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Hello

I'm an information geek at heart. I thrive on finding elegant solutions to complex information seeking problems. The web solutions I provide are based on understanding needs and delivering simplicity. I focus on understanding businesses, knowing their customers and providing user experiences that harmonize the two.

Find out more about my design philosophy. View my curriculum vitae or some of the client projects I've worked on.

What I do

Full service web site design

I handle the entire process from inception to launch for most small to medium web site projects including: discovery and planning, user research, information architecture, interaction design, user interface and visual design, development and implementation. I often work with existing site designs that need to be realigned to serve different business needs or marketing strategies. On those projects I help synchronize new or evolvings needs with your customers' realigned web site experience.

User experience design

I have done strategy and planning for web site projects including: user research, information architecture and taxonomy development, information architecture analysis and heuristic reporting, interaction design, and standards-based markup and stylesheet planning.

Front End Development and Open Source CMS Integration

I'm occassionally called upon for turning out quick, standards-compliant sites when the project is already planned and visual design work is finished. I provide expertise with the creation of standards-based XHTML and CSS, JavaScript and PHP scripting, and MySQL development using the content management system of your choice. I have expertise in implementing sites in MovableType, Drupal, and WordPress.