Matt Murphy

The Workshop Series

Pick a card, any card

Six things I’ve built or run. Inspect a card to see it up close, or read the story for what exists today and what my part was.

Showing all 6 projects.

  1. Pathway Builder

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    Pathway Builder · Software
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    Training to degree, mapped
    Connect the dots
    Programs, courses and skills laid out as routes you can see.
    Mind the gaps
    Check programs against what the regional job market needs.
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    Evan Finds the Third Room · Khruangbin
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    Workshop Series · W01/06
    Finish
    Etched foil

    Pathway Builder

    Live productSoftware · Workforce education

    Software I built so community-college teams can map programs, courses and competencies into routes they can see, from short-term training to a degree. Right now I’m adding a place to weigh new program ideas with evidence.

    Read the story

  2. Wavelength

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    Wavelength · Studio
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    Should we build it? Let’s find out
    Go, revise or stop
    A straight answer before anyone spends the budget.
    All the way to class
    From feasibility study to teach-ready curriculum.
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    Climb to Safety · Widespread Panic
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    Workshop Series · W04/06
    Finish
    Etched foil

    Wavelength

    Live serviceResearch · Program development

    My program-development studio helps community colleges decide which workforce programs are worth building, then helps build them. That means labor-market research, feasibility studies, funding search, and curriculum and course development.

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  3. Corridor Cards

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    Corridor Cards · Business
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    Vending · eBay · web shop
    Rip it or keep it
    Sealed packs and singles for sports and Pokémon collectors.
    No stock photos
    The card in the picture is the card you get.
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    Deal · Grateful Dead
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    Workshop Series · W03/06
    Finish
    Special edition foil

    Corridor Cards

    Operating businessBusiness · Retail & e-commerce

    My trading-card business in Coralville, Iowa. I run card vending machines, an eBay store and a web shop, selling sealed product and singles to sports and Pokémon collectors.

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  4. Listing Pipeline

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    Listing Pipeline · Automation
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    Photos in · drafts out
    No guessing
    Not sure which card it is? It asks instead of making something up.
    I hit publish
    It never posts on its own. I check every one.
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    What I Got · Sublime
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    Workshop Series · W02/06
    Finish
    Special edition foil

    Corridor Listing Pipeline

    In regular useAI workflow · Operations

    I take the card photos and drop them in a folder. Code and AI turn them into checked, priced eBay drafts, then stop. I review and publish every listing.

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  5. Encore

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    Encore · Software
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    Continuing ed, one home
    Everything in one place
    Catalog, registration, classes and certificates in one system.
    Rules stay put
    Each enrollment keeps the policy it signed up under.
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    Far Out Feeling · SUSTO
    Set
    Workshop Series · W05/06
    Finish
    Etched foil

    Encore

    In developmentSoftware · Continuing education

    I’m building one system for community-college continuing-education teams: catalog, registration and payment, class operations, attendance, completion and certificates.

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  6. GroomJobs

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    GroomJobs · Web
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    Careers for the grooming trade
    Fresh-cut careers
    Guides and hiring help for groomers and salons.
    No sign-up
    The calculators run right in your browser.
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    Nose on the Grindstone · Tyler Childers
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    Workshop Series · W06/06
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    Etched foil

    GroomJobs

    Publishing experimentWeb · Careers

    I started it as a job board for the pet-grooming trade. Today it’s free career and hiring guides, plus calculators that run in your browser, for groomers and salon owners.

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Three of these fit togetherHow Wavelength, Pathway Builder and Encore fit together

Side projects

Two things I made because I wanted them to exist. I work on them when a week leaves me with AI tokens to spare.

  • TourTrip

    Leftover tokens Working title

    A trip planner that connects the music to the travel: the shows, the drive between them, and everything along the way.

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  • Glint

    Leftover tokens

    A calm little game where you grow a tree, one small choice a day.

    Read about Glint