Portfolio of Work
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Refresh Columbia
Branded & WordPressed
In order to keep up with current trends and stay inspired, it’s important to have a network of colleagues & friends to learn from. Thanks to blogs, forums, and email lists, I’ve had this sort of network online for over a decade. After attending my second SXSW conference last year, I decided it was time to develop a local group here in Columbia. The result was RefreshColumbia.org. I designed the logo and set up the WordPress install.
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Book Promo Site
Designed & Coded
Shortly after I finished reviewing and revising the last chapter of my book, Sitepoint informed me that it would be a good idea to set up a promotional website about it. After thinking a little bit about each chapter, I followed my own advice and started sketching ideas out on paper. It was those handwritten notes that inspired the overlay image that you see when you hover each of the menu items.
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DIYalogue
Branded & Ningified
Being first-time home owners, my wife and I are constantly taking on new projects and running up against new challenges. From scraping popcorn ceilings, to patching holes in the walls, to gutting our 70s kitchen; we’ve been able to do a lot of the work on our house ourselves. Along the way we’re learning new skills and the money we’re investing is increasing the value of our house. I created a community on Ning called DIYalogue for people (like Amy and I) who are in over their heads.
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Amesnjas
Happily Ever Afterated
Amy and I got married on July 19th, 2003. It wasn’t long after that when I decided we needed a website to keep our friends and family updated. The first incarnation of amesnjas.com was a static HTML photo gallery coupled with a homebrew blogging system created with PHP & MySQL. In 2006 I rebuilt the site using WordPress as the blog platform and ZenPhoto to manage the photos.
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David F. Albrecht
Designed & WordPressed
I don’t do much freelance these days, but I recently worked with David Albrecht to create an effective web presence for his law office. Rather than a static company website, the client wanted something he could update on his own. I chose WordPress as the Content Management system and used his practice areas as post categories. This will allow him to add an unlimited amount of content related to each practice area.
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Echo Deep
Designed & Movably Typed
I was contracted by Synergema to do a similar “worn look” design for the ministry outreach site Echo Deep. Echo Deep is a place for students involved with the Joe Pix Ministry to plug in and share their experiences online. I designed several initial comps for the client, then developed the layout and Movable Type templates for the site using XHTML & CSS. Unfortunately the site was recently shut down do to “an unhealthy amount of commenting spam”.
So this is it?
I currently work as a User Experience designer at MailChimp. Eep eep. You can see some of my work there once you’ve logged into the application. Before that I worked for Cyberwoven, an excellent interactive web agency in Columbia, SC. A majority of the work I’ve done over the last few years has been produced while working as a Cyberwoven employee. As this body of work was produced by a group of talented individuals, it belongs in the company portfolio and not my own. I’d be happy to show off some of the work I did while working there to anyone interested, but will not be listing it in my public portfolio.
