Work and Projects
Since re-entering the world of freelance in early 2011 I have had the privilege of working with a number of amazing clients and companies. My work has comprised of front end development (WordPress, PHP, JavaScript, HTML and CSS), curation for Smashing Magazine as well as a number of personal projects including Insites and the setting up of Viewport Industries.
Viewport Industries - The company I formed in 2011 with Elliot. We have plans to produce a variety of analogue and digital products. (Twitter: @viewportind)
Insites: The Book - Following on from the successful “Insites: The Tour” Elliot and I are working on “Insites: The Book“, a collection of twenty conversations with leading figures at the forefront of the web and tech industry. (Twitter: @insitesbook)
Insites: The Tour - The first ever Insites tour took place in Brighton, London, Manchester, and Bristol from 18th – 21st July 2011. It was great. Want to know what you missed? Check out our interview in .Net and read reviews by Bluegg, Laura, Liam, George and MrQwest. And last but not least you can check out photos from all four events in our Flickr Pool. (Twitter: @insitestour)
Smashing Coding - Since April 2011 I have been working with the amazing team at Smashing Magazine helping to edit their new Coding section. It’s been an amazing experience and a privilege to work with writers at the forefront of the industry.
Vzaar – I helped out with a few back end WordPress tweaks for the popular video hosting platforms blog and news sites.
BreadApp -A Ruby on Rails based application which aggregates web industry jobs which launched at The Future of Web Design 2011 event. I worked on this project with the 88mph crew and was responsible for all front end development.
cxpartners WordPress theme - cxpartners are a great UX focused company based in Bristol. They commissioned me to produce a fully functioning WordPress theme based on their internally produced designs. The site is “adaptive” and responds to different form factors. It uses many advanced features of WordPress including numerous custom post types and custom queries to cross reference data. I am really pleased with the end result.
88mph - I regularly collaborate with the talented folks at 88mph and have worked on a variety of WordPress projects as well as helping out with front end development duties.
Mike Kus - Mike asked me to integrate the HTML and CSS for his personal site into WordPress in 2010. It was a fun little project!.
Think Vitamin - Towards the latter part of my time at Carsonified I focused on Think Vitamin, a resource for web designers and developers. As well as editing and commissioning articles I also hosted and produced the associated podcast Think Vitamin Radio. I was also responsible for the front end build of the responsive design created by my colleague at the time Mike Kus.