I seek work creating and maintaining W3C standards compliant, accessible web applications.
Currently the part-time webmaster, product support technician and sales representitive for NGT, Inc. This includes product assembly, technical support, maintenance of sales leads database and some minor sales research.
Sole Proprietor of a Web assembly and maintenance service, with a strong focus on W3C standards and accessible design. Additionally, computer repair, consultancy and maintenance jobs are taken. Current and past customers include, in chronological order: BlinkSoft, Lowney Access Research, Rehabilitation and Evaluation Services, Dr. Jack Reiter and Joan Golston (MSW ACSW), Robots4Fun, King County Democrats, 48th Legislative District, The Low Vision Store, Bluz at the Bend, Red Burrito, The Dice Institute and several others.
Assisted head developer in building ASP scripts for SQL databases and content management systems. Wrote, tested and corrected server and client scripts for many of the sites listed in their portfolio.
Found and wrote detailed reviews of Web sites, e-mail lists and newsgroups for MSN's search directory. Tested reliability of MSN's Usenet feed and Web servers. Converted Word files into HTML. Edited and corrected markup and ASP script for Microsoft's Office Update site. Webmaster for Microsoft's Accessibility Web site. Adjusted and maintained perl scripts that built the site. Wrote accessible DOM scripts for internal sites. Converted various document formats into semantically pure HTML. Performed extensive accessibility testing of many internal and external Web applications. Assembled an ASP database for accessibility features of Microsoft applications and systems.
1983 - 1988, University of Washington, bachelors degree in history. Three years study in physics, astronomy and mathematics.
Reading the scientific press, collecting pop music from Africa and other parts of the world, streethiking, swimming, paper or software-based wargames and RPGs, puttering around my personal web site and home LAN.
You can reach me by e-mail at farlops at farlops dot com