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I am a craftsman: a passion for quality and precision informs everything I do, from site design to martial arts. I am a word person and a thinker. I like things organized and structured. I embody the cliché "attention to detail."
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I structure the layout of web sites at both the site level and page level to maximize each site's utility. I document, I plan, I organize, I test. I design web sites that people can use.
I design logos, brochures, ads and the occasional t-shirt.
See also: software proficiency.
Sites I've worked on (newest, more or less, first):
Routeware, Inc.
Hardware and software for the solid waste industry.
Role(s): Information architecture, design, coding, maintenance
Status: Online | VIEW SITE |
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Clean, crisp graphic design and information architecture sets this site apart from competitors. The focus is on customer solutions. Coded to XHTML standards with clear delineation of content and structure. Button rollover effects are achieved with CSS - no graphics, no load time, no delay.
RSV Construction Services, Inc.
Industrial and commercial building contractor.
Role(s): Information architecture, design, coding, maintenance
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Classic masculine color scheme frames a showcase of large and small construction projects. Customer testimonials are highlighted. Supplemental images are rotated randomly with Javascript. Coded to XHTML standards; button rollover effects are achieved with CSS for fast page load.
Design Showroom
Commercial and residential interior design.
Role(s): Information architecture, design, coding, maintenance
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Design of site balances the clients' expression of design with appeal to, as well as focus on, their clients. Button rollover effects are achieved with CSS - no graphics, no load time, no delay for the user experience.
PAWMA 2004 training camp
Pacific Association of Women Martial Artists annual training camp.
Role(s): Information architecture, design, coding, maintenance
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Designed training camp informational web site to be used by women with a range of web experience, computer platforms and browsers. It is friendly, easy to read, simple to use, and conveys the camp theme. Important, time sensitive information is placed right on the front page. The button rollover effect is achieved with CSS - no graphics, no load time, no delay for the user experience.
Intel® Innovation in Education (for CMD)
Intel's resources for educators.
Role(s): Usability testing
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Designed and conducted usability tests for selected sections of Intel® Innovation in Education. Compiled results and made recommendations.
JELD-WEN (for CMD)
Manufacturer of door and window products.
Role(s): Information architecture, content wrangling
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Developed site architecture for "About JELD-WEN" and "Resources" sections of corporate web site. Identified and organized content for several brands of window and door products being consolidated under corporate brand.
Rising Star Holdings
Chinese-American joint venture capital firm.
Role(s): Information architecture, design, coding
Status: Offline | VIEW ARCHIVED SITE |
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Designed corporate logo and new look-and-feel, replacing existing web site with one that is more sophisticated in appearance.
Update: since I designed the original facelift, the site has been redesigned by another firm, employing the basic architecture and making liberal use of "clip art." The site as I designed it is here.
Mo Duk Pai kung fu
Non-profit martial arts organization.
Role(s): Information architecture, design, content creation, coding, maintenance
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Designed site architecture and interface, wrote content and coded initial web presence for Mo Duk Pai Association web site in one week. A flexible navigation scheme allows accommodation of a growing amount of content. Member contributions and organic expansion keep the site fresh.
Where's My Rocket Car?
Annual "year-in-review" creative publication.
Role(s): Graphic design, html coding
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Designed and hand-coded 2003 edition of annual "year in review" on-line creative publication.
Jim Martin and Associates
Used Subaru™ cars and parts.
Role(s): Information architecture, design
Status: offline
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Quickly designed and coded a simple, professional-looking web page, providing client with a cost-effective way to liquidate stock. An inexpensive newspaper ad would direct interested buyers to a web page.
Update: satsified that the web site had served its purpose, the site owner has removed it.
Purple Mountain Press Online
Purple Mountain Guide for Teachers
Educational newspaper for children and support materials for educators.
Role(s): Spec documentation, information architecture, content wrangling, html coding integrated with ASP
Status: offline
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Brought production and maintenance of children's and teachers' publication web sites in-house, enabling greater editorial and design control and faster updates. Designed site structures and interfaces to maximize ease of use, resulting in more robust sites with greater audience retention. Hand-coded HTML integrated with ASP.
Automotive Titling Corporation
B2B and consumer e-commerce - vehicle registration documentation.
Role(s): Information architecture, project management
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Brought a paper-based business on-line, enabling client to provide 24-hour service to auto dealers registering vehicles out of state. Designed architecture/interface/interaction solution for back-end database population tools, supporting complex business rules and customer account reporting, as well as for two front-end sites serving three audiences. Additionally, filled project management role; rescued and maintained client relationship.
Enthermics Medical Systems
Supplier of medical equipment.
Role(s): Information architecture
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Guided client to develop and refine focus for web site. Structured site architecture and planned navigation scheme to accommodate need for sensitivity of medical-related content.
Broadcast Supply Worldwide
B2B e-commerce - broadcast equipment.
Role(s): Information architecture
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Expanded client's ability to serve established B2B customer base by publishing entire catalog of broadcast equipment, integrating with existing inventory and accounting platform to provide complete customer account information and providing ability to purchase or request quotes on-line. Developed site architecture and interface for password-protected e-commerce site with complete customer account reporting.
Industrial Mine and Pipe Supply
B2B e-commmerce - pipes, valves and fittings.
Role(s): Information architecture
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Created a deceptively simple B2B site for commercial distributor of pipes, valves and fittings, featuring one-to-one pricing for targeted niche market. Developed site architecture and interface for customer extranet with back-end admin tools, allowing client to create and update product catalog, assigning unique prices and product numbers for each customer.
Enforma Natural Products
Consumer e-commerce - "health" and weight-loss products".
Role(s): Information architecture
Status: Offline
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Kite Flying Fool
Kite flying and making hobbyists.
Role(s): Information architecture
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Completely restructured, reorganized and revamped a database-driven information-rich hobby site. Kite Flying Fool is one of the world's most-visited web sites devoted to kite flying.
Fontaine Truck Equipment Company
Truck body and equipment distributors.
Role(s): Information architecture
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Developed site architecture and collaborated with designer to design interface and navigation scheme.
Sharp Microelectronics of the Americas
Microelectronic components.
Role(s): Project management, information architecture, graphic production, coding
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Managed site maintenance and implemented changes for major producer of microelectronic products. Managed maintenance requests; structured site maps for new and expanded sections; extracted and organized large amounts of data from multiple sources.
Sharp Microelectronics of the Americas (extranet)
Extranet - inventory management.
Role(s): Project management
Status: Online - password protected
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The Chattering Magpie
My personal "vanity" site. It's all about me.
Role(s): Information architecture, design, content creation, coding, maintenance
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Designed and coded own personal web log with additional re-purposed content originally written for Everything2.
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