Short musings
I am excited to add a new entry to my portfolio today - Honey Dew Donuts! Read more here. - Posted on: 4.01.13
An article I authored titled "The Importance of Optimizing Your Website for Mobile" has been published by the Rhode Island Small Business Journal. Pick up a copy of RISBJ Volume Two, Issue Two to read this piece. - Posted on: 3.25.13
A new article I have written for Smashing Magazine has just been published. "Building a Better Responsive Website" is a case study of the process we used to build the new Envision website. - Posted on: 3.05.13
A new entry has been added to my portfolio. Check out Brown Family Seafood's new site! - Posted on: 3.01.13
"Right from the Start: The Secrets to a Successful Website Redesign" has just been published over at FameFoundy. Give it a read here. - Posted on: 2.01.13
I've just published a pair of new articles meant for web design students. "Folding Squirrels" has been published here on my blog,, while "Your Secret Weapons as a Design Student: Personality & Client Service" has been published over at A Student's Guide to Web Design. - Posted on: 1.21.13
A new article I wrote for Smashing Magazine has just been published. Check out "Happily Ever After: How to Build Long-Term Client Relationships". - Posted on: 11.25.12
An article I wrote about responsive web design titled "Website Design for a Multi-Device World" has just been published by Fame Foundry. Give it a read here. - Posted on: 11.02.12
A new article I guest wrote for Fame Foundry about optimizing websites for humans, and not just search engines, has just been published. Give it a read here. - Posted on: 10.04.12
A pair of new articles have just been published - check out "Keys to Better Client Communication" on Smashing Magazine and "5 Types of Web Content It Is Time to Rethink" on Template Monster. - Posted on: 7.17.12
A new article I wrote about adding personality to your website has just been published by Fame Foundry. Check out "An Oasis of Personality in the Desert of Website Design" - Posted on: 7.03.12
An article I wrote for Fame Foundry, titled "Check Your Ego at the Door: Embracing User-Centered Website Design", has just gone live! Give it a read here. - Posted on: 6.01.12
I just posted a new article on the Envision Blog about my thoughts on Facebook advertising. Read it here. - Posted on: 5.16.12
I am really excited to see the new website for Experience Real Estate launch! The team at Envision did an amazing job on this fully responsive, real estate website. Check out the website for this South County, Rhode Island real estate company. - Posted on: 4.27.12
A new responsive mini-site for Envision's annual "VMworld by Proxy" event has just been add to the portfolio. Check it out. - Posted on: 4.23.12
I've just added a new portfolio entry for a demo site that is used as part of the course I teach at the University of Rhode Island. Learn more this Harry Potter-themed new project here. - Posted on: 3.26.12
A new article I wrote on "A Fun Approach to Creating More Successful Websites" has just been published on Smashing Magazine. Give it a read here. - Posted on: 2.24.12
A new article I have written on Delivering Exceptional Client service has been published over at Smashing Magazine. Give it a read here. - Posted on: 1.25.12
I just added a new entry in the portfolio section of the site, for the Rhode Island company, Wild Rhody. It features a fully responsive design and integration into the ExpressionEngine CMS. - Posted on: 1.01.12
An article I recently wrote titled “Assuming Leadership” has just been published by Smashing Magazine. Give it a read here. - Posted on: 11.16.11
Really cool to see the typography approach I took on the homepage of this site described as “a perfect balance between old and new” on this great article about CSS3 Examples to Inspire. - Posted on: 10.04.11
Super exited to add a new site to the portfolio gallery - check out Bacon is the Answer. - Posted on: 10.01.11
I just updated the KLR entry in my portfolio to reflect the relaunched website - complete with HTML5 and CSS3 throughout and using ExpressionEngine as the publishing platform. - Posted on: 9.20.11
