"Quality means doing it right when no one is looking."
—Henry Ford
When deadlines loom and the pressure is on, it's tempting to take coding shortcuts to just "get it done." I take pride in always going the extra mile to create well-crafted, standards-compliant pages using semantic XHTML/CSS code. That little extra effort to plan it out and think ahead means that your website will be easier to maintain, easier to access, and should even get better results from search engines.
"Talent wins games, but teamwork and intelligence wins championships."
—Michael Jordan
I speak your language: the language of teamwork. You already know you need someone articulate in XHTML, CSS and Javascript. Why not choose someone who can discuss leading, kerning, and grids with your design team and who can also speak Agile, Scrum, OOP, and CMS integration with your back-end technical team? And unlike the stereotypical "cave coder", I enjoy presenting to clients, translating "tech-talk" into plain English with ease.
"Experience: that most brutal of teachers. But you learn, my God do you learn."
—C.S. Lewis
It's been said that "Experience is the best teacher." I cut my teeth on Mosaic and the very first versions of Netscape and Internet Explorer, and have adapted to each change that browser makers have thrown at us, from then until now. My attention to detail and this long experience means that I always deliver a solid, browser-tested final product so that your visitors will see the website you intend.
Sample URLs
Deepwater Wind
http://dwwind.com/
My role: Laying out code on a tight deadline to create the templates for the Deepwater Wind site, including the custom DHTML project locator seen at left. XHTML, CSS, Javascript, a beautiful alternative energy site, and a happy client. Who could ask for more?
Tuck Center for International Business
http://mba.tuck.dartmouth.edu/cib/index.html
My role: Translating this clean, appealing design into a set of XHTML/CSS front-end templates to be used for their site. I also created the custom Javascript nav functionality.
Innosight
http://www.innosight.com/
My role: Creating a set of XHTML/CSS templates to reskin and rejuvenate Innosight's existing website and blog.
Share Your Stuff
http://www.sherri-alexander.com/projects/sys/
My role: Creating these XHTML/CSS templates for the final site. It was a great opportunity to explore the limits of sIFR 3, where you can add effects like bevels, highlights, and drop shadows to headers. Click the login button for the logged-in template.