Work related matters
I've been doing web development since 1996. The work I enjoy most involves both client and server side technologies, nifty interfaces, and clean, elegant code. I excel at playing a middle role between pure design and back end engineering. I have a good aesthetic sense, combined with the technical aptitude to play many roles.
So, please have a look around, and if you have any questions, drop me a line
Skills
xhtml, css, php, javascript, ajax, xml, jstl, sql, vignette storyserver, tcl, photoshop, imageready, wordpress, movabletype, mambo, openads, oscommerce, etc
Selected Work
Marktwainproject.org
I worked for the California Digital Library during 2006 and 2007. I worked on several projects during this time, most notably the Mark Twain Project - a partnership between CDL, the Mark Twain Papers, the UC Press. The site was designed to provide access to Twain's work, letters, and archival research, utilizing xml based content and metadata. I did all the CSS and XHTML, lots of javascript to customize the interface, and various graphical and interface tweaks. Unfortunately, the site is not completely live at this point, but the beta will give you a pretty good idea.
It was a great experience to work for CDL, as they operate like a non-profit or community service organization, but have the resources of the University of California. Their purpose is to present digital content from libraries, and provide tools to allow research, learning, and sharing of information. A previous project I worked on was America West (still offline, unfortunately), a XML/JSTL based site that provided web access to thousands of archived photographs from multiple libraries.
Ypulse.com
I've been webmaster for Ypulse for a few years now. Ypulse is a Movabletype based blog geared towards marketing professionals and youth media. The site was founded in 2004 by Anastasia Goodstein, and has grown significantly since then, and now has over 60,000 unique visitors per month.
I've provided Ypulse with various maintenance services, upgrades, Openads integration, and custom programming, as well as the design and integration of the Mashup series of sites.
Sybase.com
I've worked for Sybase on and off since 1999. Most recently, I was hired to create all of the front end xhtml and css for their latest website redesign. Due to marketing browser requirements, I wasn't able to use a pure css design, but I did make extensive use of css for layout and display, which cut the html file size by at least 50%.
Since 1999, I've also worked for them on several occasions as a Vignette Storyserver developer. The projects I was involved with included a sitebuilder application for content management, the MySybase profiled site, and the eShop ecommerce site.
Decadesofstyle.com
Speaking of using open source technologies to empower small businesses, here's a good example. Decadesofstyle sells digital reproductions of vintage clothing patterns. I built them a custom designed site based on the osCommerce shopping cart engine, allowing them full control over content, product listings, shipping, billing and orders.
TechTV.com
TechTV gets a lot of traffic, and they sell a lot of advertising. Consequently, they have a pretty complicated ad tracking application. I was hired to extend and modify their existing ad sales and tracking system, and serve as the main point of contact for the advertising department.
I also did general Vignette and SQL development for them, such as adding functionality to their CMS, and cache management and flushing systems.
Autodesk.com
I worked for Autodesk as a developer when they first began transitioning from a static to a dynamic site, using Vignette Storyserver. I worked on the development mainly of the internal content management and account billing systems. In addition to Vignette, this also involved the use of extensive javascript, and SQL with an Oracle database.