Dan Johnston is a freelance Web Designer, Graphic Artist, SEO Consultant & Amateur Photographer based in Hamilton, Ontario
Jordan came to me to build his website after being referred by his good friend and writing partner, Dan Ahdoot.
“Though me and Dan have never met face to face, I would lay a big open-mouth kiss on this guy (like a gentleman!) for the job he’s done on my site. He’s totally dedicated to giving you the best possible space for a good price. I wonder when dude sleeps… and when he sleeps I’m betting he dreams in binary.” Jordan Carlos -Comedian, Actor and Writer
Rachel asked me to create her a new page for her ever growing makeup portfolio. She is a freelance makeup artist specializing in fashion, glamour, editorial, runway and bridal makeup applications, serving Hamilton, Toronto, Niagara and surrounding areas..
I used a slick gallery system that runs on the Yahoo (YUI) javascript library.
I absolutely love when I get the chance to completely revamp someones identity from scratch!
This project involved logo design, business cards / letterhead design, website design and photography (not to mention a few months of my life). For the shoot I had Rachel Duff come out and work her makeup application magic and copyrighting help from my good friend Julie Marquis.
It is always a pleasure to work with someone who knows what he is doing. Dan is one of those people. My website captures the balance between the informality of my personality and the formality of my profession perfectly. It lets my clients know that lawyers aren’t necessarily intimidating, yet maintains a professional look and feel, so that my clients know I’m serious about their rights and compensation.
Dan is highly skilled and professional. He delivers a quality product on-time and on-budget, no mean feat in today’s fast-paced world.
Janis P. Criger, LL.B. - Hamilton Personal Injury Lawyer & Accident Attorney
Tags: Head shots, Lawyer Website, Photography, Web Design, Web Development
I had the honour of working with comedian Dan Ahdoot on his new website. You may remember Dan from being a contestant in NBC’s reality TV show Last Comic Standing and for performing on Comedy Central’s Premium Blend. For this project I simply acted as a conduit of Dan’s ideas.
Tags: photochop, Web Design, Web Development
TheHoop-la.com is a basketball portal that covers Canadian b-ball at all levels and plays an avid role in the Hamilton community sponsoring and organizing events.
Dan Johnston is on top of his game. When choosing a company to redesign our website, SyntechDesign was our unanimous decision. From coming up with ideas to improve our website all the way down to teaching us how to use the CMS, everything was seamless, time efficient and just plain easy for us. It was an absolute pleasure working with Dan. We highly recommend him.
Kirk Alfaro - TheHoop-la.com
Tags: Portal, Web Development, Website Revamp
Burgeoning Communications Inc. offers a wide range of training seminars that teach business communicators how to write and speak with power and efficiency.
It was great working with John Burry on this project. I’ve learned some great business communication tips from reading his first few blog posts.
Keep an eye on their blog for tips backed by a combined 50 years of public relations experience. I know I will be.
Tags: Identity, Logo, Web Design, Web Development
Website for the motion picture: Waiting in Beijing.
Red Maiden Entertainment presents Waiting in Beijing - The Movie, a love story set during the 2003 U.S. invasion of Iraq and the SARs outbreak in China. Written, Directed and Produced by Alan Zhang, starring Kelly Nyks, Song Li Ching/Steph Song, Talayeh Ashrafi/Tala Ashe, Ting-Ting Hu and Robert Lin.
Tags: Movie Website, Web Design, Web Development
John Wellington Ennis (of Shoot First Inc. / co-founder of VideotheVote.org) showed up at my door one afternoon with some of his dude’s, tied me up and smuggled me into the United States. There I was bound to a computer desk and forced to rebuild the website for his film FREE FOR ALL!. During the ordeal me and John became good friends and he said he felt really bad for abducting me like that. I told him ‘next time just email me dude’.
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How did America get so off track? Nagging doubts about the legitimacy of the 2004 election force John Ennis to get off his sofa and investigate Ohio leading up to the 2006 elections - even though he is just some dude. He meets with journalists, politicians, election officials, attorneys, activists, and everyday Ohioans in a search for truth. Along his journey, Ennis uncovers a web of schemes that swing U.S. election.
Tags: Film Website, Web Design, Web Development, Website Revamp
Milka Vujnovic and I have been hard at work this week adding numerous new articles in her mediation resources section.
If you are in the process of a divorce or separation or even just thinking about it, allow Milka and her 24 years of family law experience guide you. As she says on her website: mediation is fair, cost-effective and in you and your families’ best interests.
Tags: Search Engine Optimization, Web Design, Web Development
Speaking of Nerdcore Rising, the official soundtrack for the movie has been released today. Grab your copy in the Nerdcore Rising Shop. Features MC Frontalot, Doc Popular, Gabriel Alter, Brandon Patton, Chessie and UnderSCORE to name a few of the 48 nerdcore tunes that appear on the CD. For a sneak peek at 15 of the songs check the track listing.
Tags: Graphic Design, Web Design, Web Development
Some time ago I had the absolute honour of redesigning the Nerdcore Rising website for director: Negin Farsad. I have also stayed on board to help her out with updates along the way and continue to work at optimizing the website and blog for search engines. Nerdcore Rising is currently ranked #5 in google for the keyword “nerdcore“.
Nerdcore is the newest, dorkiest wave of hip-hop, born out of the internet and made possible by computer-obsessed geeks. “Nerdcore Rising” follows MC Frontalot, the godfather of nerdcore, on his first national tour. Along the way, Frontalot fanatics and music industry notables tell the story of this funny, fascinating, and unapologetically uncool cultural phenomenon.
Tags: Graphic Design, Search Engine Optimization, Web Design, Web Development
The CNAM website got a face lift this morning including a new header and some improvements in the CSS styling. It is always nice to be able to go back in a project and apply my new, forever evolving XHTML & CSS techniques.
Tags: Web Design, Web Development, Website Revamp
Milka Vujnovic wanted to improve on our previous business card design. We decided to make the info side white to improve readability and switch the card’s orientation.
Tags: Business Card, Graphic Design, Identity, Print Design
Rhona Waxman is a Personal Injury Lawyer from Hamilton, Ontario with over 25 years of civil litigation experience. Rhona’s website was not doing so well in search engines due to older coding practices. I rebuilt it from the ground up correctly and refined her design adding graphical icons and improving the websites look and feel. Rhona also had me set up a Personal Injury Blog for her where she posts Free Personal Injury and Disability Law Resources and FAQ’s.
Tags: Search Engine Optimization, Web Design, Web Development
Years ago I wrote a blog where I posted a photo-chop of numerous Steven Colbert pictures into one. Years later it is found posted all over the blogosphere. This is for those trying to find it on the new site. Go ahead and hot link it.
