News

2010

August 20th

I'm an Omniture Certified Professional in SiteCatalyst Implementation. Read more about the OCP:I here.

May 2nd

I've re-designed my web marketing and management blog, and re-branded it as Bricks and Clicks.

April 1st

My portfolio site will be included in the 2nd edition of the Web Designer's Idea Book.

February 4th

I am now a Certified Associate in Project Management (CAPM).

2009

September 15th

This semester I'm taking a Project Management course towards attaining a CAPM certification by 2010.

July 23rd

I've just joined the Web Analytics Association. Learn more about the WAA here.

June 4th

I successfully passed the Google Analytics Individual Qualification test with a grade of 90%.

April 17th

I successfully completed UBC's Web Analytics Program with an overall average of 97%.

April 10th

I have accepted a position as a Web Analytics Consultant at Bell Web Solutions

March 16th

A presentation I worked on has been incorporated into the course materials of an eConcordia Course.

February 16th

I've updated my portfolio site for 2009. Let me know what you think!

2008

December 7th

I've decided to start blogging again, hopefully I can get a few entries in before the new year. Visit my blog here.

November 9th

I've updated my resume. View it here or download the pdf here.

October 20th

I've registered for University of British Columbia's Web Analytics Program. It's the only program recognized by the Web Analytics Association. See the curriculum here.

August 18th

Added some snapshots from a local Japanese festival. View the Flickr set here.

July 22nd

Rommil.com was among the 700 sites chosen from a field of over 20,000 to be included in The Web Designer's Idea Book, published by How Books. Order it from Amazon.com here.

May 26th

The Concordia University website was awarded a Bronze medal from Council for Advancement and Support of Education (No gold was awarded). Read the news item here.

May 1st

I will be going back to school part-time at Concordia University's John Molson School of Business for my MBA. Read about their MBA program here.

February 12th

I have been invited to judge the 2008 Internet Advertising Competition Awards. Visit their website here.

February 3rd

I've finally had a few minutes to update my portfolio a little, visit it here.

January 10th

The Media Relations site I built received a CASE District 1 Honorable Mention for the category, "Specialty-Website".

2007

November 28th

I will be judging the 14th Annual Communicator Awards.

October 30th

I have just released the latest set of web templates for Concordia University, along with a web site generator. Our department hopes that by giving the departments these tools, the adoption of the new brand will go much quicker, giving the university's web presence a more unified look and feel.

October 10th

We have just launched the new Concordia University website. We are currently evaluating all the feedback, and will be releasing another revision early in the new year. Stay tuned.

August 16th

We've just completed the Beta for Concordia University. Take the tour here, or go straight to the site. The major features of the new site are: a new campus map, a more unified search tool, accessibility tools and microformats.

August 11th

I've just updated my resume. You can download it here, or from my About section.

July 19th

As an In-Kind Sponsor, I've created a Facebook application for Apathy Is Boring that, when installed, pulls Apathy Is Boring's latest RSS feed, and displays it on the user's profile. Read the Apathy is Boring news article here, or get the application here (You must be logged into Facebook).

July 11th

The new Media Relations website is now live. This is the first administrative site released by our department based on the templates I created. It incorporates top level tools, text-resizing, accessibility accesskeys, vcards for contacts, form submissions, language switching, a thumbnail generator and more. I worked closesly with Media Relations, and the IT department to create the site's experts database, hot topics database, and featured researcher system.

June 14th

The work we're doing at the university is featured in this week's issue of the Concordia Journal. Read the articles about the top-level site and the Media Relations site based on the new templates. My part of the project has been that I designed, for the most part, the layout, developed the HTML, CSS and scripts of the top-level site and templates, as well as help interpret the new Concordia brand for use on the web and help produce the standards and guideline manuals.

June 5th

I have been selected to help judge the WebAwards. View the site here.

May 17th

I will be helping judge the 2008 Horizon Interactive Awards.