Work

  • Sound of Summer

    Visual Design, HTML/CSS/JS, Ruby on Rails

    A responsive visualization of the past ten summers of music. Interfaces with the Rdio and Echo Nest APIs and was made using Ruby on Rails. An in-depth technical review is available.

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  • Nixon & Plan B SoundClash Collaboration

    HTML/CSS/JS

    I had the opportunity to build a microsite for Nixon's collaboration with Plan B. I worked closely with a designer to build out their creative vision responsively while advising as to best practices. Design Credit: Nixon, Inc.

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  • TED Homepage Prototype

    HTML/CSS/JS

    I built a prototype based on some supplied creative for a concept for a new TED homepage. Design Credit: Metalab

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  • Nathan Sawaya

    Information Architecture, Design, HTML/CSS/JS

    Over the past year I worked with Nathan, the world's most renown LEGO® artist, to develop his responsive portfolio utilizing progressive enhancement techniques. We prototyped wireframes and visual design in the browser. Nathan's site has been featured in responsive design and web type galleries.

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  • Andrés du Bouchet

    Identity, Information Architecture, Design, HTML/CSS/JS, Wordpress

    I had a great time working with Andrés, a writer on Conan, to redesign his site using best practices and optimize the experience across devices.

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  • FoodHub

    Collaborated on HTML, CSS, JS

    At ISITE, I worked with one other front end developer and two PHP developers on FoodHub, a web app which puts farmers in touch with local restaurants to enhance the regional food community. FoodHub was particularly rewarding due to the scale of the project, and the number of people involved from within the agency, client-side, and the user-base in the greater community.

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  • Able Brewing

    Collaborated on HTML, CSS, JS

    While contracting at Cuban Council, I collaborated with another developer on this Shopify theme.

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  • Harvard JFK Forums

    Collaborated on HTML, CSS, JS

    Also developed while working at ISITE, this project for Harvard was brought to me to complete the front end build with a tight turnaround time. Working in a small team together with a designer and developer, we built and launched the site in just under three weeks.

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  • Wells Fargo: Hands On Banking

    Collaborated on HTML/CSS, Wordpress

    One of my first projects at ISITE, and my first experience working on a multilingual project. I was responsible for the Wordpress theme development for this promotional site for Wells Fargo. This was also one of my first projects working in a team, taking the site from flat HTML files to a dynamic template.

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History

Experience

  1. Cuban Council, LLC
    April 2012 - August 2012
    Front End Web Developer
  2. ISITE Design, Inc.
    August 2010 - April 2012
    Front End Web Developer
  3. CollegeNET, Inc.
    October 2008 - August 2010
    Web Developer
  4. Freelance
    2003 - 2008, 2012 - Present

Education

  1. Stony Brook University
    2006 - 2008
    BA in Chemistry
    Minor in Fine Art

Skills & Professional Interests

  • Semantic, thoughtful HTML
  • Lean, scalable, object-oriented CSS
  • Javascript, jQuery, working knowledge of AJAX & MooTools
  • Responsive web design
  • Progressive Enhancement
  • Cross-browser, device-agnostic development
  • Optimization & performance
  • Microformats, accessibility, web standards, SEO
  • Version control (SVN, Git), command line basics
  • Adobe Creative Suite, asset optimization
  • Functional knowledge of MVC architecture, relational databases, basic PHP
  • Experience with:
    WordPress > Rails ~ Django ~ CakePHP > Drupal ~ Shopify
  • Competent verbal and written communication skills
  • Inveterate punster

Design Principles

I’ve been working professionally as a front-end web developer since 2008 and self-publishing on the web for about 10 years before that. Responsive design using a content-first approach (also understood as mobile-first), super-semantic markup, progressive enhancement, and lean, modular CSS are de rigueur in my practice.

My favorite aspect of front-end web development is that it is the intersection of the technical and the aesthetic, and is truly the crux upon which a beautiful user experience depends. My emerging interests include object-oriented programming, responsive workflows and improving my hand and eye at visual design.

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