HelloARI Design

10/02/2025

I’m excited to share a new project I had the privilege of working on with the Swig Program in Jewish Studies and Social Justice at USF.

We just launched an online exhibit for the Mapping Jewish SF project: Honoring Our Q***r Elders, which celebrates LGBTQIA+ history and wisdom. The site features legacy videos from community elders whose stories weave together a rich and powerful tapestry.

It went live this week—perfect timing for LGBTQ History Month. The exhibit will continue to grow as more stories are added.

Big thanks to Rabbi Camille Shira Angel for the vision and leadership, and to my teammate Katerina Georgieva at HelloAri.

Explore the exhibit here:

EXHIBITION | HONORING OUR Q***R ELDERS Introduction By Rabbi Camille Shira Angel Image created by Lydia Scott. “Honoring Our Q***r Elders” is a curated exhibition of legacy videos comprised of oral histories from a diverse group of LGBTQIA+ Jewish elders living in the San Francisco Bay Area. Eac...

07/17/2025

My client runs a fantastic writing competition …

⏱️🎬EARLY-BIRD DEADLINE: JULY 16!!🎬⏱️ Have a feature or pilot script to share? Enter the American Zoetrope Screenplay Competition for a chance to win a cash prize and have your script considered for representation by leading talent agencies and production companies. judges. Please find details and the 🔗 to enter in our bio.

05/02/2025

My team and I built this WordPress-based App over the last few years. It's now in public Beta. If you have an office with or without a receptionist this tool can either replace or augment a real receptionist.

see: https://arrivalapp.com
Get the benefits of a reception desk without a receptionist

1. Customize Arrival App
We take you through adding practitioners, tailoring settings, initiating software safeguards, and mounting your iPad.
2. Arrival App greets your visitors
The Welcome Screen displays the practitioners sharing your reception area. Visitors simply tap the practitioner they are planning to see.
3. Arrival App notifies you instantly
A time-stamped notification is delivered to your phone letting you know that your next


https://youtu.be/1F1zAzGxhBA

09/04/2024

https://www.axept.io/cookie-banner

Cute interface for adding a cookies widget

Axeptio customizable consent banner and cookie banner designed to fit your site and ensure GDPR compliance.

07/25/2024

If you’re concerned about ADA compliance for your website, please reach out and we can give you advice on how to navigate this complex issue

https://www.marketplace.org/shows/marketplace-tech/landmark-disability-law-now-applies-to-life-online/ 

The Americans with Disabilities Act is 34 years old, but the Department of Justice is updating it make the internet a more accessible space.

02/16/2024

https://fonts.google.com/knowledge/the_canadian_syllabics

Never heard of this!

The Canadian Syllabics (often referred to simply as the “Syllabics”) is a writing system used by many different Indigenous language communities throughout Canada and parts of the United States. The Syllabics are unique in how they represent written language, and many communities have local requi...

10/10/2023

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z6ep308goxQ&list=WL&index=2&t=1s

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08/24/2023

U”X” disaster

X used to mark the spot but now it’s trying to do everything everywhere all at once

01/02/2022

When writing for the web every word counts. We scan pages, instructions, and emails, sometimes skipping reading completely. So it's key to make sure that every word is doing a job. Over the years I find there are words that I routinely trim from web copy to save space and keep focus while preserving intent. While context always matters and these can't be cut everywhere, here are a handy few that regularly get the cut from web copy:

Obviously, clearly, of course and the like — if it's obvious then don't write it, if it's not, then it's not relevant. If it's obvious to you and not to me then no need to make me feel stupid reading it

Note, please note, note that, notice — we're noting it by writing it so trim the noise by leaving out reminders for readers to note things. If you really want someone to notice you can use the extra space from removing it by making it bigger or bolder

That — can often be trimmed without changing the meaning of a sentence

Any — very often superfluous

Exact — very often makes no difference to a sentence

Famous — if it's famous then maybe I've heard of it. If I haven't, then perhaps it's not so famous

Current — if someone asks for my age or job then it's normal to assume they're not asking for what it used to be

Successfully — it's always nice to trim a long word that doesn't add a lot

Have — like 'that', it can often be removed without changing the meaning of a sentence

All, total — when I take these out I often find it's the default assumption anyway

Interestingly, surprisingly and the like — it may be interesting or surprising to you, but I think it's polite, and briefer, to let the reader decide if it's interesting or surprising for them

If you're writing for the web, try removing some and see if it still works.

11/26/2020

I have a number of updates posted to this website, — it’s my collaborative portfolio with Peter Forbes McDowell showing our many website design projects for artists and art institutions



Websites for artists and performers