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Recent Work

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HSU Marine Lab

Completed: February, 2008

Medium: Web

Disciplines: Art Direction

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Humboldt State University Admissions

Completed: February, 2008

We redesigned the Admissions site as part of an integrated communications strategy for prospective students.

Medium: Web

Disciplines: Art Direction

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Indian Teacher & Educational Personnel Program

Completed: January, 2008

Medium: Web

Disciplines: Art Direction

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HSU Financial Aid

Completed: January, 2008

Medium: Web

Disciplines: Art Direction

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Humboldt State Now

Completed: September, 2007

Medium: Web

Disciplines: Art Direction, ExpressionEngine

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HSU Biological Sciences

Completed: September, 2007

Medium: Web

Disciplines: Design, XHTML, CSS, Information Architecture

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HSU Accreditation Site

Completed: August, 2007

Medium: Web

Disciplines: Art Direction

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HSU College of Professional Studies

Completed: August, 2007

Medium: Web

Disciplines: Design, XHTML, CSS, Information Architecture

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HSU School of Business

Completed: June, 2007

Medium: Web

Disciplines: Art Direction

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HSU Fisher Chair of in Redwood Forest Ecology

Completed: May, 2007

Medium: Web

Disciplines: Design, XHTML, CSS, JavaScript, Information Architecture

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HSU Housing

Completed: May, 2007

Medium: Web

Disciplines: Art Direction

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HSU Dining

Completed: May, 2007

Medium: Web

Disciplines: Art Direction

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Department of Kinesiology

Completed: April, 2007

Medium: Web

Disciplines: Art Direction

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HSU Vertebrate Museum

Completed: December, 2006

Medium: Web

Disciplines: Design, XHTML, CSS, Textpattern, Information Architecture

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Brian Arbogast Professional Site

Completed: December, 2006

Medium: Web

Disciplines: Design, XHTML, CSS, Textpattern, Information Architecture

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HSU Department of Oceanography

Completed: October, 2006

Medium: Web

Disciplines: Art Direction

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Humboldt State University

Completed: August, 2006

I redesigned the main web site for Humboldt State University to improve the information architecture and improve the site’s potential for aiding in recruiting new students. Highlights include a back end powered by ExpressionEngine, Valid XHTML 1.0 Strict (unusual for university sites), Thickbox used for supplemental stories for banner photos, and user-editable quick links written in PHP.

Medium: Web

Disciplines: Design, XHTML, CSS, PHP, Expression Engine, Information Architecture

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Explore Humboldt

Completed: August, 2006

Medium: Web

Disciplines: Art Direction

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HSU Department of Social Work

Completed: April, 2006

Medium: Web

Disciplines: Art Direction

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First Year Connections

Completed: Spring, 2006

We created a web site to serve as a companion to a printed piece sent to students enrolled for their first year at HSU. The site gives information about various activities available to first-year students, as well as a way to sign up for these activities. This is the first time students have been able to sign up for all the activities in one place, greatly simplifying the process.

Medium: Web

Disciplines: Design, XHTML, CSS, Information Architecture

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Ag Futures Alliance

Completed: January, 2006

This site serves as a communication hub for the counties that the Ag Innovations Network works within, and is built to expand to accommodate up to 15 counties in the future. Each county section has a unique graphic header that features a major agricultural product of the county, and the site is built in Textpattern so that chapter members can manage their own content.

Medium: Web

Disciplines: Design, XHTML, CSS, Textpattern, Information Architecture

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Ag Innovations Network

Completed: January, 2006

I developed a family of sites for Ag Innovations Network, a non-profit organization in California. The Ag Innovations site highlights the mission and services of the organization.

Medium: Web

Disciplines: Design, XHTML, CSS, Textpattern, Information Architecture

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HSU Department of Economics

Completed: January, 2005

Medium: Web

Disciplines: Art Direction

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Coffee at my Desk

Please caption your videos about web accessibility

Seriously. This should be obvious. Why would you make inaccessible videos about accessibility?

Yet, I have found this happening more and more lately. I has become very frustrating for me, …More »

Cocoa on the Couch

Oh Hai.

Yes, I have been neglecting this site for a while.

This time I have a valid excuse, though — major life changes are afoot. Most of you that are …More »

Margarita on the Rocks

Meet me in Austin

I am leaving bright and early tomorrow morning (like at 4am, sheesh) to attend my 4th SXSW. I’m really looking forward to getting out of Dodge for a while, …More »