All About Labels
All About Labels is a family-run label manufacturer, with whom I have developed & maintained e-commerce websites for over 12 years. In 2024, a new website was released, built using SvelteKit, WordPress & WooCommerce.
Selected Web Projects
Diversicare's Your Home
Diversicare provides support for those in culturally & linguistically diverse backgrounds, with whom I co-designed & developed a multi-language website with Amanda Moffatt, designed for older people from these backgrounds & their families/carers to get help with safety & security in their homes.
Brisbane Airport (BNE)
Brisbane Airport is Brisbane's domestic & international airport, with whom (2009 – 2017) I had developed & maintained a websites for various BNE properties. Notably the mobile & desktop Brisbane Airport/Skygate websites, featuring heavily-trafficked flight data presentation, and an API for the iOS & Android apps.
The University of Queensland
With UQ (2017 & on), I produced & delivered tools to accompany curriculum design during my time teaching Information Technology subjects. Notably, the production of simple example apps & associated APIs for students to re-create with their newly found knowledge.
Queensland University of Technology
With QUT (2007 & on), I designed & developed a variety of event-driven websites for Creative Industries and Student Engagement, such as CreateX, No Walls, TEDxQUT, QUT Classic, SHAPE of Things to Come, and more.
Other Businesses, Designers & Artists
I've also worked with numerous other businesses, designers & artists over the years. In addition to those below, I've worked on projects for local/state/federal Australian government departments with a focus on survey websites & data-driven artwork.
About Me
Since 2007, I have designed & developed websites & web apps with clients large to small. I've been a web design hobbiest since 1999.
Notably: Diversicare, All About Labels, Brisbane Airport, universities, and other businesses, designers & artists.
Since 2010, I have taught, coordinated & advised subjects in Interaction Design & Information Technology with The University of Queensland (UQ) and Queensland University of Technology (QUT).
Develop Skills
- Building PHP-based websites/web apps, communicating with MySQL & local file databases
- Interfacing with WordPress (including WooCommerce), Drupal & other PHP content management systems
- Building with client-side languages: JavaScript, HTML & CSS
- Building RESTful JSON/XML APIs, communicating with databases & authentication
- Interfacing with payment processors (e.g. PayPal), shipping providers (e.g. Australia Post), and other external services (e.g. Google Analytics)
- Customising templates for website builders: WordPress.com, Squarespace etc
- Building websites/web apps in SvelteKit & React JavaScript frameworks
- Building mobile apps in React Native (iOS/Android) JavaScript framework
- The use of Node.js & command-line interface tools
- Testing across web browsers/platforms, with optimisation of page speed (caching), navigation & link integrity (SEO)
Design Skills
- Designing responsive & mobile-optimised websites/web apps
- Responding to client's specifications with conceptual designs, prototypes & audience research to better reflect the client's ideas & needs
- Consideration of accessibility standards (e.g. WCAG) and corporate governance
- Design production using software such as Photoshop, Illustrator, Sketch, Keynote & others
- In 2008, completed Bachelor of Creative Industries (Communication Design) at QUT (now known as Interaction Design)
- Producing audio-visual (e.g. sound/video editing), animated (e.g. CSS animation) & interactive works
Educate Skills
- Delivery of in-person & online teaching of large University subjects in the fields of Interaction Design & Information Technology to both undergraduates & postgraduates
- At UQ, teaching subjects: Introduction to Web Design, Graphic Design, Web/Mobile Programming, and Design Computing Studio
- At QUT, teaching subjects: Introduction to Web Design, Advanced Web Design, Visual Interactions, Work Integrated Learning
- Production & delivery of curriculum design, bridging my field expertise to prepare students for the field
- Well-practiced presentation, demonstration & technical support skills
- Linking of learning outcomes with varying student abilities, encouraging students to exceed their expectations
- Coordinating & providing support to teaching teams, such that we can deliver the most effective subject for the students
- Supporting students with progression advice for their degree (notably Bachelors of Information Technology/Computer Science)