Always be creating
Full-stack developer & designer based in the San Francisco Bay Area
- He/him
- Former software engineer at @docsend/@dropbox/@theinformation
- Polyglot
- Some ASL (American Sign Language)
- Some Gaeilge (Irish)
- Started building websites in 3rd grade from scratch & eventually using #wordpress to build dynamic websites
- Learned HTML & CSS by building custom Neopets & MySpace user profiles
- Taught myself web design and photoshop to design templates which I would build on the site using different CSS frameworks like Foundation, Semantic UI, and Boostrap as well as building my own from scratch
- Installed numerous open-source libraries like PhpBB and Joomla to dig into the codebase to see how they worked
- Completed a bootcamp (General Assembly) in 2014 to expand my programming skills
- Stack of choice is #rails, #nextjs, #react, #SCSS & #graphql β€οΈ
Name | Description | Url |
---|---|---|
Love.irish | Site about Irish language and culture | love.irish |
Doors from around the world πͺ | A photo series of interesting doors I found on while on an adventure, from tombs in Mada'in Salih to castles in Ireland | view series |
Za'atar & kabsa spice blends | An annual tradition where my family makes spice blends for holiday gifts. We use custom labels I designed | view spices |
Name | Description | Example | Url |
---|---|---|---|
Animation | I have done a couple animation projects and have plans to create my own animated series featuring Celtic languages and mythology | view animation portfolio | |
Art | I have a background in traditional art which has been helpful when doing UX prototyping | view art portfolio | |
Photography | Sometimes real life can be as beautiful as the paintings I try to capture | view photography portfolio | |
Pixel art | A newer additional to my skillset is pixel art which has helped me improve my color theory like hue shifting for shadows and highlights | view pixel art portfolio | |
Web design | I like to tinker with designs and build them | view web design portfolio |