So you want to build a website . . .
Creating a website is, for me, a wonderful means to engage creative and analytical pursuits so that I can provide you with an elegant, usable, accessible website. Accessible web design is not a special service — it's a way of life. Web accessibility applies to users of text-based browsers, handheld devices, learning disabilities, users with low or no vision, visitors with limited mobility and countless others. A good design will be usable by everybody who visits your site.
Your business wants a website which will keep visitors coming back - and making sure they can use it successfully and easily the first time they visit is an important step for your success.
This is what I'll focus on.
My Design Philosophy
I have a commitment to well-designed web sites — and that doesn't just mean a pretty page! Usability, accessibility, and standards based web programming are my goals for your site design. All sites I design will strive to conform with the most current standards of good web design. Most of the standards I work from come from the recommendations of the World Wide Web Consortium, (W3C) and their related working groups. I am committed to a conscientious application of web standards, keeping close tabs on current understanding of these constantly shifting standards.
My web design techniques focus on incorporating levels of accessibility as described by the Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI.) At all times I will strive to make every site accessible to all users, regardless of browser, operating system, physical disability, or other complications which your users may experience.
Contact me!
Interested in what I have to offer? Contact me with a description of your proposed project and I'll be glad to discuss your project ideas!
Who is Joe Dolson?
I am a freelance web designer living in Minnesota's Twin Cities (Minneapolis and Saint Paul). I've been operating as a free-lance web designer since the beginning of 2005, and have been building websites since 2002. My goal is to do the best job I can to help you develop your site. In addition to this website, I also independently operate The Conscientious Home, a website about preserving the environment through every day behaviors and write the inter:digital strategies marketing blog, an internet marketing blog. In addition to building web sites, I've been active as a free-lance violinist and as a private teacher of violin and viola since 2001.
And I also have a blog reviewing favorite science fiction books. It's just for fun, and I pretty much exclusively review the books that I like. When I review anything at all, that is...it's only been a couple of months, but I'm feeling like this one won't be updated all that frequently.
