What can I do?

A lot.

I have been designing for the web since I was in 7th grade. I like simple and functional user interfaces, web standards, and cool clients.

While most of my work revolves around WordPress and blog design, I enjoy any type of front-end design work. I also have experience with search engine optimization, online marketing & social media, and backend development.

Oh - and the best part - if I can't do it, I know people who can, so if you have a project, I can get it done.

Tim Ferriss

Tim Feriss

A realignment of New York Times #1 bestselling author Tim Ferriss' blog. The main goals were to increase subscriber count, make Tim's old content easier to find and increase the discussion and interaction on the blog.

    Responsibilities:

  • User Interface Design
  • XHTML
  • CSS
  • PHP
  • JavaScript

AppMrkt

AppMrkt

AppMrkt is a side project I started with Jonathan Otto. It is a Facebook application marketplace built from scratch with Ruby on Rails.

    Responsibilities:

  • User Interface Design
  • XHTML
  • CSS
  • PHP
  • JavaScript

Cheap Stingy Bargains

Cheap Stingy Bargains

Cheap Stingy Bargains was redesigned in the Winter of 2007-2008 and took approximately 5 weeks to complete. It is a deals site that does approximately 800,000 page views a month.

    Responsibilities:

  • User Interface Design
  • XHTML
  • CSS
  • PHP
  • JavaScript

ProBlogger

Problogger

Darren Rowse's blog ProBlogger is consistently ranked in Technorati's Top 25 and is one of the leading blogs on making money online. I redesigned ProBlogger in the Summer of 2007.

    Responsibilities:

  • User Interface Design
  • XHTML
  • CSS
  • JavaScript

OkDork

Cheap Stingy Bargains

OkDork is Noah Kagan's personal blog about marketing, social networks, and people. The design he had was ugly, so he hired me to make it less ugly. He thinks we did a good job.

    Responsibilities:

  • User Interface Design
  • XHTML
  • CSS
  • PHP

RapLeaf

RapLeaf

In the Summer of 2006 I designed the RapLeaf logo for Auren Hoffman and his new company, RapLeaf

    Responsibilities:

  • Logo Design

Achieve-IT!

Achieve-IT! Blog by Brad Isaac

Brad Isaac had been writing on his old blog for quite a while and was getting sick of his blog's potential being constrained by TypePad. He hired me to move his blog to a new server, move all his content over to WordPress, and give him a brand new, colorful design that would help sell his award winning goal setting software. Brad's project took approximately one month from start to finish.

    Responsibilities:

  • Server Migration
  • User Interface Design
  • XHTML
  • CSS
  • CMS Integration (WordPress)

Partners Auto Sales

Achieve-IT! Blog by Brad Isaac

While doing freelance work for iDealerNetwork I designed the homepage for Partners Auto Sales, a luxury car dealership. The design highlights their used car inventory and highlights the key call-to-action buttons for the car dealership.

    Responsibilities:

  • Design

b5media

b5media.com redesign

b5media wanted a more professional front page for their blog network - something that would help new users and potential advertising partners find what they were looking for. A simple discovery box on the front page gives each target group of users a brief overview of what they need to know. There is also room for advertisements, a full list of all 180+ b5media blogs, random posts from the channels, and a list of b5media headlines - all powered by WordPress.

    Responsibilities:

  • User Interface Design
  • XHTML
  • CSS
  • CMS Integration (WordPress)

    I got skillz

  • XHTML Expert
  • CSS Expert
  • Photoshop Expert
  • WordPress Expert
  • SEO Expert
  • PHP Intermediate
  • JavaScript Intermediate
  • Django Beginner
  • Ruby on Rails Beginner

    What do they say?

  • “Let me tell you a story about Ben to show you why I recommend him to everyone. Ben offered with another guy to redesign okdork.com free of charge since I helped them with some things. They did it with some feedback in a reasonable time. It was okay. A few weeks later Ben said "Noah, I am not satisfied with the work I've done. I am going to completely redo your site." I was impressed cause a) I wasn't thrilled with their work but it was decent b) he took the initiative c) he had a great attitude about it A few weeks later and some friendly revisions my blog, okdork.com is now asked a few times a month to copy the layout. Ben did a great job and I love working with him. If you get the chance, you will be lucky as well.”
    - Noah Kagan, Owner, Kickflip, Inc.
  • “Ben is simply terrific. From his great can-do attitude and personality all the way through to the better-than-promised final designs, I enjoyed the entire process. With an eye for design, but still a sharp head for the "business realities" and the technical challenges, Ben both surprised and delighted me with his work. Definitely recommended.”
    - Surya Yalamanchili, Dir. of Marketing, LinkedIn
  • “Ben put together a first class design at ProBlogger.net. Perhaps the best thing I can say about it is that I get weekly emails from readers saying how much they like it and many asking where they can download the template. He's innovative, creative and helped take my blog to the next level.”
    - Darren Rowse, Problogger.net