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Web Designer + Rails DeveloperVolume Gallery
- Ruby on Rails
- HTML + CSS
- CMS
Working with a minimal, yet bold grid designed by the always excellent, über-talented Plural, I developed a custom Ruby on Rails application for Volume Gallery, an event-based gallery from Chicago focusing on American design. The custom CMS and HTML templates allow Volume to easily manage upcoming gallery events, news, pages, and a mailing list. Designed by Plural.
shortcts.in
- Ruby on Rails
Initially created in a weekend for the SocialDevCamp Hackathon with Dave Giunta, Matt Puchlerz, and Mike Laurence, Shortcts.in is a social website for learning, remembering, and organizing keyboard shortcuts. The award-winning (best designed at the Hackathon!) HTML5 and CSS3 interface sits atop a custom Ruby on Rails application. You've never enjoyed keyboard shortcuts this much...until now.
mTraks.com
- Design + UI
- Ruby on Rails
- HTML + CSS
- Javascript
Working with, and eventually for, DRM-Free music startup mTraks.com was a great experience. Myself and another developer collaborated with mTraks from the initial conception to the final deliverable. I handled the design, HTML and CSS, and a good portion of the Ruby on Rails development. Over time the site would grow to house more than 1 million MP3 files, thousands of users, and was spread across 4 servers.
Tessoro Jewelry
- Ruby on Rails
- HTML + CSS
- Javascript
- CMS
Tessoro Jewelry needed a website makeover to showcase their amazing work and their commitment to green practices through the use of salvaged birchbark. I worked closely with the client and with the web designer to seamlessly and precisely translate the Photoshop designs to the web. The site was developed in Ruby on Rails and includes an extensive CMS allowing Tessoro to manage content, inventory, and wholesale users. This project was completed while employed at The Killswitch Collective.
Ox-Bow School of the Arts
- Ruby on Rails
- HTML + CSS
- CMS
The Ox-Bow School of the Arts requested a new, dynamic section to their existing static HTML site. I developed a Ruby on Rails based area of the site, keeping the existing HTML site intact while giving Ox-Bow the ability to update the photo galleries, podcasts, and alumni news of their new "Program Feed" section through a custom CMS. This project was completed while employed at The Killswitch Collective.
IAmOnMTV.com
- Dev Manager
- Ruby on Rails
- HTML + CSS
- CMS
MTV's IAmOnMTV.com presented a unique challenge: take an existing and active PHP site and database, convert the codebase to Ruby on Rails, add new features, redo the CMS, improve the design, and migrate 300,000 users and their data to a new database — all without taking the site offline. I managed and developed with a team of 4, and we pulled it off. This project was completed while employed at The Killswitch Collective.
River Architects
- Design + UI
- PHP + Wordpress
- HTML + CSS
New York based River Architects were in need of a refresh to their aging portfolio site. We created a simple, minimal design, highlighting their amazing work and their history together as a team. The project was built with Wordpress, including a few custom plugins, to allow James and Juhee to easily update the web content.
Steve Smith Scholarship Fund
- Design + UI
- PHP + Wordpress
- HTML + CSS
Michigan State Basketball standout and NBA star, Steve Smith, came to us to develop a web destination for his foundation and scholarship program that provides much needed assistance to outstanding students to attend Michigan State University. I handled all aspects of the project's design, development, and deployment. The site was built with Wordpress, allowing the client to easily manage all aspects of the site content.
Analog Works
- Screenprint
- Oil
- Watercolor
- Conté
- Charcoal
A collection of artwork created with various types of media over the past few years. I always find it relaxing and rewarding to step away from the computer for a time, turn up the music, and dabble in the analog world. Solutions to all sorts of unrelated digital problems unravel while my mind is able to wander in front of the easel.
