About Me
A Short Bio
I've been working on the web in one form or another since 1997. I'm currently a front end developer for a major healthcare organization and a freelancer focussing on building usable, accessible websites based on a solid foundation of web standards.
In 2007 some friends and I created the Cleveland Web Standards Asssociation. Our goal is to promote web standards and encourage best practices in web development and design in the Northeast Ohio area.
About this Site
The Tools
First of all… This site was built on a Mac. There are so many reasons for this, but quite simply, the best tools I have found for developing on the web are only found on the Mac.
Software used to create this site are: Coda, MAMP, xScope and Photoshop.
The Guts
I migrated the site from WordPress to ExpressionEngine. Words cannot express how wonderfully powerful, yet simple ExpressionEngine is.
The Look
Built on a solid foundation of XHTML and CSS with a sprinkle of Javascript (jQuery) for good measure. The site also employs the concept of progressive enrichment, meaning that this site will not look the same in every browser. Modern, cutting edge browsers will get a better experience than those that are older and less feature-rich (I'm looking at you IE6). CSS3 hotness like box-shadow, text-shadow, border-radius and cool new technologies like @font-face brought to you by Typekit add the finish that really makes the site nicer in browsers that support them.
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