"I would first like to start off by saying it has been a pleasure working with you. Your attitude and approach to developing this new site for me has just been wonderful. I appreciate your professionalism and your creative approach was outstanding! Your ability to come up with ideas and solutions were handled with patience and thoughtfulness. I would definitely refer you to everyone I know who is looking to create a website."

Jocelyn D, Co-founder/Studio director Akemi Fitness Method

A History in Design


2007
  • Begin studying web design and development

    Art Institute Logo


    After a few years of learning the very basics about HTML, I enroll at the Art Institute of Pittsburgh to study web design and web development.



    Begin studying web design and development
    October 1, 2007
  • Fletcher's Pheasant Farm (First CSS, xHTML website)


    Pheasant Farm


    Fletcher's Pheasant Farm. This website has since been banned permanently from my files (e.g. I deleted it). All I remember of it was it was brown, orange, involved a pheasant farm and had a link to the navigation in the footer. I never spent so many hours looking at pictures of pheasants. More bluntly put, the website stunk, but we all have to start somewhere.



    Fletcher's Pheasant Farm (First CSS, xHTML website)
    November 16, 2007
2008
  • Ananda Yoga (CSS, xHTML)


    Ananda Yoga


    My second website.



    Ananda Yoga (CSS, xHTML)
    March 18, 2008
  • Ananda Yoga (Flash, AS3)

    Ananda Yoga


    My first introduction to Flash and coding Actionscript (AS3).



    Ananda Yoga (Flash, AS3)
    May 2, 2008
  • Airport Adventures (CSS, xHTML)

    Airport Adventures


    My third website.



    Airport Adventures (CSS, xHTML)
    August 16, 2008
  • Moss Architecture (Flash, AS3)


    Moss


    My second website using Flash and Actionscript. I would later go on to add an AS3 based scrolling menu for the actual Moss website.


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    Moss Architecture (Flash, AS3)
    December 19, 2008
2009
  • Lifeview Photography (HTML, CSS, MySQL)


    Lifeview Photography


    My final school project is for a non-existent photography studio, Lifeview Photography. Created in PHP, this website pulls content from a database using PHP and mySQL. The site contains elements of Flash and PHP script to get the shopping cart to work.



    Lifeview Photography (HTML, CSS, MySQL)
    February 6, 2009
  • Graduate from the Art Institute


    Art Institute of Pittsburgh


    I graduate from the Art Institute of Pittsburgh with a 3.95 GPA and collecting the Dean's Award.



    Graduate from the Art Institute
    March 27, 2009
  • Siena's birth announcement!


    Siena Lyn O'Keefe


    My daughter is born. I design the birth announcement.



    Siena's birth announcement!
    April 15, 2009
  • Premier Farnell - Design Favorites

    Favorites


    As part of the punchout project I design the Favorites feature. I also work closely with the web design team to add direction to the actual creation of the CSS and HTML.



    Premier Farnell - Design Favorites
    May 20, 2009
  • Premier Farnell - Scheduled Orders

    Scheduled Orders Page


    Design and code the CSS and HTML for the Scheduled Orders feature.



    Premier Farnell - Scheduled Orders
    June 3, 2009
  • Akemi Fitness (PHP, jQuery, Javascript, CSS, xHTML, Flash)


    Akemi Fitness


    Release my first fully functional website for fitness studio in Evanston, IL. The website includes PHP Javacript, Flash, and jQuery (added later).


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    Akemi Fitness (PHP, jQuery, Javascript, CSS, xHTML, Flash)
    October 16, 2009
  • Premier Farnell - Australian and New Zealand Landing Redirect Pages

    Australian Redirect Page


    I create an informational landing page which also automatically redirects them to the new site.



    Premier Farnell - Australian and New Zealand Landing Redirect Pages
    October 21, 2009
  • Ecological Elegance (PHP, SQL, CSS, xHTML)


    Ecological Elegance


    In November of 2009, I released my second website. Developed in PHP, this site's primary benefit was that it allowed the owners to add images instantly to the website just by inserting them into the designated folder. I also designed the company logo.


    This site is no longer live



    Ecological Elegance (PHP, SQL, CSS, xHTML)
    November 17, 2009
2010
  • Premier Farnell - Vision prototype team (CSS3, jQuery)


    Vision Prototype


    I work along side members of the User Experience team to develop a prototype for testing. During this project I begin to learn and implement jQuery. I would later assist in user testing the prototype.



    Premier Farnell - Vision prototype team (CSS3, jQuery)
    March 29, 2010
  • Peter Cramer Music (PHP, jQuery, CSS3)


    petecramer.com


    I design a website for a Seattle based musician. The current prototype includes features an mp3 player and is developed using jQuery, CSS3, and PHP


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    Peter Cramer Music (PHP, jQuery, CSS3)
    May 10, 2010
  • Premier Farnell - Design Bill Of Materials


    BOM Upload


    Provide the design and determine how the Bill of Materials upload feature will work.



    Premier Farnell - Design Bill Of Materials
    July 23, 2010
  • Attend An Event Apart


    An Event Apart


    I attend my fist web designers conference. At the conference I learn about trends in web design, like the rapid growth of mobile and creating flexible designs, CSS3 and HTML5 and the continued integration between web usability and web design.



    Attend An Event Apart
    July 26, 2010
  • element14.com Mobile


    e14 Mobile


    I assist in creating and updating the designs and I present the team's designs to other team members.


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    element14.com Mobile
    September 10, 2010
  • Lost Edens (HTML5, CSS3, PHP, jQuery)


    Lost Edens


    Website for an up and coming author. CSS3 and HTML5 are used to create the transparency on the primary content areas. jQuery is used for the form validation.


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    Lost Edens (HTML5, CSS3, PHP, jQuery)
    December 11, 2010