Since 1998, I've created sites that are easy to use and compatible everywhere. Too often, designers are seduced by technology and lose sight of the difference between "can" and "should."

I believe the web designer:

• must be an “information architect.” He must be able to organize content in a simple, logical way.
• needs to know the basics of usability principles, information graphics and interface design.
• must know enough about the technology to create designs that are not only technically feasible, but easily implemented and maintained.

My sites reflect this philosophy of combining simplicity and effectiveness. One benefit of this approach is that it can allow clients to maintain their own sites with just a little training.

To that end, I offer courses to my clients who wish to learn basic or advanced HTML and Dreamweaver. For those who don't enjoy the do-it-yourself approach, I also offer site administration and maintenance.

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• Chelseacain.com: Popular writer Chelsea Cain's personal site.
• Baker & Spice: a commercial site for a bakery.
• Reed College Sites: These are a sample of the many sites I created as the college's instructional technologist.
  
  I also served as project manager for several larger web projects at Reed. These are linked to from my Management page.
  
  Faculty Multimedia Lab (guide to the lab I ran);
  English Department (mock-ups for a re-design);
  Technology Seminar (resource pages for seminar participants);
  Portfolio Help pages (help and information pages for users of Reed's image databases);
  Reed Magazine Online (print to web conversion).
• Video Vérité: a commercial site for a DVD rental business.
• Planes Intersect: Just to show my versatility, a site built for a friend's now defunct local band.
• Unalayee Association: I created this site in 2000 for a non-profit youth organization.
• K-S Wildlands Center: Starting in 2003, this site helped the non-profit Center succeed and grow.