About

Colophon

Looking to find out a little bit more about me before hiring? Well, I'm a college student currently pursuing a bachelor's degree in Computer Science at the University of Calgary and I also work as a web developer on the side — freelancing.

I started off with HTML when Geocities was all the rage many years ago then somehow kept up with it. I started playing around with Adobe GoLive, and Microsoft Frontpage but turned back to good ol' plain-text editors like TextMate (my fav) when I found out that was how the pros did it.

After joining onboard deviantART, I ran into a fellow deviantARTist named Bram and learned about freelancing doing web design. The profession interested me and soon I started freelancing doing the odd job here and there while in high school.

Later on, I was fortunate enough to land a stint with Critical Mass where I learned plenty about the digital advertising industry and experienced what it was like to work for big brands like Valvoline and Mercedes-Benz. Thanks to the vast amount of knowledge I learnt paired with the programming skills I gained while working/learned in computer science lectures, I managed to develop a Facebook application for Wii owners which has a userbase of 10000+ and is still growing strong. After a year I decided to go back to school and now I'm back in college trying to finish what I've started.

The web is starting to shape up into something I would have never envisioned before. Websites can now be viewed on mobile devices and it is partly because of this that I have changed my philosophy on the methods which a website should be designed (such as choosing to use javascript to add flair to a website rather than utilize flash). I feel my philosophy on how a website should be designed and developed keeps it accessible to the entire public so it can be viewed on mobile devices and stay friendly for those who use a screen reader.

Services

If you’ve visted my portfolio already, you probably can get a feel that my skills are quite versatile and that just narrowing me down to a title just does not do me any justice. However, most people come to me because they need help creating a website, thus that is why I chose to use the title of ’Freelance Web Developer’ to quickly establish what I’m all about when I give away a business card.

Anything that you have seen done in my portfolio, I’m capable of. If you would like to make an inquiry or request a quote, you can do so via the contact form.