With core skills lying in featherweight front-end code and minimalist, user-focussed design, I have been developing and designing for the web since 1999. Some of my recent work can be found at fourfinches.net.
I have worked for organisations large and small, from FTSE 100 companies, charities, and agencies, to local small businesses.
I am a CSS expert, behind popular web development resource htmldog.com, and the HTML Dog book, published by New Riders (Pearson) many moons ago.
Experience
Four Finches
2019–
Developer, designer.
- Ground-up design and build of user-centric websites for clients using HTML, CSS, and vanilla JavaScript.
- Interpretation and conversion of static designs into lightweight, responsive web pages.
- Application of accessibility guidelines (WCAG 2.1) throughout.
- Writing of site reviews, with a particular emphasis on accesibility and usability.
- Design and front-end development of templates for online booking applications.
- Organiser of the Finch Front-End conference in Edinburgh.
HTML Dog
2003–2017
Developer, designer, author, webmaster.
- Design (and redesign, and redesign, and redesign) and build (and rebuild…) of the HTML Dog web site.
- Authoring and editing of code tutorials, articles, and references.
- CMS application, management and maintenance.
- Author of HTML Dog: A Best Practice Guide to XHTML and CSS (New Riders / Pearson, 2006; ISBN 0321311396 (English edition)).
Vivabit
2004–2013
Developer, designer, instructor, event manager.
- Design and build of websites for clients.
- Development and delivery of HTML and web accessibility training courses.
- Co-creation, design and front-end development of the Event Wax web app.
- Organiser of the @media web design conference in London and San Francisco.
(Various)
1999–2004
Web Standards developer, writer.
- Freelance, contract, and full-time placements.
- (Primarily) HTML and CSS coding for (mostly) London-based agencies, and other companies, working alongside designers and developers.
- Consulting for, and authoring of, front-end optimisation and accessibility reports.