Front-end Web Development

The distinguished Havanese pup, Mr. Deuce, rests his head on Betsy's keyboard

What I Do

I build & maintain web sites by writing fresh, semantic HTML5 and savvy, lean CSS3 (with some jQuery & Ajax along the way) in a variety of back-end development environments (and using their respective templating languages). I also really enjoy custom WordPress development.

I love front-end development because, in my mind, it’s that Venn diagram sweet spot between math and design. Laying down basic HTML & CSS isn’t a brain buster, but laying it down for an entire site takes finesse. To write & structure solid markup, alongside efficient & flexible stylesheets, you’ve got to plan, problem-solve, and hone that eye for detail. This is my thing.

I work as a Front-end Developer with a team of smart, fun, super talented tech dudes at Threadless in Chicago. If you’re interested in proposing a freelance web project, feel free to contact me!

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Specialties

  • HTML
  • CSS
  • jQuery

Language & Framework Familiarity

  • Python/Django
  • PHP
  • JavaScript
  • Java
  • .NET

Tools & Stuff

MacBook Pro
She’s smooth, she’s silver, and she handles like a gem.
MacRabbit’s Espresso
With its sugars, workspace, toolbar, themes, and amiability toward ExpanDrive, this is my text editor of choice.
Adobe Photoshop
The old standby for slicing and dicing.
Subversion, Git (via command line)
I can SVN to get the job done, but I’ve recently jumped into the Git pool and I like it. Speaking of…
GitHub
You can find me here: https://github.com/magicalthinklet
VirtualBox
A free, seamless, virtual Windows box that doesn’t kill your machine. Perfect for cross-browser testing.
MySql Workbench
Sometimes I need to pop in to add and edit some sales or product info. Basic but necessary stuff.

Experience

  • Threadless We’re an e-commerce, community-based company in Chicago that prints artists’ designs on tees & a bunch of other fun things like totes and iPhone cases, and rallies around causes like Peace One Day. We started out as a PHP shop, but we’ve been rewriting the entire site in Python/Django, which I’m super excited about. It turns out Django is pretty awesome.
  • NVISIA An IT consulting firm in Chicago, NVISIA builds & develops for healthcare, financial and insurance companies. NVISIA is a Java shop.
  • Geonetric Based in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, Geonetric specializes in custom web site development for hospitals across the country. Geonetric is a .NET shop. &
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