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The blog

My blog contains cool stuff from some of my pretend internet friends along with an occasional personal post.

My portfolio

I do design and web development for fun and profit. I'm a geek who enjoys people. I'm a designer who can read and write code. Here are some samples of my work.

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Dealomatic demo

Client: Just for fun

Medium: Web

Description: A little test (for Chrome/Webkit only) of the Groupon API, using PHP, Javascript, with a splash of HTML5. A slightly richer JQuery version is here and a scaled-down non-JQuery version is here.

Everything from the logo, to the layout, to the scripting was done in a couple hours.

Twilll

Client: Top Secret

Medium: Web

Description: Twilll is a web app that I'm working on. The basic idea is to provide a super simple way for designers and developers to share links, biographical information, work history, portfolio pieces, and more with prospective employers.

Bestivus.com rejects

Client: Moi

Medium: Web

Description: Before settling on this design, I created a bunch of others. The top section was kind of cool as it slide down and had a cool horizontal scroll.

Recent web projects

Client: Self

Medium: Web

Description: A few simple websites I created recently for family and friends.

tagli.us

Client: Private project

Medium: Web app

Description: Tagli.us was my idea for a delicious.com alternative. A key difference was that the service would be more person-centered, automatically collecting links shared and favorited on other services like Twitter and Facebook. Users could also tag other members and businesses.

There are still some aspects of the service...

Drama school brochure and illustrations

Client: Children's Theater of Madison

Medium: Print on uncoated stock

Description: Drawing the characters in this brochure was a fun diversion from running a non-profit, dealing with actors, enthusiastic stage parents, stage hands, administrative staff, and teachers.

Watermarks were a subtle way to make the paper feel richer.

In order to keep costs low,...

Alsum Farms growers map

Client: Alsum Farms

Medium: Web

Description: This interactive map uses JQuery and scalable graphics (SVG) to present data. The key is that it is easily updated by the client, using text fields in a Drupal node. If they remove text from a particular state/country, the map changes. Nifty, eh?

Wedding invitation

Client: Self

Medium: Print

Description: It's my wedding invitation. We wanted something that was downtown-to-earth, a tad whimsical, and unique.

The invitation included a series of cards that were inserted into a unique pre-scored hand-glued envelope. The print run include "Save the date" cards and blank pieces later used for thank-you notes.

Acting Class Brochure

Client: Children's Theater of Madison

Medium: Print on uncoated stock

Description: Drawing those Acting Class characters in Adobe Illustrator was a fun diversion from running a non-profit, dealing with actors, enthusiastic stage parents, stage hands, administrative staff, and teachers.

Winter and spring icons, daisies and mittens, help simplify and beautify the...

Season Brochure

Client: Children's Theater of Madison

Medium: Print. This piece is somewhere in the vicinity of 24in by 18in, double-sided.

Description: The basic concept was to create a giant map. I gave it the look and feel of a 50's era classroom pull-down map.

Since it folded like a roadmap and could be used as a poster, the piece was inexpensive to produce and mail to...

Catalog Pages

Client: Bass Pro Shops

Medium: Print. Thousands and thousands of pages.

Description: My first real graphic design job was doing production work on catalogs for Bass Pro Shops. I eventually supervised the production staff, tracked pages, and became a designer, laying out pages, working on special projects and covers, and creating the occasional logo.

The work itself...