About

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I began to experiment with websites at the age of 14 in the summer before my freshman year in high school. Upon graduation, I was working professionally for a local internet company, Mesh.net, building websites for clients throughout the Dallas / Fort Worth area.

I am flexible and well rounded with all things Internet. I have a lot of experience and I am always exploring new technologies to build my skill set. With a focus on web standard and accessibility, I aim to create websites that are future compatible.

One-stop blog shop: I can write blog entries and contribute photography. I can set up advanced design features for WordPress and Blogger. With proper planning for social sites, I can build in functionality to "carry-over" content and feeds from blogs to video sites and social media sites such asFacebook.

With nine years of experience, I have worked on websites for BAE Systems (through Mesh.net), the NY Times bestselling author Lou Dubose, Austin's Euro-Asian fine-dining establishment Bistro 88, and, most recently, in the Office of External Relations at The University of Texas System.

I have recently moved from Austin, Texas to New York, New York.

Current Projects

  • Alana Martin - WordPress blog with custom theme
  • Lou Dubose - WordPress blog with custom theme
  • Bistro 88 - WordPress blog with custom theme and photography
  • The University of Texas System - http://stateoftomorrow.com

Technology

  • accessible semantic xhtml
  • CSS
  • PHP
    • Custom WordPress themes
    • Drupal
    • Joomla
    • Custom application development
  • mySQL
  • ASP classic
  • ASP.NET
  • Javascript
    • Scriptaculous
    • jQuery
  • Dreamweaver
  • Fireworks
  • Photoshop
  • Apache
  • BSD
  • Windows
  • Mac OS X

Work Experience

  • Web Designer

    11/2008 - Present University of Texas System, Austin, Texas http://www.stateoftomorrow.com

    Responsibilities:

    • xhtml and css production
    • information architecture
    • interface design and development with jQuery
    • social media promotion direction (Facebook, YouTube, and Vimeo)
    • author blog entries

  • Web Design and Development

    3/2003 - Present Freelance Web Development, Austin, Texas

    Past Work:

    • http://www.casabrasilcoffees.com - site re-design with XHTML, CSS, PHP, WordPress
    • http://www.loudubose.com - custom WordPress theme
    • http://www.nestrecording.com - simple html site

  • Web Producer

    1/2007 - 6/2007 itzbig.com, Austin, Texas

    Agile product design and development approach focusing on user-experience.

    Responsibilities:

    • production of the marketing website
    • creation of a product documentation wiki
    • production of interaction diagrams
    • production of wireframe mockups
    • client support

  • Senior Web Developer

    2000 - 2003 Mesh.Net Internet Services, Fort Worth, Texas

    Responsibilities:

    • directing development and design of websites
    • updating and maintaining websites
    • client support

Places I have shown:

  • University of North Texas - Denton, Texas 2002
  • Downtown Coffee Haus - Fort Worth, Texas 2003
  • First Jefferson Unitarian Universalist Church - Fort Worth, Texas 2004
  • The Flightpath - Austin, Texas March/April 2005
  • The Flightpath - Austin, Texas June 2007
  • Magnolia Cafe - Austin, Texas February/March 2008

Upcoming:

Magnolia Cafe
February 2008 - Lake Austin Blvd. Austin, Texas-->

Cameras I use:

Nikon D70s:
6.1 megapixel digital SLR 2005-present
Nikon F3:
manual 35mm SLR released in 1980
Nikon FM2N:
manual 35mm SLR released in 1984
Nikon Nikkormat FT3:
manual 35mm SLR 1977-1979
Nikon Nikkormat FTn:
manual 35mm SLR 1967-1975
Yashica Mat 124-G:
manual medium format TLR 1970-1985

Cameras I have used:

Cannon Canonet QL17:
35mm rangefinder circa 1970's
Konica Autoreflex T3n:
manual 35mm SLR circa 1970's.
Nikon Nikkormat FTn:
manual 35mm SLR 1967-1975