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Bart Nagel – web developer

I’m the Bart Nagel originally from the UK, now living in Vancouver. Others I know of are the photographer from the USA and the journalist from the Netherlands.

I’m a web developer and general geek. I produce custom standards-conscious websites with content management. I’m also a designer, but I’m best at the programming bits.

There are contact details below.

I was planning to put a full portfolio site here but postponed it while I got my degree, leaving this fairly basic list. Now that that’s over I’ve grown fond of this site as it is so it might just stay.

Websites I have finished:

  • 2011: Read for Profit (e-book and proofreading course) – readforprofit.co.uk
  • 2010: Decorum Tile Studio (tile manufacturer) – decorumtilestudio.co.uk
  • 2010: Internationale Meistersinger Akademie (singing mastercourse) – meistersingerakademie.com
  • 2009: Ephie Rowe (ante- and post-natal exercise classes) – ephierowe.co.uk
  • 2007–2008: Southampton University Live Music Society v2 and 2.5 – livesoc.co.uk
  • 2008: Mind the Gap (informational site) – (no longer online)
  • 2008: Learn Freelancing (proofreading courses) – learnfreelancing.com
  • 2008: The Pocket Book of Proofreading – pocketbookofproofreading.co.uk
  • 2007: Southampton University Staff Club Football Society – (no longer online)
  • 2007: Signal to Strike (rock band) – (no longer online)
  • 2006: The Market House Inn (inn in Glastonbury) – themarkethouseinn.co.uk
  • 2006: The Dance Floor Fillers (functions band) – dancefloorfillers.co.uk
  • 2006: Westpoint (rock band) (Flash elements and layout) – (no longer online)
  • 2005: Hold Your Head Up High (book) – (no longer online)
  • 2005: Southampton University Live Music Society v1 – (version 1 no longer online)
  • 2005: Treecare Tree Surgeons – (no longer online)
  • 2005: 64dollar Productions (video production company) – (no longer online)
  • 2004: The Livid (rock band) – thelivid.com
  • 2004: Shawn Lefebvre (music producer) – (no longer online)
  • 2004: Edith Wiens (soprano) – edithwiens.com
  • 2003: The Livid (rock band) – my original site for The Livid is no longer online but I’ve dug up its intro

And other little bits I’ve built:

There are other bits and pieces including graphical desktop applications, various command line tools and forks of libraries available on my Github page.

If you like what you see

If you’re impressed and you need any kind of web development done (or other geeky tasks), give me a shout. Here’s some of the stuff I specialize in:

  • Website backend coding (PHP, MySQL/Sqlite, Linux/Unix shell)
  • Site design and redesign, including CSS layout
  • Logo design and redesign
  • Dynamic content generation and dynamic colour schemes
  • Javascript coding – plain ECMAScript or with libraries such as Jquery and Mootools
  • APIs such as Google Maps, Google Checkout, Paypal and Amazon
  • Image and photo editing and retouching
  • Vector-based art (for example turning your logo into something vector-based for use in Flash, or digitally annotating media for print)
  • Proofreading
  • Music notation (for example transcription, transposition and turning your handwritten manuscript into a professional score)

Tools I use

I run the Linux distribution Ubuntu primarily, but boot Windows within my Linux session if need be (once in a blue moon). I’m proud to say that almost all the software I use (and so nearly all the following software) is open source and therefore free and (in most cases) cross-platform.

Blog

I write down useful tidbits as I discover them and some other bits and pieces on my blog, trembits.

Contact details

You can get my email address by taking bartnagel.co.uk and replacing the first a with @.

Older email addresses you might have for me (for instance my first name @bnagel.net) are still operational.

If you wish, you can encrypt messages you send to me using my OpenPGP public key. (There’s another one for ECS-related stuff.)

I am @bjnagel on Twitter, bart.nagel on Facebook and tremby on Github.