My career as I know it started way back in 1995. I designed my first website that year... using Microsoft Word. It was awful. Later that same year, though, I had my first paying job as a freelance web-designer - $50 from a local church music group for a website full of frames, tables, and font tags. Of course, I was 12 at the time, and didn't know any better. Now, 13 years later, the fundamentals of what I do haven't changed and neither has how much I love doing it.
Presently, my focus is on front-end web development emphasizing standards, accessibility, and the end-user experience. Additionally, I work on website design, web systems administration, logo, brand and icon design, systems analysis and specification, database administration and photography.
I currently reside in Longmont, Colorado and am a happily employed Interactive Developer for Crispin Porter + Bogusky
Education
Univeristy of Missouri - Columbia
2001-2005
Received a Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Science with a minor in Mathematics. Completed 2 years towards a Bachelor of Arts degree in Fine Art with an emphasis on drawing and design as well as 3 years toward a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Philosophy (yes, I said Philosophy).
Skills
User interface and website design, vector and raster based imaging, internet systems design and development, accessibility and standards based programming, and internet systems administration.
Design
Logo, Brand and Identity, Web, User Interface, Print, Photography, and (limited) Digital Animation
Coding, Markup, and Databases
XTHML, CSS, Ruby (on Rails), PHP, MySQL, PostgreSQL, Javascript, AJAX, XML, Dashcode (OSX Widget Creation)
Programming Proficiencies
Web Standards, Accesibility, MVC Frameworks (including Rails and Cake), Content Management Systems (including Expression Engine, Wordpress, and Joomla), and Object Oriented Design
Internet Systems Administration
Both Unix/Linux and Windows based servers, Apache, Mongrel and IIS webservers, MySQL and PostgreSQL database servers, Ruby on Rails deployment, Subversion (SVN) version tracking
Software
Adobe Creative Suite (including Photoshop, Illustrator, Dreamweaver, and Flash), Maya3d, Apple Aperture, Microsoft Office and Apple iWork
Note: although my platform of choice is Mac OSX, I'm equally adept on both Windows and Linux.
Recognition
Most Inspired · CSS Mania · Design Shack · CSSClip · CSS Web Design Yorkshire · CSS Designed · Boxed CSS
For More Information
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