Aesthetic Studios

Established in March of 2003, Aesthetic Studios was founded as a way to combine the skills of graphic designer Bill Erickson with my own skills as a web developer

AestheticStudios.com was developed to provide a place where potential clients could find out about our services and see examples of our previous work. It was created to be compatible with many different browsers, compliant with both XHTML 1.1 and CSS standards and to be accessible even to the blind or vision impaired.

File Downloader

While working at HouseValues.com I recognized the need for more powerful and specialized tools for automatically downloading long lists of files. In response to this need I worked with the rest of my team to create a detailed list of requirements, submitted a plan to management, and then implemented and documented the application that meets that need.

It not only download lists of files, but includes an interpreter that allows it to mimic browser connections by send cookies, post and get data, and parsing html and http headers. It also is capable of passing requests through proxy servers, handling errors gracefully, and pausing and resuming download projects.

Blist Mobile

Blist is a new web-based database application that aims to be the world's easiest database. For my Informatics capstone project I worked with the blist team to design a mobile version of their application to be run on the iPhone. My goal was to preserve the power and usability of the desktop application, while adapting it to fit the requirements and restrictions of mobile use.