Open Source
Work
Some projects of interest.
Silk Screen Asian American Film Festival
HTML, CSS and JavaScript development · Created a system to ease the maintenance burden of maintaining web data for yearly festivals · Content management system architecture and implementation · Linux deployment consulting and setup†
AfterschoolPGH.org: Southwestern Pennsylvania’s Afterschool Program Resource
Design strategy and execution · HTML, CSS and JavaScript development · Content management system architecture and implementation · XML API design and development · Integration with the Information Commons to provide an intuitive search interface for afterschool programs in Southwestern Pennsylvania · Automated Linux server provisioning and deployment · Linux deployment consulting and setup†
Las Vegas Museum of Organized Crime and Law Enforcement (The Mob Museum)
XML and JSON API design and development · Linux deployment consulting and setup†
Carnegie Mellon University, Qatar Campus
Content management system architecture and implementation · Linux deployment consulting†
University of Pittsburgh Chemical & Petroleum Engineering Graduate Program
Content management system architecture and implementation · XML API design and development · Windows and IIS 7 deployment consulting and setup†
University of Pittsburgh Little Lab
Content management system architecture and implementation · XML API design and development · Windows and IIS 7 deployment consulting and setup†
St. Clair Hospital
Content management system architecture and implementation · Windows and IIS 6 deployment consulting and setup · Custom Form Builder and My Pages applications · Implementation of Doctrine ORM within the CakePHP framework to provide streamlined SQL Server connectivity through ODBC for Physicians Directory application†
Knichel Logistics
Content management system architecture and implementation · Linux deployment consulting and setup†
Collections Management, American Museum of Natural History
HTML, CSS and JavaScript development · Content management system architecture and implementation · Linux deployment consulting†
Fallingwater
HTML, CSS and JavaScript development · Content management system architecture and implementation · Linux deployment consulting and setup†
Western Pennsylvania Conservancy
HTML, CSS and JavaScript development · Custom News/Press Room application · Content management system architecture and implementation · Linux deployment consulting and setup†
Eastern University
Created a user experience that doubled the amount of web traffic within one year, earning the third-highest score in an EDU Checkup review (View the full press release) · Art direction · Design strategy and execution · HTML, CSS, and JavaScript development · XML and XSLT integration of templates within Hannon Hill Cascade Server CMS†
University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health
HTML, CSS and JavaScript implementation · Custom content management integration · Custom AJAX programming with jQuery and LDAP for Staff Directory search application · Linux deployment consulting†
Central States Tower
Art direction · Design strategy and execution · HTML, CSS, and JavaScript development · Custom content management solution†
Allegheny Regional Asset District
Art direction · Design strategy and execution · HTML, CSS, and JavaScript development · Custom calendar system and content management integration · Windows and IIS 6 deployment consulting and setup†
Mexico Resort Development Conference
Design, custom content management system, and print collateral support for a yearly conference on developing new resorts in Mexico.
†: done at w|w
About
Patrick J. Collins
Founder and Principal
- created a grade school science project in 1994 about "running applications on the world wide web."
- is a native New Englander, now located in Pittsburgh, PA.
- was trained as a web designer at Duquesne University.
- would love to teach at a college or university.
- is heavily involved with the design and architecture of web applications.
- revels in web frameworks but realizes their pitfalls.