Work & Process

I build websites, I create Brands, I make apps

Throughout the years I’ve had the incredible opportunity to produce some phenomenal websites (quite a few, too!) and apps, each better refining my skill.

Since 2017 I’ve also hosted apps in the App Store, with my current focus being Caramel. I am obsessed with the iOS and AppKit APIs and am always looking for ways to deepen my knowledge in this realm.

My goal for this year is to add to all of this by doing a little bit more writing about my experiences in both of these domains, while also trying to pick up a few tricks along the way.

A simple project manager for simple developers. Designed as a way to escape expensive and complicated management systems, Fox Issue Tracker is be an effective tool at keeping projects in order.

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Grocery lists at a Glance

Caramel is most certainly the best way to keep track of your shopping lists and recipes.

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Designed by Joe Ewing and developed while employed at Timmermann Group, Mid America is one of my favorite to the point and simple sites. It has photos, it has video, and it has a solid responsive layout.

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Caramel is an example of bringing of my skills together and my first major full-out deployment to the App Store. It is a simple a tool designed to make management of your groceries lists as easy as pie.

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ShipworksDev

I participated in a visual refresh for the Shipworks website that included a new front in and better service integrations to their platform. Under Construction

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Margin SparkBranding

I worked alongside Christy Maxfield and Marc Bowers to produce the simple website and powerful branding for Margin Spark.

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Dr. Joe ToxDev

Designed and coded for by Bob Schuster at Hello And, Dr. Joe Tox is a simple landing page to direct future clients as the service starts up.

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Boxes, IncDev

Designed is a sister site to Mid America Display and also designed by Joe Ewing and developed while employed at Timmermann Group. Boxes follows a similar path as MIDA and was developed in tandem.

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St. Louis MakesBranding

One of my first and favorite branding projects, St. Louis Makes was done for Marc Bowers and also was accompanied a small matching logo produced for Marc’s personal branding.

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How I do It

The nuts and bolts of my construction

I primarily write websites in HTML, SCSS, and PHP or Javascript and my apps are majority Swift based. I spend a lot of time reading what’s up and coming and enjoy the constant new of my field.

Familiar Technologies

It’s not without the building blocks of others that I could do my work. Over the course of my time I’ve become accustomed to several technologies and use them repeatedly through my projects. This is just a small slice of my favorites tools for web and app development.

I utilize HTML, CSS / SCSS, Javascript, PHP, and Swift to build my projects.

I use Wordpress extensively and have worked with it daily for nearly 8 years.

I use Bootstrap as the underpinning for all of my websites. It's fast, efficient, and has a wide range of applications.

I develop my apps using UIKit and AppKit to unlock the native power and most depth from my apps.

I use the Sketch App for both my mockups and branding work

Every single bit of my work is version controlled. It's the developer's ledger.

RxSwift (and now Combine) power the majority of the interactions in my apps.

I use many Symfony components when building more advanced web applications and have been with it since 1.x

While I am proficient in and learned most of my design skills on Photoshop and Illustrator, I prefer using the Affinity tools (Designer, Photo) for most of my work.

Development Standards

Native tools. Solid construction. Thought from the ground up.

I don’t take shortcuts and aim to use the best practices at my dispose to ensure my projects can withstand scrutiny and real world usage. This means native frameworks (native web languages and native UIKit and AppKit) and using a robust set of established patterns.

Simple things should be simple, complex things should be possible.

Best said by Alan Kay, I make sure my development is simple. I attempt to make all of my code approachable but extensible for the next person who has to pick up the load (and for the next time I have to dig in there!)

Add cautiously.

I do my best to make sure my projects are lean. While I don’t want to reinvent the wheel, I ensure those pieces I bring in from the outside are robust, like Advanced Custom Fields, Gravity Forms, or RxSwift.

Benchmarks and metrics to reveal bigger pictures

Keeping tabs on how a website or app is performing is just as important as putting it out there. I’ve spent the last year learning how to effectively guide users to a goal and ensure they are getting there.

Always Taking Inquiries

At the moment I am not taking on many new projects, but am still available for inquiry or questions.

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Work & Process

I build websites, I create Brands, I make apps

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