I am available for contract and consulting gigs (please do not contact me if you are looking for an employee) in a wide variety of areas, mostly related to Web-based business:

The short list:

• I make websites better.

The detailed list:

• Web:
  • From concept to implementation to going live. Whether it is little more than a Web-based business card, a small e-commerce business or a full-fledged Web-based business you need a lot more than just a "Web designer".
  • Chances are that there are a couple (or a lot!) of things on your website that are broken. You're making the same mistakes everyone else is making, because everyone else is making them. Whether you just want the laundry list of easy-to-fix mistakes or you want a full usability and information architecture pass while integrating usability testing, feedback loops and information systems into your business, I can help.
  • You want more visitors, higher conversion rates, more customer loyalty, more revenue, more income, more time, more happiness, ... Sometimes these breakthroughs require only a few minor tweaks, or some quantitative analysis, or a complete change in vision, or a leap of faith. I'll help you find the next step.
• Web specialties:
  • If people can't or won't use a feature, it might as well not exist.
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  • The art of dealing with a large amount of information.
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  • Bringing more of your target audience to your Website.
  • Turn strangers into friends, friends into customers, and customers into evangelists. (Includes viral marketing, permission marketing, pricing strategy, usability, positioning, ...)
  • Index millions of documents with your site's own customized, highly scalable search engine built on top of open-source technologies. (For the occasions when commercial software are too expensive and Google appliances aren't custom enough.)
  • Mixing rapid development with high scalability. E.g. Amazon Web Services, load balancing, Joyent, clustering, distributed databases, ...
  • Website maintenance and content management, perhaps as a followup to Website production if you don't have your own webmaster on payroll. This is usually structured as a small monthly fee.
• Software development:
  • Rock-solid software services, Website engines, and highly scalable solutions.
  • Consulting, training and project management to make your company's development practices more agile. Flexible development practices used to reduce total development time, increase software quality, constantly adapt to changing requirements, and building confidence and speed through high visibility and trust. Coverage of how agile programming and similar methodologies can coexist with Scrum, RUP, etc.