Introduction

Hi, I'm Jesse.

I am Web Developer in the Nashville, TN. area specializing in web interface design and lightweight application development. I also am a versatile and creative web designer. Life in Gray is a website I started when I finished with my degree to show off my design and development work to potential clients and future employers.

My career has been an ongoing learning experience, and that has motivated me to mold the website into something much different. I want to share the tips, tricks, and time saving techniques I have picked up over my career. This will be an ongoing and hopefully rewarding process to those that are starting out and are in need of detailed instruction in areas not always covered in the textbooks.

My collected works are still housed within as well, and you can access them here. If there is a project you think I can assist you with, please contact me.

HTML5 / CSS3 is Here!

Should this site look a bit off, it is likely due to using an outdated browser.

It's dangerous to go alone, take these:

Web Development

What can I say other than this is what I do best?

• Custom Themes and Design
• Web Application Theming and Expansion
• Web Interface Development
• Interaction Enhancements
• Lightweight Web Application Development
• Email and Direct Marketing Themes
• Analytics and Campaigns

I make the DOM do awesome things with:

JQuery, HTML5, CSS3, PHP, RUBY, SASS, ASP, and whatever else it takes to get it right.

Interface Design and User Experience

We both know the big red buy button is just hiding the real problem.

The perfect interface does not come without trial and error. Every web experience is unique and it's path of least resistance is often hard to pinpoint. The key is testing and evolving to find the perfect balance of ease and results. We can fix the maze and endless loops to get you conversions, or start with something brand new.

Technical Management via Agile

But.. Scrum Master sounds like such a bad thing!

I am currently working as a Scrum Master with Intero Connect. I have two independent development teams that I fullfill the Scrum Master role for and I should be certified sometime after October with ScrumAlliance. Agile has been a great transition for my company and I highly recommend it for yours.

Two way communication and healthy working relationships all around. Agile is awesome. The most rewarding part of the transition has been the ability to pace and prioritize work in such a way that all involved as satisfied with the results and our iterations continue to ship every time. We are actually able to maintain and launch on a two week cycle complete peices of functionality.