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Where'd
That Link Go?
Due
to the dynamic nature of the web (and the instability of the industry),
many of the sites that I have worked on have dramatically chaned or are
no longer around. For that reason, I can't claim to have done all the
work that you see when you link to a site - if it even exists anymore.
However, I will do my best to list what I have contributed to a site to
give you a clear idea.
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designing web sites in the first-generation days when the
Internet was starting to take off commercially, in about 1996.
My first paying gig was as an intern at Paramount Digital
Entertainment, followed shortly by a stint with the groundbreaking
eMoon Online. I was a stubborn hand-coder until I discovered
the joys of Dreamweaver at Prepay, at which point, the actual
designing of web sites and creating content became primary. |
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4D,
Inc - Software
This is the site of my current employer, 4D,
the developers of the 4th Dimension family of database development
products, WebSTAR servers, and 4D Business Kit e-commerce
software. No fly-by-night operation, 4D has been around since
1987.
While my position deals with nearly every creative aspect
of the company's output - from printed materials to videos
to packaging - my contributions to the web site are in all
in the realm of graphics and maintenance of download areas. |
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radio1328
- Music that Moves
Yes, I know, this is one of my own web sites, but I'm going
chronologically here, and radio1328's
probably one of the most far-reaching pet projects I've ever
started.
I can proudly say that this site is 100% mine, from the original
music loop in Flash to the station's 24/7 broadcast itself.
I have recently reduced the scope of the site to showcase
my DJ'ing activities under my alter ego, Omi-San. |
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Prepay.com
- Offline Internet Marketing
I was responsible for the entire visual output of Prepay.com,
which means that in addition to the hundreds of product designs
and marketing materials I produced, I had to deal with the
web site as well. This was no small task, considering the
company is a dot-com.
Thematically, the site is very geomtric, with most artwork
being Illustrator-style line art , carrying a "card"
motif. Technically, the front end of the site ran on Windows
NT servers, incorporating a fair amount of ASP for dynamically-driven
navigation. While the overal design appears very basic, keep
in mind that I worked on this site while simultaneously designing
all the print materials (see print
section) and project managing. :) |
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Edupath
K-12 Education Portal
Edupath
is a portal for the K-12 educational community, targeted toward
students, parents, and teachers alike - all with a unique
business model that doesn't involve advertising to
the kids and even gives money back to participating schools.
I recently left the project, but I have a feeling CEO/founder
Sean Wells can make it a grand success. As of this writing,
the logo, navigation, layout, and database (Access, SQL via
ASP) were all under my realm. |
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eMoon
Online Production Resource Guide
Now defunct, eMoon was acquired by Hollywood Wired in 1997.
eMoon was Hollywood's first online production resource guide,
targeted mainly toward independent filmmakers who needed to
quickly find resources to complete their productions. With
a database of over 10,000 resources, eMoon encompassed the
areas of vendors, post production, services, and crew.
Personally, I was responsible for the design and content of
the site and all its clients' sites, and I was later in charge
of its operations altogether. Sometimes reaching 10,000 hits
a day, this was an excellent way for me to really sink my
teeth into directing the production of a large web site while
understanding a very large niche market - film production. |
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Paramount
Pictures - Digital Entertainment
This site has long changed since my time there in 1997 as
a team member on Paramount
Pictures' Digital Entertainment unit.
I was responsible for graphics and HTML production for the
studio's primary site, as well as their Home Video site, and
properties such as Star
Trek and Entertainment
Tonight (which were then licensed to Microsoft's MSN unit).
Later on, I contributed to some of the PERL scripting on what
was probably the Internet's first talk show, "Other People's
Problems," and further developed concepts for the now-defunct
Duckman Live! web site. |
Gone
but not forgotten...
Alas, not everything on the web is forever. Whether these
companies are gone or if they've just moved their web sites
after expired contracts with previous employers, or simply
changed their sites since I worked on them, I was proud to
get my feet wet with them, and I thank them for the career
possiblities they helped open for me.. They are: Communications
Ventures (venture capital group), DreamLink Productions
(a small collective of web/multimedia developers), Had2
(a sports apparel site made in collaboration with members
of the Los Angeles Lakers), Lightning Strikes (an Academy
Award-winning lighting effects company), Mandalay (a
trendy Asian-fusion restaurant in Hollywood), MLS Limousine
Service (located in the legendary Beverly Hills Hotel), Oppenheimer
Camera (motion picture cameras), Pango Pango (artful
motion picture catering), and Hollywood trainer John Terlingo's
web site/modeling portfolio. |
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