Blubber Room

Digital products atelier


About

Blubber Room is a product development studio based in Concord, CA. We currently are exploring the possibilities of AI user experience and the use of AI in creating products.


Contact

Say hello: hello[at]blubberroom.com


Projects

Jumpin' Hoops

A service to help product managers prepare for interviews.

Published: 5/16/2025

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Mat Calculator

A tool for laying out and calculating measurements for picture frame mat board cutting.

Published: 5/19/2025

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Timer Thingy

A thingy you can use to time multiple iterations of something.

Published: 5/19/2025

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Web Audio Recorder

A simple tool to record audio files in the browser.

Published: 3/12/2025

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Helmet Inside

Advocacy campaign to improve visibility of cyclists in communities.

Published: Coming Soon

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Bookmarklet Link Maker

A simple tool to make it easy to add bookmarklet code to your browser.

Published: 8/27/2024

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This Website

A basic website for a product development studio.

Published: 8/24/2024

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BART Ridership

Visualization of BART ridership data for a collective visualization project.

Published: 2013

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Hubway Bike Share Race

Visualization of bike share usage data for the Hubway Data Visualization Challenge.

Published: 2012

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Inspiration

“But to learn all about these recondite matters, your best way is at once to descend into the blubber-room, and have a long talk with its inmates. This place has previously been mentioned as the receptacle for the blanket-pieces, when stript and hoisted from the whale. When the proper time arrives for cutting up its contents, this apartment is a scene of terror to all tyros, especially by night. On one side, lit by a dull lantern, a space has been left clear for the workmen. They generally go in pairs,—a pike-and-gaffman and a spade-man. The whaling-pike is similar to a frigate’s boarding-weapon of the same name. The gaff is something like a boat-hook. With his gaff, the gaffman hooks on to a sheet of blubber, and strives to hold it from slipping, as the ship pitches and lurches about. Meanwhile, the spade-man stands on the sheet itself, perpendicularly chopping it into the portable horse-pieces. This spade is sharp as hone can make it; the spademan’s feet are shoeless; the thing he stands on will sometimes irresistibly slide away from him, like a sledge. If he cuts off one of his own toes, or one of his assistants’, would you be very much astonished? Toes are scarce among veteran blubber-room men.” [1]