2011:
Worked as in-house web designer for TorontoStandard creating new templates, modifying themes, writing plug-ins and adding functionality to this WordPress-based Toronto news website.
SimcoeDining.com Full update to the Barrie restaurants directory with an updated version of of the Venue Storage System (VSS) and Facebook integration. The update also featured a new logo designed by Draward.com and layout by CoolDept. The same version of VSS was also used in a directory of bookstores, BooksToronto.ca and the re-launch of Halifax-Restaurants.com
2010:
YYZtech.ca A directory of computer stores in Toronto and the GTA plus reviews of work/story friendly spots in Toronto. YYZtech was updated for 2010 with a WordPress integration for reviews and using an updated version of VSS to power the venue profiles search. Features a fresh layout by VOJO Design and logo by Draward.com.
Florida-Computer.com A directory for computer dealers in and around the state of Florida. This is the second site using VSS (Venue Storage System) and features a design by Toronto-based BexisDesigns.com
ZeeBigBang.com ZeeBigBang was conceived as a much more ambitious take on the “connecting artists to money” idea. ZeeBigBang is intended to incorporate all kinds of creative types from film actors and romance writers to opera singers and heavy-metal guitarists all interacting with each other at a kind of “virtual trade show.” A prototype was completed in September 2010 incorporating the FORscene video editing technology as well as elements of social networks.
ComputersVancouver.com A directory for computer dealers in and around the city of Vancouver, BC. This is the first site using our new VSS (Venue Storage System) that builds on lessons learned from the NextDine directory system.
Toronto-Gym.ca and VancouverGym.ca Two directories of fitness centres, gyms and health-supply stores built with the NextDine directory system.
2009:
Toronto Industry Network Information on the Toronto Industry Network, a group of manufacturers and manufacturing associations with operations in the City of Toronto.
SimcoeDining.com A restaurant directory for Barrie and surrounding cities and named after Simcoe County. This was the first site to use NextDine directory system.
BuzzYourOwnBiz Developed a prototype for a site that aimed to let actors and film talent (the buzz) and business people (biz) connect. Website was built around U.K.-based FORscene Inc.’s on-line video-editing technology that would allow users to edit video profiles and demo-reels, conduct virtual auditions and other more traditional social-networking activities.
2007-2008:
YYZtech 3 Re-write of YYZtech from ground-up.
Halifax-Restaurants.com Search-able guide to restaurants in the Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada area. Innovations included a natural search (e.g. “pub on barrington”) based on “tagging” places with various keywords. Re-launched in 2009 using NextDine engine.
Dine.TO API: First developed for for EyeWeekly’s website, this allowed 3rd-party websites to perform searches on Dine.TO’s database and display them as part of their own site, see: restaurantstoronto.com for an example.
Dine.TO 2: A re-write of the original Dine.TO website started in 2003. Features included a new searching system with a more advanced tagging system than used in Halifax-Restaurants.com. Essentially this builds on the lessons learned since the 2005 release of Dine.TO.
2006:
EdmontonDining.com: A customized version of Dine.TO originally licenced to a company in Edmonton, Alberta. Updated in 2007 with improvements created for Dine.TO 2.
SimcoeDining.com: Named after Simcoe County (located in southern Ontario, roughly an hour’s drive north of Toronto) this was a listings website for restaurants in Barrie and surrounding cities. Re-launched in 2009 using NextDine engine.
2005:
Dine.TO A first-generation restaurant/entertainment portal for the city of Toronto, Canada. Major features included a then-new searching system designed specifically to search restaurant listings, a mobile (WAP 2.0) version accessible on mobile phones and a customer management (myCP) that allowed restaurant clients to collect statistics on visitors to their profile and send e-mails to members. Other features added later included: sending SMS messages to other users and e-mailing restaurant profiles.
Lounge666.to A night-life/social networking/dating website that intended to let visitors search other members’ profiles, exchange messages, view galleries, sign-up for club promotions and join VIP lists. Features included a mobile/WAP2.0 version of the site that allowed checking who was on-line at the time and forum post updates.
YYZtech.ca A news website covering technology issues in the Toronto area. Features included a front-page system that picked topics based on the number of stories and time since-last-update in a category to only display topics where there was new or lots of content available.
2003:
Leaside Business Park Association Basic CMS system for managing news stories and listing member companies. Re-wrote in 2006 and 2009 with performance improvements.
Work began on Dine.TO using a database-driven design that stored web pages inside a database instead of separate files, along with a ColdFusion-style template system to allow non-developers to create database-driven components.