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About Moi
Based in Maplewood, NJ, I'm a freelance web developer hoping to help you with your project. The work I've done over the last ten years centered around two big sites: the former www.bondmarkets.com (now altered), and www.investinginbonds.com, as well as four or five satellite sites that represented subdivisions of the company. More about these in the Samples section. I recently completed a recoding of the site for the Lydia Johnson Dance company, plus a few other things.
I aim for clarity, readability, and a logical flow to web sites, always with the readers point of view in mind. I'm also big on ease of use for everybody -- the reader as well as the publisher. Clean code and smart content-management solutions are the ways I get there. You'll also find some technical/philosophical articles here relating to the process and tools for web site building.
I live here with my two kids and my devoted dog, Brandy, in a nice bungalow-style house that I try to keep neat enough to almost live up to my arts-and-crafts-style tastes.
Spare Time
Besides that, I'm a semi-pro trumpet player, conservatory trained, working in two wildly divergent kinds of music. On the one hand, I do a lot of classical, orchestral playing with orchestras in New York. And on the other, I play in an R&B band here in Maplewood. Making a living as a musician isn't something I ever expect to really do, but it's a great hobby anyway. More about these groups, including samples, in the Friends section.
For relaxation and exercise, long-distance bike riding is the thing. I ride with the Morris Area Freewheelers club. If you don't know this area, you might think of New Jersey as a barren wasteland of subdivisions punctuated by chemical plants. Not so. Hunterdon, Morris, Somerset and Warren counties are beautiful places with lots of farms, forests and wide open roads.