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Jeremy Fields: Design + Programming

About Me

The Formative Years

How does a child raised on a nonsugar diet who was only allowed to play with educational toys grow up to be an interactive designer? Well, apparently my energy wasn't focused on learning how to dress properly. In my technology-starved state, creativity was the alternative to my chemistry set.

Education

Kansas State University
Department of Architecture
1988 - 1991
Completed 2-year environmental design program and 1½ years toward a Bachelor's degree in architecture.

Webster University
1997 - 1999
Graduated on the Dean's List with a Bachelor's degree in business.

Currently

Some people ask me why I didn't end up being an architect. My response is that, in many ways, I did.

Interactive design is very similar to architecture. Designing and building a website involves an integration of design and technology applied to human interaction that few other design or technology careers require. I build in pixels and code instead of concrete and steel beams.

I am fascinated with well-crafted websites and good typography. My emphasis has been on web standards and accessibility because I believe that it is all too easy to assume that the web looks the same to everyone as it does from your desktop.

I am currently living and working as a freelance designer/programmer along the beautiful Colorado Front Range in Longmont. My wife, Jenn, is a freelance writer and occasional blogger (thanks for the copy editing, honey).

Recognition

Skills

User interface and website design, accessibility and standards-based programming techniques, project management, copywriting

Software

Coda, CSSEdit, Dreamweaver CS3, Fireworks CS3, Flash CS3, Photoshop CS3, Illustrator CS3, Acrobat Professional

Programming

HTML / XHTML, ASP, PHP, CSS, SQL, MySQL, ActionScript, JavaScript

Download

Current Resumé PDF (83.3 KB)
Current Resumé TXT (2.4 KB)
Work Catalog (2,099.6 KB)

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Friends

Inspiration

Resources

SEO

Standards and Accessibility

Tools

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