An Online Portfolio
Black Mountainside is the online portfolio of Mike Spencer, a web designer and front-end developer who has been working for over three years as a freelancer and in the corporate sector. Throughout his career Mike has strived to create clean, simple designs that focus on usability and comply with web and accessibility standards.
What's Going On
Portfolio Update!
I decided to make a major push and update my portfolio ahead of schedule. I did not, however, completely redesign and recode the portfolio. Instead, I simplified things and created the portfolio with the current tools at hand. Please feel free to check it out or check below for just the latest projects.
SabreCast.com
With no free time and way too many ideas, I've decided to start my first joint web project with my brother Matt, SabreCast. We've also recorded and published the first two episodes and done a ton of Internet marketing. The website still needs a lot of work.
Buckleburyferry.net
BuckleburyFerry is another personal project of mine that has been around for almost two years now. The website is a science fiction and fantasy blog that I designed and maintain, housing a number of articles and book reviews.
Recent Work
Pinnacle Orthopedics
For this project, I acted as the project manager, lead designer, and developer. I designed the website in Adobe Photoshop and coded it with HTML, CSS, XSLT, and JavaScript for QuantumCMS, Algonquin Studios' content management system. The home page photo collage was prepared by staff web developer, Garret Hussak. All photography was taken by KC Kratt.
AireXpert Technics
I was the project manager, lead designer, and developer for this project. As project manager, I met the with client directly for the initial design meeting and communicated with the client throughout the project. After creating the design, I also built out the website using HTML, CSS, XSLT, and JavaScript and integrated it with our content management system, QuantumCMS.
Buffalo Niagara Jobs
For this project, I was tasked with designing a new user interface that was user friendly and intuitive, but also fit within the current website indentity. Every page was prototyped in Photoshop and approved by the client. Following the design phase, I turned the prototypes into static HTML pages that a team of developers was able to use as templates within a .NET web application.
Exigence Group
For this project, I worked with the client through several rounds of revisions to create a design that accurately reflected the company's identity. I was also able to do the majority of web coding. The Flash piece and some web coding was completed in combination with additional staff members.