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What We Do Nerd Talk Translated from the nerd, that means...

Graphic design

I'm obsessively obsessive about typography and grid systems, and a dab hand with Photoshop, Illustrator, and the other usual suspects. Milton Glaser, Paul Rand, and Robert Bringhurst are some of my heroes.

Your site looks clean and professional, and your content is a pleasure to read. Things line up properly.

Coding and front-end development

I obsess over clean code during the development phase every bit as much as I obsess over pixels during the design phase. I dream in XHTML, CSS, and jQuery, and I lovingly hand-code all my sites in Textmate.

I can build most of the stuff I design. For complicated web applications with heavy-duty backends, I collaborate well with programmers.

Content management and blog implementation

ExpressionEngine is my go-to CMS—this here site is built with it. I've also worked with Wordpress, Movable Type, tumblr, and Textpattern.

Whether your site is huge or tiny, I can implement a customized backend for it that makes it easy to keep your content up to date.

Web application design

I can translate functional specifications into beautiful and simple interfaces, and have lots of prototyping and wireframing experience.

I don't just design brochure sites—I can help design beautiful interactive applications.

Accessibility and search engine optimization

I got started in web design at a public university, so Section 508 and ADA compliance have been concerns of mine from the very beginning. Writing accessible code goes hand-in-hand with smart search engine optimization.

Having an accessible site means your content will be available to the widest possible range of users. Accessible code is also a huge part of search engine optimization, which means your site will be easy to find.

AND ALSO...

The above represents the core of what I do. I also have experience in information architecture, usability testing and analysis, content writing and editing, branding and collateral design, and lots of other things. Basically, if it's part of designing or building a website and it isn't hardcore application programming, I can probably help!