Web Experience

ColorJar
Feelance Web Designer/Developer (June 2012-Present)
Allendale, MI & Grand Rapids MI
http://www.colorjar.com/
Responsible for: HTML, CSS, JavaScript, Ajax (jQuery), site devlopment, implementing design as assigned
At ColorJar I work with a fantastic team of individuals to make awesome and stunning products. Whether it's a simple page-by-page site or a full-fledged, major-content site we work together to make something amazing.

Sites worked on:

GVSU Web Team
Projects I worked on as a part time developer (May 2007-February 2009)
Allendale, MI & Grand Rapids MI
http://www.gvsu.edu/
Responsible for: HTML, CSS, JavaScript, Ajax (MooTools), form development, administrative module development, ColdFusion programming, database programming in Oracle, working with a custom CMS
While working for the Grand Valley State University web team from May 2007 until February 2009, I was responsible for maintenance and development of online projects and forms relating to numerous departments on campus. I sat in on many meetings to help brainstorm ideas to keep up coding standards and to make development more efficient for the entire web team.

Moore & Company
Real estate information and sales
Grand Rapids, MI
http://www.expectmoore.com/
Responsible for: HTML, PHP programming, database (MySQL) creation and organization, JavaScript, Ajax (MooTools) functionality, system administration, hosting, third-party theme modifications, search engine optimization, custom CMS creation
This project began in September 2008 after a small meeting with ExpectMoore's owners and was converted from ASP.NET with no database to PHP with a MySQL entirely by me using the Switchboard MVC framework. Later, a real-estate listing search was implemented into the site using MooTools and has since been modified to better suit the owners' needs.

Florentine
Family Italian resturant
Grandville, MI
http://www.florentineingrandville.com/
Responsible for: HTML, PHP programming, database (MySQL) creation and organization, functionality, system administration, hosting, third-party theme modifications, search engine optimization, custom CMS creation, creative collaboration
After speaking with the owner of Florentine in January 2009, a plan was put in action to create a web site for the restaurant to make information about the restaurant more available to the public. After some finding a suitable design for the website (created by Ellen Lundgren), I sat down and developed a simple CMS for the website using PHP, MySQL and the Switchboard MVC framework.

IT Experience

Hudsonville Public Schools Technology Office
Lab and classroom computer assitance, web development
June 2005-August 2006
Responsibilities: Servicing an entire school district of Macintosh computers, assisting with any audio or visual problems that may occur in any classroom across the district, developing a website counting system for a two-district wide service, servicing printers across the district

Grand Valley State University Computing and Technology Support
General lab and class room IT work
August 2006-December 2008
Responsibilities: maintaining printers in different computer labs across campus, troubleshooting computer issues in a lab and classroom setting, assisting with audio/visual setups in a classroom environment, communicating with students, faculty and staff

Grand Valley State University Office Of Student Life
Computer assistance and other IT roles
March 2009-Present
Responsibilities: troubleshooting computer and printing issues in an office environment, assisting student organizations with computer help and many tasks associated with the online student organization manager: Stuey, communicating with students and staff via phone and e-mail

Personal Projects

DestroyTheCyb.org!
Comic book, movie and music reviews
Allendale, MI & Grand Rapids, MI
http://www.destroythecyb.org/blog
Responsible for: Database (MySQL) creation and backup, system administration, hosting, third-party theme modifications, search engine optimization, Wordpress installation, third-party plug-in modifications (PHP)
A friend of mine came up with the idea to create a website to review comic books back in June of 2008 and from there we went forward and created DestroyTheCyb.org. I have worked as the organizer of the site's code and functionality within Wordpress and have worked to recruit others to write for the website--currently we have five regular writers with 3-5 sporadic writers. I have worked to modify the site's layout and organization to best suit readers.

Play(share)lists
A simple way to show people your current playlist
No specific location
http://play.pirefower.com/
Responsible for: HTML, PHP programming, functionality, system administration, hosting, theme creation, CSS, Ajax (MooTools)
This was a small time project of mine that took an iTunes XML feed for a playlist and parsed it to a very simple output. It is now open to the public for use with a simple sign up after much redesign and backend updating. The purpose of this project is to allow people to share playlists with one another. Each track is clickable to take the viewer to Last.fm to hear the song (if it is available). Users also have the option of customizing the URL for each track.

MikeRapin.com/submit
A computer servicing ticket system
No specific location
http://www.mikerapin.com/submit/
Responsible for: HTML, PHP programming, functionality, system administration, hosting, theme creation, CSS
I created this little ticketing system for myself during the winter semester during college when it seemed like I was getting a dozen requests a week to "fix" computers for people I knew. The backend is complete with Prowl and e-mail notification and works pretty well. I think this is one of the more complete projects I've built and I think I spent about a week on it.