take me home, country roads
Nice to meet you!
My name is Nick Allen and I design and build software for a living. I live in Santa Monica with my lovely wife and our fluffy dog from the other page.
I was born in Eugene, Oregon and I grew up outside of Portland -- so I love the Blazers, the Seahawks, pine trees, and I kind of miss the rain. I went to Stanford where I studied Product Design.
I love playing music (piano/drums), cars, chess, golf, interior design, pasta, and snowboarding in the winter. I believe an Arnold Palmer is the superior drink.
2009 - 2013
Stanford University
BS - Engineering - Product Design
2013 - 2018
Snap Inc
2018 - 2020
Quibi
2020 - Present
Route
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"Geofilters" - USER INTERFACE TO AUGMENT AN IMAGE
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"Discover" - MULTICHANNEL SYSTEM
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"Our Stories Authentication" - GEO-FENCE AUTHORIZATION PROVISIONING
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"Chat for Snapchat" - EPHEMERAL GROUP CHAT
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"Stories" - EPHEMERAL MESSAGE GALLERIES
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"Saving Snap to Memories" - EPHEMERAL MESSAGE GALLERIES WITH OPT-IN PERMANENCE
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"Group Stories" - RESTRICTED GROUP CONTENT COLLECTION
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"Official Stories" - SOCIAL MEDIA POST SUBSCRIBE REQUESTS FOR BUFFER USER ACCOUNTS
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"Vertical Scrubber" - INTERFACE METHOD TO MANIPULATE VIDEO TIMECODE
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"Turnstyle" - MEDIA CONTENT PRESENTATION
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"Custom Stories" - GENERATING AGGREGATED MEDIA CONTENT ITEMS FOR A GROUP OF USERS
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"Our Stories Curation Tool" - GENERATION, CURATION, AND PRESENTATION OF MEDIA COLLECTIONS
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"Universal Tracking Account" - SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ACCOUNT CREATION
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