Get in touch with this gentleman for your web design needs.
I occasionally Tweet.
I have a Tweet Archive.
I'm anti-social on: Facebook.
I visit these sites.
And I enjoy: politics, woodworking, and soccer.
Why are you always discussing politics?
I enjoy thinking about, discussing, and analyzing history and political matters far too much for a web designer; but when I'm not doing that, I'm thinking about designing experiences on the web.
I was born and raised in southwest Michigan, a smallish yet developed part of the United States, and enjoyed it immensely. At some point, however, the need to take flight was born in my bones and I moved to central Florida where I attended college.
Florida turned into a bit of a strange place for me. Mostly due to the hurricanes (4 in the summer of 2004), I didn't enjoy it perhaps as much as most folks in my situation would have.
My next stop was Tennessee where I worked my first job out of school as a consultant. I eventually wound up back in southwest Michigan and reside with my wife of two years, an overly sensitive dog, and two weird cats.
I've worked primarily as a web designer in my professional life, but love to experiment with carpentry in my spare time and think that perhaps I'd like to get a chance to make a fine piece of furniture for a paying customer one day.
I enjoy politics, design, economics, science, and many other fields of study; I will comment from time to time on each of these, but I mostly like to link to things that I would like to browse a little later.
I also play a bit of soccer, when uninjured, whether indoor or out, watch the Michigan Wolverines football team, and have been rehabilitating my ACL reconstructed knee on an almost constant basis since March 2009.
And, as it turns out, I'll get one more year of rehabbing my knee. I have scheduled and am preparing for a revision acl reconstruction using a cadaver graft on September 8th, 2010. If this does not correct the problem, I will go insane. Anyway... •
• I use my little corner of the web for experimentation in technique, programming, WordPress development, and to practice a bit of writing.
Professional
I have a working technical knowledge of the Adobe family of products, an eye for detail, and a love for clean and simple code and design; my primary focus is on standards based web design, with a particular concentration on front end development (html and css).
I have been working as a web designer in some shape or form for pretty close to eleven years; however, I have been working professionally for about six. You may see my resume for a detailed list of education, skills, and experience.
Colophon
Built on a PC (yes, a PC, but I can use, and even enjoy using, a Mac), using Notepad++, Photoshop, and Illustrator. My Notebook is powered by Wordpress, and the theme is my own creation. I work on a relatively low end Compaq laptop with Windows 7. Why? Because it's affordable, and Windows 7 isn't too bad.
I am currently using typekit to serve typefaces on this site via @font-face. And so far…I love this service.