“Skwerls are the people who make the internet useful.” -Joel Stein, TIME Magazine (9/7/08)
Client: David J.P. Kaloyanides, APLC
Role: Designer, Developer (Front/Back)
When: 2010
David Kaloyanides, certified specialist in criminal law and defender of alleged federal criminals, is one of the most badass people I’ve ever met. When I did meet him, however, his website just didn’t do him justice. We fixed that.
Client: Conspiracy / Svedka Vodka
Role: Creative & Technical Lead
When: 2010
For Svedka Vodka, I led the design and development of a Facebook application (which I installed to their fan page) promoting a dance competition in LA hosted by Kim and Kourtney (yes, spell checker, you’re right, that is spelled wrong) Kardashian.
The ability to handle significant amounts of burst traffic generated by the “celebrity” endorsements was a key concern of everyone involved, but the VPS I provisioned and configured held strong.
The app featured a custom-built AJAX voting system, Flash video, and the ability for users to share through their news feed.
Client: Butler Sourcing
Role: Backend Developer
When: 2009
So it’s not the prettiest site to look at, but it’s got some of my best code under the hood.
Butler Sourcing, a manufacturer in China, approached me through recommendation in December of 2009. They had a very complex vision that they were having trouble realizing with their outsource teams. They wanted to create a template for a series of websites for specific products. The template would need to be tweaked visually for each site of course, but it also needed to feature an interactive quote wizard that a user could use to “build” a customized product.
Client: Justin Dettle
Role: Designer / Developer
When: 2009
Justin Dettle reviews extreme heavy metal music for Antiquiet. He’s got so much to say, we decided to give him his own blog dedicated to metal. I threw this together one weekend, after commissioning a badass logo from the very talented Wes DeSoto. Designing this site was so fun. The stone texture is a photograph I took in my backyard.
Client: Saatchi & Saatchi / Febreze
Role: PHP & Facebook Developer
When: 2009
I helped launch the official Febreze Home Collection’s Facebook page by developing a Facebook application that added a custom-built interactive Flash widget to a “Design Tips” tab.
Check it out here!
Client: Antiquiet
Role: Founder / Designer / Developer
When: 2009
It’s about time I add this one. I created Antiquiet in 2007 with Johnny Firecloud. I designed it (we’re on our fourth version), I built it, I write for it, I shoot video for it, I edit video for it, I record and edit live sound for it, I throw events, design flyers, design ads, sell ads, traffic ads, I manage our SEO- which is great- I do business development, I administer the server, the works. I don’t know why this wasn’t the first thing into my portfolio, but when I say I can do it all, Antiquiet backs it up.
Client: Ground Zero / Pinky Vodka
Role: Developer
When: 2009
I was a bit of a swiss army knife on this project. I built the initial HTML/CSS shell (please view my work here; the live version has been hacked apart a bit since, but I’m proud of the code I delivered). I also did some extensive AJAX work on the Drink Recipes page, and I built the hybrid HTML/video jQuery feature panel, which was a strangely complex custom order; The client wanted it to open with a Flash video, play through that video only once, and then seamlessly begin sliding through a series of panels assembled dynamically from the contents of flagged WordPress posts.
Client: Gorilla Nation
Role: Graphic Designer / Flash Developer
When: 2006
I did this in one day. The idea was silly- maybe even dumb- but sometimes, those are the best kinds of ideas. I was working on location at Gorilla Nation at the time, and we came up with the concept during a brainstorm session with the sales team, who were pitching ideas to promote the would-be cult classic film Snakes On A Plane, starring Samuel L. Jackson.
It was a huge hit- G4 talked about it on their Attack Of The Show TV program, and it was featured as an outstanding campaign in a Gorilla Nation company profile published in the July 2007 issue of Business 2.0 magazine.
