Web work

Client sites, weekend projects,
and everything in between.

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Animated Pixel Font

Pure CSS3 experiment

Inspired by a raft of cool CSS experiments popping up everywhere, I challenged myself one weekend to build an animated typeface using only HTML and CSS. (Web nerd bonus: Try turning off JavaScript.)

The layout responds to allow for a range of desktop browser sizes.

My role:
Concept, design, development
Browser compatibility:
Chrome, Safari, Firefox

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The Caffeine Machine

Programming challenge entry

My entry for one of Thumbtack's programming challenges, which involved building a functional, realistic slot machine in CSS and JavaScript. Check out the readme for more about my approach.

My role:
Design, development
Browser compatibility:
Chrome, Safari, experimental Firefox support

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Publishr

Fictional startup landing page

A single page marketing site for a fictional web startup. I designed, coded, and copywrote the whole site for a class assignment exploring rhetoric on the web.

My role:
Everything!
Browser compatibility:
All modern browsers, IE8+

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IsoAge Technologies

WordPress theme development

Kaptiv8 Marketing sent me a Photoshop mockup of a website design for one of their clients. Three days later, I delivered a flexible, ready-to-launch WordPress theme and site.

My role:
Theme development, site deployment
Browser compatibility:
All modern browsers, IE7+

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Note that Kaptiv8 added a few of their own elements to the theme prior to launch. View it on my staging server if you'd like to see only my code.


SpotKnot

Prototype built with Django

I built this prototype of a prelaunch marketing site for SpotKnot, an upcoming location-based social network and mobile app. I worked closely with Kendra Spanjer on the design, and then she made it come alive with her amazing illustrations.

My role:
Layout and concept, front-end and back-end developer, design collaborator
Browser compatibility:
Chrome, Safari, Firefox

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Aldo Zelnick

Built with Drupal

Aldo Zelnick is a series of excellent graphic novels for kids, written by Karla Oceanak and illustrated by Kendra Spanjer. I built this site for them back in December 2009, and we continue to expand it today.

My role:
Design collaborator, sole developer
Browser compatibility:
All modern browsers, IE7+

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Translate2

CSS3 and JS experiment

Inspired by a suggestion in a forum post. This is one of my early experiments with CSS-based animation. Naturally, I went a bit crazy with it. (Try hovering over the yellow "s" in the title.)

My role:
Design, development
Browser compatibility:
Chrome, Safari, Firefox

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Krajec.com

Built with Drupal

Russ Krajec, a patent attorney from Colorado, approached Linden (my company at the time) to rebuild and redesign his blog site. This was one of my favorite projects at Linden.

My role:
Design collaborator, sole developer, content strategist
Browser compatibility:
All modern browsers, IE7+

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The Cooking Cardiologist

Built with Drupal

Dr. Richard Collins, a.k.a. The Cooking Cardiologist, was another client of Linden's. We built him this site to host to his healthy recipes, blog posts, and books.

My role:
Design collaborator, sole developer
Browser compatibility:
All modern browsers, IE7+

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