
Love it or hate it, Javascript is here to stay. Tools like jQuery UI have made this task exponentially more enjoyable for both the end user and the developer
Sometimes I get requests from friends to help them with a business they're trying to get started. Often times when someone is considering how to get going, one of the first bullet points is "Create a basic website". I met with my friend and helped him figure out what pieces of his business process he could efficiently and feasibly do within his budget. In this discussion it became clear that as a art and music venue he needed to:
DGA Partners, healthcare management professionals is a full service management consulting firm, in Philadelphia. They had an existing contract with a technical writing firm who was had a very explicit idea of how things should look and feel. They had wanted to implement their new site on a CMS, but had heard that CMS can be very difficult to design for. I worked with their design/content people to implement their ideas.
Associated Paving Contractors has an extensive website catalog of services. They do everything from large highway paving jobs, to small driveways, septic tank removals, and just about anything environmental. They came to me with very little vision and had been burned before. We came up with a value minded proposal and a reasonable timeline. We hired a writer to help with the content development and overal things went very smoothly.
Dragone Construction came to me with a need for a basic website. They wanted to show mostly photos of their work and have some basic information available to perspective clients. I delivered this via J!1.0, JoGadgets, CSS and Illustrator. The end product is a simple yet easy to use website, with an animated gallery.
Retirement Designs was referred to me by an associate. On their 3rd website in five years, they were really in need of a site that fit their budget given the expense they'd already absorbed.