The New Design Is Live
My redesign is live. I spent quite a bit of time with this design as a showcase of my knowledge of css and html. The previous design was around 6 years old, so it was well past time for a facelift. Here is a summary….
Welcome to my site
My name is Chris Sullins. I am a front-end engineer and UI designer with a love of good interfaces — for users and developers. I work for Zebigo.com, an on-demand ride sharing community in Seattle.
I can also be found on Twitter and LinkedIn.
What do I do?
Beyond my deep interest in software development and UX design, I pursue many other subjects. I am an enthusiastic writer, an experienced amateur photographer, and an energetic ultimate frisbee player. Architecture and urban planning fascinate me. I read constantly.
What do I think?
My personal philosophy: “You cannot live unthinking.” In pursuit of this I question my own assumptions and I surround myself with other thinkers who will challenge me. I strongly believe that, no matter how messed up the world might seem, we have the power to improve it.
About the redesign
This redesign incorporates html5, responsive design, some advanced css, a grid system, and new typography. It's cleaner and more content-driven than the last one. I've incorporated new external content (Twitter, Flickr), and kept the old content (blog, books, links). I expect to continue to refine it in the next month as I have new ideas and get more feedback.
This space will be used to feature projects and anything else that deserves attention.
Photography
Blog
— Visit blogRedesign Teaser
I've been working hard on a redesign of my home page for a couple weeks. I started with a few quick sketches, then created wireframes in Fireworks. I've now built a functional page, which I will push live as soon as I'm done revising the copy and making a few other small refinements. As a teaser, here is the wireframe image….
Snow in Seattle
I had almost despaired of getting any good snow this winter. Saturday teased us with a brief flurry in Wallingford, which dropped about an inch on the plastic chairs outside of Irwin's Bakery. Monday sent more snow at us, and for a day the tantalizing possibility of "Snowmageddon" hung in the air, before being downgraded. But after the snow began to fall early Wednesday morning, it just didn't want to stop. Here in Fremont it never reached a full-on blizzard, but the snow remained steady most of the day….
Tea Lights
I like candles. I like their bright dot of flame, not overwhelming like an exposed lightbulb, but small and flickering, uncertain and alive. They evoke elemental forces, powers that both threaten and comfort….
Shift in Focus
I've been thinking about the focus of this blog for some time now. My website is a combination of personal and professional, but this blog has remained solidly personal. In the past I've put off writing technical articles on here. I wanted to wait until I had some method of segregating the content so that people who didn't want to hear about my personal life wouldn't, and people who didn't want to hear about programming and design would be spared the horror. That's not realistic….
Ephemera
Recent tweets, books and links.
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Accomplishment of the night: fresh-from-the-oven cranberry orange muffins. http://t.co/QMUsk1GM
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Four Ways to Forgiveness by Ursula K. Le Guin
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Thanks to @Lacrymaria_olor for this awesome, terrifying butter advertisement: http://t.co/1hOSUQy0
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JavaScript is a *much* better language than its reputation indicates; PHP might be *worse* than its reputation.
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Droid Descending a Staircase, No. 2 http://t.co/MzB8o1Sa
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@katemats I see you're the Mayor of http://t.co/CTdkHoGR.
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Scott Pilgrim Gets It Together by Bryan Lee O'Malley
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My site redesign is live! http://t.co/9sQfF9kM
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Crayon Art
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What the Living Do by Marie Howe