Brian Shim Web Development

I am a web developer. I create websites and web applications.

I do both front-end user-interface design, as well as back-end programming. I am a "one-stop shop".

I specialize in both desktop and mobile web apps, either from scratch or based on your existing website. In 2014, mobile web traffic will exceed desktop web traffic. Is your website ready?

I am experienced in search engine optimization and can help you increase traffic to your site and convert visitors into paying customers.

I do WordPress sites as well.

Please contact me for a free quote for a new site, or for a consultation on how to maximize the potential of your existing site. For more information on my mobile website services, click here.

Thanks,
brian.shim@live.com

Here are some sites that I've designed and programmed:

LA Lindy Hop is a full custom WordPress site with PHP calendar. I also created a mobile web app version.

World Class Trans and DC Luxury Van are WordPress limo websites I designed.

Rusty Frank and Camp Hollywood are mobile web apps that I designed and programmed.

Elizabeth Parrillo's site has user-uploadable photos and other custom content-management features.

Barba CPA is a Joomla site that I updated, including adding the video.

Rogers Free Library uses a WordPress theme that I customized and made responsive (mobile-friendly).

I designed and programmed the websites for First Presbyterian Church Hartford and Providence Presbyterian Church.

Corporate Lingo Bingo is a tongue-in-cheek mobile web app bingo game that I programmed in JavaScript.

The primary web programming languages that I use are PHP and Javascript/jQuery, along with HTML and CSS.

I can create custom content management features such as user-uploadeable slide shows, user-editable text boxes, and so forth. I can also create full custom mobile-friendly WordPress themes.

I specialize in mobile web apps, including responsive sites that work on both desktop and mobile devices, and dedicated mobile web apps that use information from your existing website.

This is a responsive website, which means that it will adapt dynamically as you re-size the window, and it will detect if you are using a mobile device and re-size accordingly. This site also uses graceful degredation, which means that it will work even if JavaScript is turned off in your browser.

For programming tips, see my web development blog, Web Tricks.

Programming Languages

• PHP 5.4
• HTML5/CSS3
• JavaScript and jQuery
• PDO/SQLite/MySQL
• Object-Oriented Programming

Content Management Systems

• WordPress
• CMS Made Simple
• Joomla

Development Environment

• Dreamweaver
• Vim
• WampServer
• Git Hub

Design Techniques

• Responsive Design

Here are the slides for some presentations I've done

Eye Candy For Your iPhone (Providence Wordpress 8/14/2012)

I often do the photography for the websites I work on.

The photos in the background of this site are scenes I encountered while walking around Providence, Rhode Island. Use the navigation controls in the lower right corner to step through the photos or stop the slide show. On a mobile device, swipe the lower bar to advance the slide.

I used a Canon Rebel T2i digital SLR with stock lens for these photos. I now use an 18mm-200mm zoom lens for my photography.

I hope you enjoy these scenes and find them relaxing during your busy day.

I love creating websites and web apps! I have been making websites since 2008. I enjoy both the creative and the technical side of making websites.

I have fifteen years of hardware design experience making music instruments, DJ equipment, and consumer electronic devices for Alesis, Numark, and Ion Audio. As a hobby, I designed websites on the side, and now I do it full-time. Designing websites is similar to designing consumer hardware in that you have to deal with user interfaces, aesthetics, and engineering constraints.

I am based in Santa Monica, CA.

I have degrees in Electrical Engineering from Caltech, and Engineering Management from Stanford University. I have been programming computers since I was in junior high school.

Feel free to send me an email or find me on Linked In, Twitter, or my web dev blog. It would be great to hear from you.

Brian