• About Me

    I started out as a graphic designer, but taught myself HTML, CSS, and JavaScript, and began making websites. Along the way I’ve picked up PHP, MySQL, Node.js, Objective-C, Swift, and a bunch of other things. Back in the day I created my own Content Management System to allow users to edit their own websites, but nowadays I make most of my sites in WordPress. At one point I had to set up a Linux server  from scratch on Google Compute Engine, so I know a bit about Apache configuration and creating a secure installation. (So I’m essentially insanely autodidactic.) I’m adept at taking design comps (in Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, or XD) and translating them into pixel-perfect websites, responsive, optimized.

  • Skills and Resources

    • Responsive HTML5, CSS3, Bootstrap, SASS, Gulp, Git
    • Javascript: Hand-coded or with jQuery; Angular, React, Node.js, Backbone.js, D3, Underscore, Mustache, Leaflet, Express
    • PHP, Objective-C, Swift, Python
    • MySQL, MongoDB
    • some Perl, some AppleScript, a teeny bit of Java
    • some shell scripting, Apache setup, Linux server administration
    • Ajax, REST
    • Photoshop, Illustrator, After Effects, InDesign, XD

  • Education

    • Rhode Island School of Design9/86 – 5/87

      Focused on printmaking.

    • School of the Art Institute of Chicago, BFA9/92 – 5/96

      Focused on video, photography, sculpture. Began working with computers in 1994.