About Colin Walcott

Colin Walcott is a User Experience Designer for Web, Mobile Apps, Near Field Communication Devices, Tablets and Mobile Phones. His graphical user interface design is applied to devices used by consumers, people in healthcare, education, government, research and development

Activities & Hobbies

Design
User Interface Design for Mobile Devices (Tablets, Mobile Phones, Touchscreen PDA)
Expanding consumer base with first to market NFC Devices (Near Field Communication)
Web Enabled Devices (Desktops, Stand-alone Devices, Public Kiosks)
User Interface Design for GPS (Global Positioning System) receivers
Creating Efficient Compact tools for Law Enforcement and information retrieval

Personal/Hobbies
Anything JAZZ - Playing Trombone, Trumpet, Tuba, Double Bass
West Indian Art and African Paintings

Current Social Activity can be tracked via Facebook

Projects (User Interface concepts, flows, enhancements, etc)

Radio-frequency identification (client grade and government grade)
New Healthcare Devices providing Tactile interface for alternative touch pads (visually impaired)
Next generation identity documents and keycards via chips and barcode encryption
Hi-Speed Data Exchange for Law Enforcement
High-speed box office ticketing tracking
Alternatives to Bluetooth connections & pairing
NFC for Border security (government grade identity documents and keycards)
Mobile payment contactless smart cards
Improvements to ISO/IEC 14443 and FeliCa Compliant devices in Canada, US

Some Public Project information available on Linkedin

Galleries

All Projects require human centered interaction design, and research for devices in that demographic. For 2012, the focus is being "fine tuned" with niches in the healthcare, social media and consumer spaces. Latest Projects and Gallery will reflect:

Mobile Devices
Wireless Technology and alternatives
Consumer ID products and Apps
Enhanced Emergency Tools

More info available from Colin Walcott Twitter feeds

Near Field Communication Devices

Colin Walcott is involved with "Near Field Communication" devices, something most people may use but arent aware of it. Involvement with PayPass Technology through Playbook and standardizing it for consumer grade tablets (Kobo Vox, Kindle Fire, Nook Color, iPad, Asus Transformer, Nexus, and Galaxy). Bringing forward improved GUI for mobile devices interacting with vehicles, advanced radio communication.

More available available via inviatation

User Interface Design and Information Architecture for Prototype Devices
Colin crosses over with developers, marketing departments and programmers to create user interfaces for many target groups, web and mobile devices. Branding GUI, Navigation, wireframes and workflows are part of Colin’s tasks.

Next Generation Products
Leveraging tablet and touch screen technology for Bluetooth enabled devices, Next generation smartphone devices, WiFi devices & data exchange resources. Pushing the Android OS (a.k.a."Gingerbread" & "Ice Cream Sandwich") and standardize touchscreen devices with analog backups. On going blue-sky design for multimedia dashboards for healthcare, consumer products, etc.

More available on updated " Live Journal"