data-heavy AgTech startup doing it for you.
A.C. Moore Put to Light
A.C. Moore Put to Light
A custom-built Put to Light system for A.C. Moore's warehouses to increase order processing speed and accuracy.
Solar Calculator
Solar Calculator
Using a Raspberry Pi to let homeowners see exactly how much solar potential their house has.
Headless Raspberry Pi Startup with Ansible
Headless Raspberry Pi Startup with Ansible
Get your Pi up and ready to go with a few short commands and an Ansible playbook.
Lost Arts
Lost Arts
Creating an easily changed WordPress site for the my favorite constantly-evolving makerspace.
Automating Donations with IFTTT and Qapital
Automating Donations with IFTTT and Qapital
Automatically put money towards a donation every time something gets mentioned in the news.
Creating a RESTful API on a Raspberry Pi with mLab
Creating a RESTful API on a Raspberry Pi with mLab
Learn how to use mLab's cloud-hosted MongoDB instances to make MERN development on the Pi a lot easier.
Lawton Academy
Lawton Academy
A website redesign for a Lawton Academy, a school that focuses on bringing out the best in its students.
En Las Tablas
En Las Tablas
An easy-to-use custom WordPress site built for a community arts and outreach organization in Chicago.
Sixty8 Chicago
Sixty8 Chicago
A clean website built for an even cleaner grooming product. Sixty8 Chicago makes pomades and other barber-related items for the discerning customer.
Nissan Commercial Vehicles
Nissan Commercial Vehicles
Browse through some of the projects I worked on for Nissan Commercial Vehicles with my front-end team.
Joe's Barbershop
Joe's Barbershop
A built-from-scratch WordPress site to show off the best barbershop in the Midwest
Arduino-Controlled Projection Mapping
Arduino-Controlled Projection Mapping
Turning a room into a projection-mapped beauty with Resolume, Magic Music Visualizer, and a custom-built cupcake controller running on Arduino.
Chicago Transit Authority Train Time Texter
Chicago Transit Authority Train Time Texter
Creating a button to text me how long I have to get to my L stop before I'm late for work.
Bark Tracking with the Intel Edison
Bark Tracking with the Intel Edison
Listening for loud dog barks in my apartment and then logging the data to Phant.io through Node.js on an Edison.
Gigity.tv
Gigity.tv
The project that got me serious about web development. Check out how I helped a small startup completely redesign their brand and website.
