I build and run ConnectHV. On the side, I interview interesting people at Creative Hudson Valley and write about software with a sense of place at Digital Terroir. By day, I'm a product designer at Okta.
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Posted 1 month agoHi! I'm Jordan, and I built ConnectHV. I'm a designer and software engineer who's passionate about making cool stuff for the Hudson Valley community.
I was born and raised in Wallkill, moved to New Paltz after college, and then moved to Beacon before settling in Poughkeepsie. Aside from a stint in PA for college, I've lived in the Hudson Valley my whole life.
In the summers, I'm the stadium announcer for Stockade FC, the semi-pro soccer team based in Kingston.
By day, I'm a product designer at Okta, where I lead the design technology portion of the design systems team.
I've been the founding or lead designer at several companies, including atSpoke (an ML-driven ticketing platform, acquired by Okta in 2021), Dwell (an iOS audio Bible app), and Agrilyst (an indoor farm management platform). I was also the UX Director at Fusion Media, a Hudson Valley design agency.
I was the managing editor of The Industry, a now-defunct publication providing design-oriented coverage of the mid-2010s startup scene. I wrote around 120 articles, was the opinion editor for a time, and then the managing editor. We put the publication on hiatus to build Playbook, which remains live.
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Posted 1 month agoThe ConnectHV holiday party is on December 18 at 6:00pm in Poughkeepsie! Go to "Events" in the header to RSVP 🎅
Posted 4 months agoThe next ConnectHV meetup is Thursday, October 24 at 6pm in Hudson! RSVP at the "Events" link in the header 🚀
Posted 6 months agoJoin the new Slack community for Hudson Valley creative, tech, and entrepreneurial folks: https://join.slack.com/t/connecthv/shared_invite/zt-2g6ow754h-SYebNHhFVQK2cBkE4aInMQ
Posted 1 year agoJoin the new Slack community for Hudson Valley creative, tech, and entrepreneurial folks: You can join here: https://join.slack.com/t/connecthv/shared_invite/zt-2g6ow754h-SYebNHhFVQK2cBkE4aInMQ
Posted 1 year ago🆕 Just launched custom tags and a more reliable image uploader!
Posted 1 year agoThere's currently a glitch with profile links & tags; I'm actively investigating and will post here once there's a fix. (It works, it's just... misbehaving a bit). Thanks for your patience!
Posted 1 year ago👋 Seeing a bunch of new faces here! What brought you to ConnectHV?
Posted 1 year agoIt's Friday! 🎉
Posted 1 year agoIt’s working on mobile! I have a (provisional, beta) version ready and going into TestFlight now. Once it clears beta review from Apple, it’ll be ready for anyone willing to test 🚀
Posted 1 year agoI've started work on a native ConnectHV mobile app 📱
Posted 1 year agoIt’s Mashup time! I’ll be at the ConnectHV table from 5-8pm tonight at Ole Savannah in Kingston. Come through!
Posted 1 year agoThrilled to have been featured on the Cidiot podcast, where I talked about creativity in the Hudson Valley and the idea of "digital terroir." Check it out at cidiot.com!
Posted 1 year ago🍂 Happy Fall, and welcome to everyone who joined in the past few days — it was a record week for ConnectHV!
Posted 1 year agoThe most thrilling feeling as ConnectHV's founder is seeing people sign up who I've never met before 🤩
Posted 1 year ago🚀 Very, very happy to have the new Status feature launched! Go to your profile to change your status and it'll show up in the main feed ✨
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