In 1995, a co-worker handed me an article on something called HTML. I began typing up simple websites in Notepad when I had some free time, and never looked back. Since then, I’ve been continually honing my skills, working to become as fluent in HTML and PHP as I am in Photoshop. As Red Bicycle’s sole designer, my goal is to ensure that every website I work on is well-crafted. This means that they are aesthetically pleasing and beautiful to look at, easy for the sites’ visitors to use and navigate, easy to for clients to maintain, and consistent with web development best practices (e.g., web standards, accessibility standards).
I graduated from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln in 1998 with a bachelor’s degree in advertising (as well as minors in English, history, and art history, if you’re curious). I then began working for what would eventually become Firespring, a marketing company with over 3,000 clients around the globe (including Fedex Kinko’s, St. Baldrick’s, and Minuteman Press International, Inc.). My focus at Firespring is on user interface design, web application development, and content management solutions.
In addition to my design work at both Firespring and Red Bicycle, I have also led seminars on topics ranging from modern web development and search engine optimization to Japanese pop culture and Arcade Fire’s music. When I’m not working on other people’s websites, I am often working on my own: Opus, a long-running website where I write about music, film, art, religion, and whatever else interests me at the time.
