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During my tenure at Commotion Studios, EEE and the JFSA approached us to create an educational web site as a resource for teaching the Holocaust to middle school children in the Tucson area. From the very beginning I was really excited about this project because I find history fascinating but moreover, felt it had a great deal of social value - like people might really take something away from it. The survivor's stories are incredibly powerful and I was honored to have the chance to meet several of them at the launch event.

Rustic Elegance Doors was looking to automate their ordering process which had become rather cumbersome to do by hand. In addition, they did not have a consistent system in place for managing resellers and sales associates. The solution I implemented was really fun mainly because of the significant challenges it posed. I wanted the site to be standards compliant while also relying heavily on Ajax for the order forms to dynamically update options and pricing. The administration console also uses Ajax to display a list of recent quotes next to a list of dealers and their associated sales team with another panel appearing below that has sales statistics sorted by top sales performer.

This project entailed producing a web site and CD with activities, games and exercises as part of a program to educate middle school children about the conservation, hazards and environmental impact of desert storm water. Produced in conjunction with EEE, the site and Flash piece were started while I worked at Commotion Studios. While fun to work on, it is also great to know that in at least a small way your work is furthering education, environmental awareness and safety for kids. It is very rewarding to feel you are contributing something and giving back to the community.

I had been looking for an excuse to use that really cool 3D carousel technique. Finally, creating a hip new look for the Anheiser-Busch distributor in Tucson gave me the perfect opportunity! Thanks to Lee Brimelow’s tutorial at gotoandlearn.com, my dream became a reality…

From the get go I was excited to work on this project because of some of the more challenging features requested by the client. Features include an easy to update playlist and artist information as well as a custom background image. The end result exceeded expectations and is highly customizable. A fairly simple XML file orchestrates the show.