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“Hey, Adam.” he said.
“Yeah?”
He leaned against the edge of my desk. “You seem like a pretty smart guy.”
Adam shrugged and crossed his fingers, remembering that bad news often follows an obviously weighted compliment.
“I’d like you to make some webpages for us.”
“Webpages?” I asked. “I’ve never done anything like that before.”
“I guess you’d better learn.” he said and walked away.
So I bought myself an HTML and CSS book, and the rest is history. I’ve found that the work feeds into my creative side. I’m completely self-taught, and I am in a constant state of learning. I’ve added to my skills and knowledge base since then and have branched out into some graphic design capabilities like Photoshop and basic Flash.
Before Atomic Object, I did some CSS design work for a supplement company or two, a pet medication company and a global foreign exchange trading company. Mainly I did 3-6 month contracts, but the varying needs of the companies helped make me a better CSS designer.
Though I love a beautifully laid out site, my first priority is clean code. My goal is to make my HTML structures efficient and simple to use while also providing CSS code that makes a template flexible enough for the diverse uses of the AO developers. The biggest ‘high’ I get at work is when a developer tells me how much easier my code was to implement… or when they call me a ‘pinball wizard’.
I am always looking for inspiration and education, and I love sites like csszengarden.com and smashingmagazine.com.
When I’m not staring at a computer screen, tapping away, I am usually hanging out with my wife and two dogs, playing music, playing or watching sports, reading books or sampling cheese.
Some projects that I have worked on are CircleBuilder, Uladoo, and DMStrategists.