Howdy
A Texan by birth, I lived and worked in London, Cairo, Paris and New York City before settling in Vermont with my partner and two daughters. I'm a tireless learner and I drink too much coffee.
Work
I started my web career at a small Vermont agency before joining the talented folks at Independent Brewers United (later acquired by North American Breweries), working on Magic Hat and Pyramid Breweries websites among others. I currently freelance for a progressive non-profit focused on energy efficiency.
My skill set includes:
- Mobile-first responsive web design
- HTML5, CSS3, SASS, LESS & Bootstrap
- jQuery & Javascript
- Terminal/commannd line
- User experience design
- Web typography
- Content strategy & copywriting
- Workflow optimization
- Graphic design
- Photoshop, Illustrator
- Drupal, Wordpress, Sitefinity & Shopify
- Git and Subversion
- Working knowledge of PHP/MySQL and .NET
Resources
Indispensible Tools
- Text editor: Sublime Text
- 2nd brain: Evernote
- Wireframes: Balsamiq
- Focus: My Little Pomodoro
- Color:Colour Lovers & ColorSchemer Studio
- Newsletters: MailChimp
- Lorem Ipsum: <html> Ipsum or Samuel L. Ipsum
- Patterns: Pea.rs
- HTML characters: CopyPasteCharacter
- Passwords: Passpack
- Front-end starter template: HTML5 Boilerplate
- CSS3: CSS3 Generator
- Responsive testing (although nothing beats a physical device): Responsinator
- Javascript debugging : jsFiddle
- Javascript validation : JSLint
- Browser debugging : Chrome DevTools
References
- HTML5 & CSS3 browser support: HTML5 Please
- CSS syntax : MDN CSS Reference
- Javascript Reference : MDN Javascript Reference
- jQuery : jQuery API
- Any code-related question, ever : Stack Overflow
Contact
I am currently accepting some freelance work. Please call or email to discuss your project.