Lifebox is a fast, lightweight, social photo and video gallery application that is designed to organize large amounts of media. It is programmed in php/MySQL, and makes use of the adodb and Smarty libraries for database caching and templating respectively. Lifebox differentiates between original and modified photos, as well as albums and rolls, so you can upload your entire photo library to your server and just highlight your favorite photos into albums. It extracts data from exif tags and xmp sidecars, making it compatible with the data from programs like Adobe Lightroom, Picassa, and iPhoto. Lifebox is social in that people and objects can be tagged, and they will receive an email when this happens. It supports authentication, so you can control who has access to what photo.

GetLifebox is the homepage of the open-source Lifebox media project. From here the latest version of the software can be downloaded. Additionally, users and developers can submit bugs, track changes, access the source repository, and seek support.

Mindex is a media indexer. Point it to a directory of music, movies, applications, whatever and it'll recurse through fetching as much data as possible from filenames, ID3 tags, EXIF tags, etc ... and will store everything into a searchable database. Mindex lets you stream MP3s directly from the site, and generate playlists that iTunes and Winamp can recognize on the fly. If you have a large media collection and are looking to share it with other computers in your home, this is a great way to do so. Mindex was a collaborative project with Peter Merelis written in php/MySQL/python.

Carsplit is a service for Columbia University students that forms groups of students going to the airport at the same time to split the cost of a taxi ride. Carsplit has the ease and convenience of a taxi ride to JFK, LGA, or EWR, but at 1/3 the price!

The goal was to create a new, super-clean version of Columbia's Engineering Student Council webpage. The website was to be based in XHTML instead of flash to maximize compatibility. It needed to load quickly and navigation needed to be simplistic. It also needed to be easy to update so that future councils down the road could make changes without having to create an entirely new website.

Friendex is an online directory that connects people through social networks at high schools. Friendex is the best and fastest way to keep in touch with friends, and to meet new ones as well. This project was terminated prematurely, despite massive growth, as a favor for a friend with a competing website (facebook). Shortly after the termination, Facebook launched their high school network.

FaceMix is a physical appearance rating system. FaceMix lets users know how hot they really are by comparing their photo to the photos of other members. Instead of asking members to rate a picture on a scale of 1 - 10, users click the hotter of two pictures. The system then uses a variation of a chess-ranking algorithm to rank all photos against each other on the website. This system is more accurate than a numerical system as it removes errors due to standards of rating (i.e. what person A views as a 5/10, person B may see as a 7/10).

CampusNetwork is a content-driven collection of communities across the globe. First launched in the summer of 2003 as SEASCommunity.com, CampusNetwork was the first student-run online community dedicated to connecting users on college campuses. CampusNetwork offered its original users a unique forum to exchange ideas, to showcase artistic expression, and to connect with other students. It quickly became an important source of social-interaction for its members -- eventually connecting over 75% of the Columbia undergraduate population.

The successor of SEAS Community. Columbia University's first online community. This expansion was the first that allowed multiple schools to join, starting with Barnard College and Columbia. At its peak, CU Community recieved 5,000 unique visits per day, 60% of which came from on campus locations.

The world's first online community for college students. The Community allows members to upload pictures, journals, art, news articles, music, videos, and more. Users can then discuss the posted submissions with each other.

Official website for Columbia University's Engineering Student Council. Lots of flash, animations, and sound effects.

Website for the Columbia University Engineering class of 2006. The site serves as a place to centralize events and create a virtual "space" for members of the class of 2006. Users could upload their favorite photos and discuss issues relating to them.

Shadowness is an art community. Shadowness lets artists express and share their work while teaching and inspiring less-confident users the basics in popular art styles. Shadowness offers the greatest tools to ever-progress on a daily basis. Shadowness also presents to the potential buyers and sellers an opportunity to mold the most fitting talents for business or personal endeavors. Every member counts, each carry Art within and the power to achieve self-expression.

A personal DJing website where users can download mixes, comment on mixes, find out about gigs, and download wallpapers and photos.