Great nations are simply the operating fronts of behind-the-scenes, vastly ambitious individuals who had become so effectively powerful because of their ability to remain invisible while operating behind the national scenery. - R. Buckminster Fuller

Ron Kurti's Website

I’ve been making technology friendly for the last 12 years.

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My work has shaped products and services ranging from web search, futuristic automotive navigation controls, heads-up display goggles, articulating car seats, heart-lung-machine visualizations, computer speakers, enterprise-level websites, media company flash portals, music downloads, web radio, social networking, to wordpress blogs. I’m a serial entrepreneur, design & technology consultant, music producer, DJ, photographer and patent holder – always looking for opportunities on the edge. My human-centered approach stems from a degree in Product Design and the experiences I gained working in that field early in my career. In 1999 I followed a friend to San Francisco where I fell in love with the the city, start-up life, and the electronic music scene.

Currently working on optimizing vertical search with Vast.com

Vast.com
Creative Direction, UX Design

My past clients are diverse, but I’ve always gravitated towards social music work.

Dopetracks
Strategy, Marketing, SEO, UI Design, HTML/CSS, Flash

Echo Networks
Strategy, Marketing, UI Design, HTML/CSS, Flash

First On Mars
UI Design, SEO

NISSAN Motors
UI Design, Flash

Leverage Labs
UI Design, HTML/CSS

OHIO
Design, Marketing, HTML/CSS

Spacelook
Strategy, Marketing, SEO, UI Design

Spa Ritual Snowflake Generator
Flash

Alpine
UI Evaluation and Design

HP
Product Design

Nip Tuck Season 4:
HTML/CSS, Flash

Illustration

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  • rachel schmeidler said on Mar 9, 2007 at 12:21 am

    beautiful pictures!

  • Seb Jarakian said on Jun 11, 2007 at 10:28 am

    Hi Ron,

    I accepted your invitation to add you on Linked In. I noticed Futuretrax on your site above. Are you a friend of Adam Smith-Kipnis? Just curious to see if that’s how you found me.

    Your photos are great btw.

    Thanks,

    Seb

  • Jeff Howard said on Oct 9, 2007 at 8:04 am

    Hello Ron,

    I’ve been trying to get in contact with a member of the Dopetracks team for discussion over some recoding and editing technology I have stumbled upon that will significantly improve your site.

    My e-mail is jeffreymhoward@gmail.com, I can send you more info later. I think I will bring a lot to the table.

    Best luck,
    Jeff

  • joanna said on Nov 2, 2007 at 11:09 am

    hey, Ron… I don’t mean to leave a comment as much as say hello to you. Dave Maltz sent me your blog when he learned you were in LA. are you still here?

  • Ron Kurti said on Nov 22, 2007 at 8:34 pm

    joanna… yes.
    email me… ron [at] kurti [dot] com

  • cleantone (aka Bazaaar) said on Jan 6, 2008 at 7:48 am

    Yeah ron work on the rule of thirds byach!

    Guess who? Cleantone from SF…now stationed for the past 6 years on Kauai and now on Oahu….

    Avi Producer and the same ole crazy art n musik shtick…but a bit mo focused…father of beautiful 5 yr old Sequoia Rose

    livin Aloha..planning to be on yer tail in South east Asia in the next year on a mission…you lucky bastard…

    recently ran into matt george who hooked me up with creeps and they told me to check you out….

    congrats with your works and travels…

    i have alot to share and interested in talkin w you…

    e me back or call if you like…

    808.723.1460

    i saw that somya is still in touch w you…would love to drop her a line sometime…feel free to pass on my info…dat goes for any of our shared peers….ive lost touch with evrybody in SF…

    Had a really rough breakup with Sequoia’s mom…she took my baby to Tokyo…just putting my life back together after being sidelined for the past 5 years with all the drama…

    stoked to hear yer out there movin and groovin…come through to chinatown in Honolulu, I ll set u up w some gigs and perhaps we’ll do a renegade like the good ole days..

    talk to ya l8r playa bombahy!

    Clean

  • cleantone (aka Bazaaar) said on Jan 6, 2008 at 7:52 am

    BTW…send me yer email addy so i can send you pics…

    peace out yo

    Happy new year..my bday is on martin luther king day this tear the 21st…happy chinese new years and bob marley day as well my niggah!

  • jon e. rock said on Mar 4, 2008 at 9:33 am

    Hey, what’s your email? We have music biz to discuss. Stay safe, homie!
    Jon e. Rock

  • Elias Bizannes said on Nov 22, 2009 at 8:38 am

    I stumble by accident, and discover more and more about the Vast familia. Didn’t realise how awesome your previous work has been. :)

  • Ron Kurti said on Dec 18, 2009 at 8:53 pm

    Aw shux, Elias.

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