ABOUT
I'm Nino. I live in Chicago. I make things—photographs, music, words, software, and a couple of businesses along the way.
By day I'm a product architect (I've been writing code for 25 years). But that's not really what this site is about.
This is the space for everything I create outside of that.
What I'm Into
Photography
Action sports and volleyball. I run Flickday Media for tournament coverage—raw, fast, player-first. 20,000+ photos and counting.
Music
I DJ. House, disco, and whatever makes people move. Been doing it for years, still love it.
Writing
Signal Dispatch is my blog—essays on making things, software craft, and working through ideas in public.
Building
Software, apps, tools. Rally HQ for tournament management, AI experiments, and whatever else I'm tinkering with.
Photography
I shoot volleyball and action sports. It's a good counterbalance to sitting at a computer— you're outside, moving, trying to anticipate moments before they happen.
Background
I've been writing code since 1999. Started at small agencies, moved through consulting firms, eventually ended up leading architecture for Fortune 500 commerce platforms.
These days the day job is at commerce.com as a product architect. But the projects on this site are what I spend my free time on—and they say more about how I think than any resume would.
If you want the formal career timeline, it's on the Now page.
Connect
Always happy to chat about photography, music, building things, or whatever's interesting.