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Most of these are links to live web sites. As time goes on and
link rot sets in, some of them will go bad. If you find
a bad one, please email
me.
The Third Sector Technologies Era
Third Sector Technologies does all manner of technological work, mostly for nonprofit organizations in Alaska. I mostly work on programming projects for them, but here is some of the web design I have done:
- thethirdsector.com redesign
- Summer 2001
- This redesign is not yet (as of July 17, 2001) live, but it will be in the next few weeks.
- City of Fairbanks redesign
- Summer 2001
- This one is still (as of July 17, 2001) in the initial design process.
- akstartup.org
- Summer 2001
- A Slash-based site for the program Third Sector is conducting to encourage entrepeneurship in rural Alaska. It's closely connected with akbiz.org, which Jana Peirce did the design for.
- meditrack.thethirdsector.com
- Summer 2000
- A Slash-based user support forum for one of Third Sector's software products
- workforce.thethirdsector.com
- Fall 2000
- I designed the graphics for this site, which aggregates survey data projecting the number of job openings in the oil industry.
- Weather Underground "weather sticker" graphics
- Summer 2000
- I designed these graphics for Weather Underground's "sticker" feature.
The Internet Alaska Era
Internet Alaska was one of the largest and oldest ISPs in Alaska, and I worked for them from fall 1997 to spring 2000. We started out doing sites for clients but decided eventually to focus on bigger projects. During this time I gradually shifted away from graphic design toward programming. Here's a survey of some of the design oriented work, and the programming work is in the programming section of my portfolio.
- Internet Alaska front page - June 1998
- I designed and implemented this hand-coded edition of the Internet Alaska front page, and it's still one of my favorite designs.
- UPBC youth group
- April 1998
- This site was a labor of love for the youth group at my church in Fairbanks.
- Web Services redesign
- April 1998
- This redesign of our departmental site includes swanky gesticulating stick figures and a unique application of frames. It was never implemented.
The PolarNet Era
PolarNet was a small ISP in Fairbanks, Alaska, that I worked for in 1996 and 1997, before it was acquired by PTIAlaska. I designed a lot of sites there:
- Usibelli Coal Mine
- I started this site while working at PolarNet and continued it up as my own company, Renaissance Graphics. It never quite got finished, though. Note the flexible, full-page layout that stretches to fit different sized browsers.
- 1997-1998
- 1997 Tanana Valley State Fair
- A fun project. I also designed graphics and modified source code for
the Cabbage Invasion java
applet.
- Wolf Creek Outfitters
- April, 1997
- This is one of my favorite sites. I like the graphical presentation, the
amount of information available, and the interface.
- www3.polarnet.com-- About PolarNet
- Summer 1997
- This is a prototype for a new PolarNet web site, never completed.
- All Seasons Inn
- August, 1997
- PolarNet
- ongoing May 1996 - September 1997
- PolarNet Time Card Program
- June 1997
- This is a disabled version of the Time Card program. I was responsible for
the design, layout, and JavaScript of the interface page. Dustin Andrews did most of the work on the CGI. You can play with the interface here, but you can't submit anything. The full version retained your daily hours throughout the week if you used the save button, and emailed your
timecard to you if you clicked the mail button.
- Fairbanks Convention & Visitors Bureau
- February, 1997
- This site also had Japanese and German versions.
- Northern Schools Federal Credit Union
- April, 1997
- 1997 Yukon Quest International Sled Dog Race
- December 1996 - February 1997
- Fairbanks Counseling & Adoption
- July 1997
- Yukon Quest Trading Company Online Store
- Early e-commerce experience.
- February 1997
- Alaska Fish & Trails
Unlimited
- October 1996
- Gold King
Creek Lodge
- December 1996
- Street, Guinn, Real Estate Appraisers
- March 1997
- I designed the logo along with the (very small) web page.
- Greatland Sausage
- March 1997
In my last year of college (1995-1996), my roommates and I started a web design business called OrbWeavers. It was fun, and we didn't get paid much for all the time we sunk into it, but it opened the door of a career for me...
Unfortunately, I don't think any of the sites we designed back then have survived. Oh well, the web goes on...
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