year in review 2024
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As we bid farewell to 2024, let's review the year and the path it carved. I spoke at a conference and earned my second film credit. I took part in several industry events, enhancing existing skills and learning new ones. Put together a "Making Of" for my year in review series, shipped some awesome new software products and took some amazing photos during my travels.

Online, USA
Feb 10
UX Camp
Winter
Seattle, WA
April 11 - 13
IA in the Age of AI: Designing Intelligent Information Landscapes
Information Architecture Conference Logo
Speaker
Anaheim, CA
May 9 - 10
Anaheim California
attendee
New York City, NY
May 16 - 17
San Francisco, CA
June 26 - 27
Config Logo
attendee
Siggraph Logo
Denver, CO
Jul 28 - Aug 1
2024 Siggraph logo in perspective
Online, USA
Sep 12 - Sep 13
Leadership by Design Logo
Chicago Camps Logo
New York City, NY
Dec 5 - 6

Knowledge.Knowledge.Knowledge.

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Participated in several industry events this year, gaining valuable insights and learning new things along the way.

Travel Log

BUR Burbank
SEA Seattle
SEA Seattle
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LAX Los Angeles
ewr Newark
NYC New York City
DC Washington DC
bwi Baltimore
lax Los Angeles
bur Burbank
sfo San Francisco
sfo San Francisco
bur Burbank
lax Los Angeles
den Denver
den Denver
lax Los Angeles
lax Los Angeles
fra Frankfurt
fra Frankfurt
prg Prague
prg Prague
vie Vienna
vie Vienna
bud Budapest
bud Budapest
fra Frankfurt
fra Frankfurt
lax Los Angeles
lax Los Angeles
iad Dulles
DC Washington DC
NYC New York City
ewr Newark
lax Los Angeles
doh Doha
cai Cairo
LAX Los Angeles
DOH Doha
cai Cairo
lxr Luxor
lxr Luxor
esn* Esna
esn* Esna
edf* Edfu
edf* Edfu
kom* Kom Ombo
kom* Kom Ombo
asw Aswan
asw Aswan
cai Cairo
cai Cairo
doh Doha
DOH Doha
LAX Los Angeles
4D 1H Flight Time
7H Lost to Delays
44,727mi Total Miles Flown
1.8x Times Around the Globe
253mi Shortest Flight
8294mi Longest Flight
15 Airports Visited
LAX Busiest Airport with 10 Flights
Boeing 747 Flew on a 747 for the 1st time in 15+ years

film log

The Fall Guy Poster Fall Guy Thumbs up animation
Marvel's Deadpool & Wolverine Poster
The Wild Robot Poster

top picks

The Fall Guy

1

Deadpool & Wolverine

2

The Wild Robot

3

Inside Out 2

4

Rise of the Planet of the Apes

5

119

featured films watched

43%

were rewatches

Nov 3rd

busiest watch days with 8 movies

Knives Out

1st watched

68 days

biggest watch gap

Moana 2 poster with Moana and Maui on the canoe
Moana 2 poster with Maui's hook and Moana's oar in the shape of a 2 Hei Hei being Hei Hei
A scared Pua sliding down Moana 2 poster with Moana swinging from the sail of her canoe

Moana 2

Thrilled to share I have received my second film credit with Moana 2! If you haven't seen it yet, make sure to check it out and let me know when you spot my name in the credits. And while you're at it, say hi to Pua and Hei Hei for me!

Bunny Ears

Web Updates

This year, as part of my website updates, Easter Eggs and Resources received a major upgrade. Easter Eggs got a new home to see which have been unlocked and Resources received better ways to discover items. Explore my site and discover all these updates and much more!

By the Numbers

19.7K

Total site visits 2024

March 10th

Busiest Visit Day

Most page views by country

🇺🇸

United States

13520

🇬🇧

United Kingdom

1399

🇵🇱

Poland

916

🇹🇷

Turkey

436

🇮🇳

India

418

Top Referrers

Direct

rehanbutt.com · 11409

Jekyll

jekyllrb.com · 2004

Google

google.com · 1366

Drive Tesla

driveteslacanada.ca · 180

Code Cleaning

Eliminated a significant amount of unused code and optimized the remaining sections for efficiency.

+16

-43,908

Device Breakdown

85%

Desktop

15%

Mobile

A photo of me on stage at the UX Summit
A action shot of me speaking on stage

Spoke at Disney's UX Summit

A photo of me speaking to the audience, with the audience in the foreground

Lighting the Way: What it's like Designing Lighting Tools at Disney Animation

Lighting is a critical part of our animated films. How do we enable new workflows and greater control while lowering the barrier for our artists to bring their visions to life? What experiences do we mirror in the new tooling landscape and what do you leave behind? This talk explores the lessons learned and some best practices for building and adopting new tools within a legacy system.

Skills

Skills
Design Ops
Product Management
Systems Design
Mentoring
Data Analysis
Discovery Research
Product Development
Web Dev

Continued to level up my skills and acquired some new ones this year.

The Making of Year in Review

This year I shipped The Making of Year in Review. Looking at the process of creating the first 5 years of my personal year in review.

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2024 Favorite Things

Actions app icons overlapped with Apple's Shortcut app
Actions

Supercharge Apple Shortcuts with a whole lot more actions!

Bic Cristal ReNew box
Bic Cristal ReNew

The Bic Cristal you know and love with a premium twist.

Nuts.com Dried Organic Strawberries
Organic Dried Strawberries

Sweet and delicious, these dried strawberries make a great snack!

Jetlag logo with the YouTube logo and a thumbnail from the show
Jetlag The Game

'We play games where the world is our board.' - Think Amazing Race, but YouTube.

Posters from the Lessons in Chemistry mini-series
Lessons in Chemistry

A series following an aspiring chemist in a world that insists women belong in the kitchen. After accepting a job on a TV cooking show, she teaches a nation far more than just recipes.

Photo of the LTT Scribedriver bolt action pen
LTT Scribedriver

A classic bolt action pen with an upcycled twist.

Cover of the Art of Monsters Inc book
The Art of Monsters Inc.

A collection of concept art from Pixar's Monsters, Inc.

Actions

Supercharge Apple Shortcuts with a whole lot more actions!

Bic Cristal ReNew

The Bic Cristal you know and love with a premium twist.

Organic Dried Strawberries

Sweet and delicious, these dried strawberries make a great snack!

Jetlag The Game

'We play games where the world is our board.' - Think Amazing Race, but YouTube.

Lessons in Chemistry

A series following an aspiring chemist in a world that insists women belong in the kitchen. After accepting a job on a TV cooking show, she teaches a nation far more than just recipes.

LTT Scribedriver

A classic bolt action pen with an upcycled twist.

The Art of Monsters Inc.

A collection of concept art from Pixar's Monsters, Inc.

See you 2024

Farewell, 2024 — thank you for the memories, lessons, and joy. As we welcome 2025, let's look forward to a year filled with new opportunities, happiness, and endless adventures. May this year bring you success, laughter, and moments to treasure. Here's to embracing the journey ahead. Happy New Year!

A photo of me in front of the Pyramids of Giza
Visited the Pyramids
A photo of me Next to Mike and Sulley from Monsters Inc. at the Pixar Campus
1st visit to Pixar HQ!