I have just added a new addition to the Portfolio Gallery for Innovative Construction - a new site featuring a Responsive Web Design approach and filled with HTML5 and CSS3 goodness. - Posted on: 9.19.11
Super excited to see my “responsive web design” demo mini-site added to mediaqueri.es - Check it out and give Forgotten Presidents some love! - Posted on: 6.14.11
I've added a few new additions to the site - including a new blog article on the value of great client relationships as told through the lens of Star Wars, as well as a new portfolio addition showcasing some “responsive web design” as a tribute to a few Forgotten Presidents. - Posted on: 6.08.11
I've been working on a personal project that I am very excited about and I just posted a sneak peek at dribbble.com. This is still very much in development, but check it out. - Posted on: 6.02.11
A new site for the Rhode Island staffing agency, RI Temps, has just been added to the gallery. Check it out. - Posted on: 5.30.11
Very cool to see my site mentioned alongside ones by Nike, Wired Magazine and other HTML5 powered sites on Speckyboy Design Magazine and also to see my fun little footer illustration mentioned at Web & Patterns. - Posted on: 5.17.11
In honor of Mother's Day, I have just posted a new article that looks at the life lessons taught by Mom to find lessons that apply to website design. Read the full article. - Posted on: 5.04.11
I am honored to have had Pumpkin-King.com added to the gallery at Show-ee.com, “the official ExpressionEngine showcase gallery for the best designed and built ExpressionEngine sites on the internet.” So cool to be recognized among such company - visit the site for more. - Posted on: 4.06.11
New blog article adding about the value of design constraints and the awesomeness of indoor waterparks. Read the article. - Posted on: 4.04.11
Pumpkin-King has been added to another HTML5 gallery site! Check out HTML5-Showcase.com to see a bunch of excellent sites built with HTML5. - Posted on: 4.03.11
Wow. The site was just listed in an article about "HTML5 Websites for Design Inspiration" alongside MailChimp, Newsweek and Apple. That's some very nice company to keep and I am thrilled to have my work recognized. Check out the article. - Posted on: 3.13.11
A new article I wrote about how to effectively report problems with your website has gone live on the Envision blog. Give it a read! - Posted on: 3.09.11
I'm excited to announce that the site has also been recognized on HTML5 Mania. I am honored to be included among the work on that site. - Posted on: 3.08.11
Pumpkin-King.com has been added to the gallery at HTML5Sites.com. Check it out and submit a vote if you dig the work! - Posted on: 3.08.11
The new site has been recognized another HTML5 gallery site. Check out some of the great work at HTML5Websites.net. - Posted on: 3.07.11
Currently working on a fun new project and threw some shots up over at dribbble. Take a look! - Posted on: 3.03.11
The new site has been added to an HTML5 showcase site - HTML5 Elite. Very cool to be recognized! - Posted on: 2.28.11
The new site is live! Version 9 of Pumpkin-King.com is here. The art-directed blog articles are still intact (more of those to be added soon), but the structure of the site is now chock full of HTML5 and CSS3 goodness. Boom. - Posted on: 2.28.11
Really digging this new design I am working on for a vacation resort in NH. Threw a number of shots on http://dribbble.com/pumpkinking - Posted on: 2.27.11
Saving hardest part of my website redesign until the end seemed like a good plan until I got to the end and had the hardest part left to do - Posted on: 2.26.11
Some days, keeping up with the ever changing world of web design is exciting. Other days it is exhausting. Today, it is exhausting. - Posted on: 2.25.11
Launched a new site for an Envision Technology Advisors’ client, Bayside OB-GYN. Excited to say that it is my first site using HTML5! Take a look at www.baysideobgyn.com - Posted on: 2.23.11
Telling my kids to “Just Say No” to drugs and my daughter tells me that is not nice, we should “Just Say No Thank You” to drugs instead. - Posted on: 2.23.11
My daughter just told me if a stranger tried to give her candy, she would “throw it off a cliff.” I wonder what she's doing near a cliff? - Posted on: 2.20.11