About Me

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I'm a 30 year old husband and soon to be father of one, who started working with the web in 2003. A geek at heart, I get all sweaty and excited about stuff like web standards, thoughtful design, the semantic web, HTML5, typography, front end optimisation, and other such good, nerdy stuff.

I also hold a first class degree in Experimental Psychology, having specialised in Human Factors & human visual psychology, bits of which I occasionally maintain are relevant to the work I do now. However all your book learning and/or technical chops in the intertubes don't mean a whole lot if you can't hit deadlines, stay on budget or string a sentence together. Luckily I can do that stuff too.

I am…
Design Agency Friendly® - adapting quickly to your workflows, standards and systems
An effective communicator
Able to work well to deadlines
I also have…
Extensive experience in working as part of both on-site and remote teams
A strong eye for detail & design
Experience across a wide range of related diciplines

Services

The majority of my work is front end web development and/or ExpressionEngine development, but I'm also proficient in a range of other disciplines as well:

  • For Agencies & Professionals

    • Front-end Development
    • CMS integration, specialising in ExpressionEngine
    • IA & Wireframing
    • Web project management

  • For Companies & Individuals

    • Web design & development
    • Online strategy consultancy
    • Client-side web project management

Technical Skills

  1. Industry Best Practices

    • Web Standards
    • Cross-browser compatibility
    • Accessibilty (inc. WCAG 1.0/2.0 and WAI-ARIA)
    • Usability & User Centered Design
    • Design for mobile/smaller screens & Responsive Design
    • Microformats
    • Search Engine Optimisation (SEO)

  2. Languages & Frameworks

    • Standards-compliant (X)HTML & HTML5
    • Cross-email client HTML email development
    • Intelligent, maintainable CSS2.1/3
    • Javascript
    • JQuery
    • ExpressionEngine including custom add-on development
    • PHP
    • MySQL
    • Ruby & Rails

  3. Tools & Software

    • Version Control (Git / SVN)
    • SASS
    • *Nix server configuration & administration
    • Fireworks
    • Photoshop
    • Illustrator
    • Flash

Key

  • Ninja
  • Solid
  • Dabbler

Portfolio

  • Farrows Creative

    Farrow's Creative hompage
    Farrows Creative

    My old friends and collaborators Farrows Creative provide complete photography, film, marketing and design solution for all facets of the arts industry. I designed and build farrowscreative.com to showcase their diverse portfolio of work, and when FC recently updated their branding it took just a matter of a few hours to update the site to match, thanks to the structured approach taken when first building the site.

    Client:
    Farrow's Creative
    URL:
    farrowscreative.com
    Role:
    IA, design, front end development, ExpressionEngine integration

  • madebyhandonline.com

    madebyhandonline.com
    madebyhandonline.com

    Madebyhandonline.com is the brainchild of two friends from Devon who have brought together a whole community of makers to promote the Craft industry, and sell high quality craft directly to the public - online.

    This highly bespoke site features the Cartthrob ecommerce module, as well as an extensive member area allowing MBH's makers to manage their product listings and orders.

    Client:
    Honnor James Ltd
    URL:
    www.madebyhandonline.com
    Role:
    IA, front end development, ExpressionEngine and Cartthrob e-commerce integration

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