Mad Skills
Design
UI and Interaction designs are the focus of my design capabilities. I enjoy making sleek layouts, buttons, and other web components in Sketch.app rather than using pre-made kits.
I prefer to prototype my interactions in the browser with my custom components or a framework like Foundation or Ratchet, rather than create a spec sheet explaining the interactions.
I have also dabbled with graphic design in Sketch, including my personal logo, various avatars, icons, and product mockups.
Development
I started learning web design from the basics of HTML and continue to use an unabstracted version of the markup language with relative ease, thanks to the awesome Emmet plugin for my preferred text editors.
I have been known to use Markdown from time to time, mostly when writing the occasional blog post or README.
After mastering the basics of CSS and looking for more power in the language, I discovered Sass was the perfect solution. I have sampled expanding Sass functionality with Compass but prefer the lighter library of Bourbon for that role.
Like many aspiring front-end developers, I learned the basic syntax and logic functionality of JavaScript and immediately turned to JQuery when advancing to DOM manipulation, etc. I have since disovered a gap in my front-end education when trying to do anything without JQuery, and now I focus my continued dev learning towards vanilla JS to overcome my handicap.
Business
Like many students of the 21st Century, I am proficient in using Microsoft Office & Apple iWork applications for day to day work.
I am also trained and tested in Servant & Transformational Leadership through my involvement a two-year collegiate leadership program and as an officer for various organizations.