Ryan Johnson
web developer
creative & professional background
I am the founder of LivePipe which serves as the brand name for most of my public facing work, and is also the name of an unreleased project I am working on.
technologies
I have been using the internet since 1991 & writing code in one form or another since 1993. I have a complete understanding of the entire stack of technologies used to create a modern web application, as well as a thorough knowledge of the history & evolution of the web. I typically use PHP for small projects and Rails for large ones.
| client | server |
| HTML / DOM | Ruby / Rails |
| CSS | PHP |
| JavaScript / AJAX | Python |
| Prototype / Scriptaculous | Shell Scripting |
| database | data exchange |
| MySQL | RSS / ATOM |
| SQLite | XML-RPC |
| SQL Server | JSON / JSON-RPC |
examples & selected projects
Picora™ : PHP Micro Framework
I build a lot of small random web applications. When I have to get something up in a hurry (i.e. under an hour) & don't want to resort to raw PHP, this is what I use. For the Model part of MVC I use an implementation of the ActiveRecord pattern that is not in the public domain, but I feel that this framework demonstrates my current level of PHP knowledge, a sound understanding of API design, code quality, & the Model View Controller design pattern. It's also extremely fast & can be dropped into virtually any pre-existing web application.
Photographic Portfolio JavaScript
This is a link to the JavaScript that I built to drive my personal photography gallery. Some of the names could be better, but I feel it more or less demonstrates my current level of JavaScript knowledge. It was written 4 months ago, & I am always learning new tricks, but it shows decent abstraction, a clear separation of class from instance methods, use of nested closures, in depth knowledge of scoping & limitations. It also demonstrates an in depth knowledge of the Prototype & Scriptaculous libraries.
digital artist
photographic portfolio
I have sold my work commercially in New Zealand and the United States. I live in Seattle now and am looking to exhibit. Contact me for more details. Some of the images in the gallery below are pictures of friends or family, and some are just plain silly. But most of the pictures are available for sale.
education & background
Although most of my time these days goes into web programming, my background & formal training is in the arts.
| Fine Art Photography | Aegean Center for Fine Arts |
| Graphic Design | San Francisco Art Institute |
| Digital Studies | Art Institute of Seattle |
design work
The Icarus Project Website
theicarusproject.net - I have helped develop several versions of this website which serves as the primary hub for the online community of this non profit project. I worked closely with the project founders to deliver a website that was easy to use, but still captured the rich, graphic & sometimes psychedelic nature of their published books. Some of the primary challenges involved complex & rapidly changing design requests, & a great deal of manipulation of existing imagery in Photoshop.
Ashley McNamara Artist Website
ashley-mcnamara.net Assisted with the design of the website.
Icarus Project 2006 Art Show
I co-curated an art show for The Icarus Project. I was responsible for translating the look & feel of the project's website & published books into a physical space. This included everything from choosing what color frames to use on certain pieces of artwork to the graphic design for the informational posters & name cards in the show. The show was a great deal of fun, profitable, a tremendous success, & received publicity in several New York magazines in addition to a full page color write up in the New York Post.
Other Websites / Design Work
I work on a variety of smaller or side projects of which I have taken screenshots of a few. Some of the work is older, and some more recent.