I'm a designer, marketer, and builder based in Charleston, West Virginia.
I got my start on BBSes and CompuServe dial-up in the mid-90s, moved to AOL chat rooms by '99, and never really stopped messing around on the internet. The tools got better. The impulse never went away.
By day, I work in marketing at a fiber ISP, where I built the department from scratch and handle everything from brand strategy to direct mail to character design. Before that, I ran my own creative studio for over a decade, doing brand and web work for nonprofits and small organizations across the state.
I also spent eight years doing legislative work, association management, and web development, at one point managing over 100 websites simultaneously. I have a Bachelor of Arts from Marshall University.
On the side, I create Hobart, Ohio, a weekly webcomic about a strange little town on the Ohio River. What started as a comic has turned into a sprawling network of interconnected websites, fictional civic infrastructure, and in-world media. It's an ongoing experiment in worldbuilding, organic content strategy, and doing too much for no money.
That project eventually led to NetCivic, which provides hosting and public data tools for small civic-minded organizations in Ohio and West Virginia.
Most of my work, professional or otherwise, involves systems. How they're built, how they talk to each other, and how people actually use them.
I like weather, mayonnaise, British comedy, simulation games, and the old internet.