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The following represents my current body of work. It may seem a bit eclectic at times, but I see it as a rather rounded approach to understanding and designing for people. People like you and me who crave information and don't want anything holding it up, hiding it, or overly complicating it. It can be pretty or even fun just as long as you give it to us straight.

You can also take a look at my résumé if you are so inclined.

Olds Family Website

Overview

Olds-Family.com is a personal project developed in 2003 to feature genealogical information on the Olds family. The website features a number of ancestral profiles, images, and resources. Since it was launched, the website has seen little maintenance and has slowly slipped behind current web standards. I have worked at redesigning the website as a Ruby on Rails project but found the complexity of the genealogical data structure too much for my novice experience. I do, however, still plan to redesign the website, either by simplifying the data model for Ruby or switching to a content management system such as Drupal or Expression Engine.

Screenshots

Olds Family Website - Design Concept
Olds Family Website - Home Page Olds Family Website - Photo Album Olds Family Website - Person Entry