about me
I am a freelance web developer specializing in Ruby on Rails. I pride myself on reliable communication skills in addition to an innate and studied sense of design and usability. I also stay interested in Graphic Design, Illustration, and Street Art. Having a innate interest in both art and programming gives me a versatile, wide range of capabilities and it keeps me motivated and excited in different ways of approaching design and development.
Real Name
derek rush
Location
orange county, ca
I focus on creating beautiful, usable, professional websites using the best accessibility practices and the latest W3C web standards guidelines, resulting in semantic and SEO friendly XHTML and CSS. All my websites are lovingly hand coded. My meticulous attention to detail and pixel perfect development provide absolute precision and accuracy, and nothing less.
I'm entrepreneurial minded, which means I am constantly exploring new technologies and creative new uses for them. I am always brainstorming from one idea to the next, always looking to streamline processes and find the simplest solutions to the most complex problems.
background
I started with computers at 13, got paid for working with them by 16, and was co-founding a 25 million dollar startup by 25. The startup never made it but my love for innovation lives on. In 2007 I decided to start freelancing and went from directing UI for collaboration software to working with Ruby and PHP. Freelancing works great for me because no project is dull when you get to be the creative director as well as the programmer.
If you're looking for a talented designer, excellent communicator, and revel in the money you save hiring a agile, "jack of all trades" developer, get in touch. I am currently available for freelance work. Call me: 949.280.8977.
Software & Development Capabilities
- Adobe Creative Suite
- Textmate
- Web Standards & Accessibility
- CSS, SASS
- PHP
- Ruby
- XHTML, HAML
- JQuery
- Source Control (SVN, GIT)
- Wordpress
- MySQL
- MongoDB
