My name is Josh.

web developer, graphic artist

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I am a web developer, software programmer, and graphic artist based out of Spokane, Washington. I approach projects with enthusiasm and determination. A background rich in customer service means I will do what it takes to satisfy a client's needs. I am proficient in both front end and back end web development, and I'm comfortable learning new frameworks, programming languages, and practices as needed for clients that want even more customization for their little corner of the web.

My web development experience began as custom building simple webpages back in the early 2000's. I pursued it formally in my education at Eastern Washington University, where I earned a Computer Science degree (with a minor in graphic design). I have worked professionally in game development and application development, but focused most of my professional time on web development, where I've worked for clients ranging from bloggers on up to Fortune 500 companies.


Professionally:

I'm eager to get my hands on new toys. I enjoy taking on challenges I haven't faced before. There is something fulfilling about approaching a problem from a new perspective and finding a solution. Those "ah-ha!" moments in programming are the best moments in my professional life. I'm always looking for new challenges and love to get my hands dirty trying things with code that I haven't done before.

Personally:

I like a good cold beer and a messy cheeseburger. I like science fiction novels, television and movies. I like playing sports, though I'm moving a bit slower these days. I like Opening Day at Safeco Field and Seahawks Sundays. I like writing short stories, but I'm not keen to share. I love live music and go to concerts big and small year round. I like sitting on my couch with my feet on the coffee table.


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Qualcomm Life

Category: Studio Work

Studio Task

Fully responsive website redesign on the Joomla CMS, creating custom templates based on designer provided comps.

Personal Responsibilities

Pixel-perfect recreations of designer comps (CSS, HTML) covering multiple template designs. Frequent logo and image adjustments in Photoshop and Illustrator. Monthly maintenance fee covered content management as well, so I regularly posted blog items for them as they came through. Mobile specifications were not provided, so we aimed to make it look good while preserving the designer's work.

Link

http://qualcommlife.com

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Esthetics by Kristin

Category: Contract

Full responsive custom website build for a local esthetician using PHP, HTML, CSS, and JavaScript. Custom logo design as well using Adobe Illustrator.

Link

http://estheticsbykristin.com

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7-11 Hawaii

Category: Studio Work

Studio Task

Another project received through design company Theory.co, we were tasked with adjusting the already developed site in terms of load speed, animation jumps, and layout.

Personal Responsibilities

Responsive design (CSS, HTML) in articles and individual store pages. Developed a work-around for side-by-side images in the Wordpress CMS showing up as individual items in mobile devices based on screen width.

Link

Client hasn't integrated redesign yet.

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Let Why Lead

Category: Studio Work

Studio Task

Full port of a blogspot website into a standalone Wordpress site. Wordpress theme integrated and adjusted on client's request. Email functionality integrated (MailChimp) as well.

Personal Responsibilities

Prompt user for e-mail address, add them to the MailChimp mailing list, design MailChimp monthly and initial e-mail content layout, tweak Wordpress template, style sidebar and articles as requested.

Link

http://letwhylead.com

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EZ Pages

Category: Studio Work

Studio Task

Custom develop widget that hooks into the Facebook API, displaying posts from nearby businesses.

Personal Responsibilities

Using Handlebars.js as a template tool, design (CSS, HTML) individual page layouts including business hours, location, Facebook image, and more based JSON object from Facebook API request.

Link

http://ezpages.live

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Petrolicious

Category: Studio Work

Studio Task

Full website development with Shopify plug-in based in the Joomla CMS. Later, the site was ported from Joomla to Wordpress, in an effort to make the site easier for content providers.

Personal Responsibilities

Style (CSS) and layout design (PHP, HTML) in articles and user profiles. Write a script that pulls user comments from articles on the Joomla site and saves them to their appropriate articles on the Wordpress platform.

Link

http://petrolicious.com

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National Picks League

Category: Personal Project

Project Summary

The National Picks League is a simple fantasy football application I developed to entertain myself and my friends for 17 weeks out of the year. I track user picks, head-to-head results, write articles for each week, and provide all artwork and design on the site. The site began as basic HTML, CSS, and JavaScript and everything was hardcoded. Eventually I switched to PHP and MySQL to make record tracking easier.

The current iteration is a Wordpress site with custom plugins for creating write-ups, entering results, setting schedules, and viewing submitted picks.

xTeam logos, badges, pins, and other items are all designed in Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator.

This is forever a work-in-progress that I use to keep my skills sharp in-between web development and graphic design jobs. And because of it's work-in-progress nature, some things are left non-functional while I tinker with other things. Functionality is really only important here (as I am the client, I suppose) during the football season.

Link

http://nationalpicksleague.com

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Hovel

Category: Studio Work

Studio Task

Single-page web-app development using Heroku and PhoneGap, with Cordova plugins for image and video upload.

Personal Responsibilities

Style (CSS) and layout design (HTML) throughout, as well as some API work (jQuery) for user logins/logouts and registrations.

Link

No link available.

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Vinsanity (YouTube)

Category: Paid Design

Project Summary

Vinsanity is a new gaming channel on YouTube, hosted by a personal friend. This was a gift to him to help him get started and is based on his desires for color scheme and general design overall. It is the avatar for his YouTube channel and his Twitter feed.

Link

VinsanityIBG (YouTube)

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Cascades Computing

Category: Paid Design

Project Summary

A southeast Washington ISP commissioned this logo redesign. Design completed in Adobe Illustrator.

Link

No link available.

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Ready For Kindergarten (App)

Category: Studio Work

Studio Task

Full scale application for the Children's Reading Foundation. The app is meant to guide children (and parents) through the early learning stages with games that teach counting, the alphabet, number shapes, pictures, and more. The application tracks progress, multiple users, and teachers (or day cares) can view progress through an online portal.

Personal Responsibilities

Game development in Xcode in the C++ language, create game assets in Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop, design game layout and animation sequences in Spritebuilder

Links

READY! for Kindergarten (Android)
Also available in the iTunes store

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E-League

Category: Studio Work

Studio Task

A design company, Theory.co, reached out to us to help them meet a deadline when their developer(s) were unavailable. We were tasked with creating pages, interactive elements, and hooks into real-time statistics provided by Turner. The site was built in Squarespace.

Personal Responsibilities

Responsive style (CSS) and layout design (HTML) on the main page, schedule, and head-to-head results pages, as well as the footer, based on provided comps from Theory.co. Stats reporting after matches was done through JavaScript and JSON. The tournament leaders section perhaps has my biggest fingerprints on it. Some JavaScript work was provided for user notifications as well.

Links

http://www.eleague.com/

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The Period Store

Category: Studio Work

Studio Task

An existing client from before my time there had commissioned a website redesign. Includes a custom shop.

Personal Responsibilities

Create user registration, profile updates, and shopping cart functionality, layouts, and styling (CSS, HTML, PHP).

Links

http://www.theperiodstore.com/

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