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Hi there.
I'm klhamilton and I'm under construction.

I like to take things apart, then put them back together, better. I aim for as many leftover parts as possible.

Collaboration is the key to finding good answers. Asking good questions is the key to collaboration.

I believe the measure of a good application is whether it makes a person's day better. At the very least, it shouldn't make the person's day worse.

English is not the only language, iOS is not the only interface, and forks aren't the only way to eat dinner. There's a whole world out there, and you can't figure it out by staying on the sidelines.

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  • Author Archive
  • Archive Admin
  • Word Generator
  • Vendor App
<?php
session_start();
include ('functions.php');
snap_log();
if ($_GET['t']) { $t = $_GET['t']; header('location:archives.php?t='.$t); }
if ($_GET['p']) {
	// db call to see if story exists; if not, send to 404
	} else {
	// while-loop on existing story to get details
include ('inc_head.php'); 
include ('inc_aside.php'); 
?>
<section class="section1" id="story">
<A NAME="jumpover2"></A>
<?php if ($notes_pre) { ?>
	<p class="excerptnotes"><?php echo $notes_pre; ?></p>
<?php } ?>
<h1><?php echo $pagetitle; ?></h1>
<div class="postheaderpara">
	<?php
		if ($partname && ($partname !== 'sidestory')) echo ' '.$partname.' '; 
		if ($partdisp) echo ' '.$partdisp.'.';
		if ($subtitle) echo ' '.$subtitle;
		if ($series) { echo '<p>part '.$seriespart.' of <a href="archives.php?s='.$series.'">'.get_seriesname($series).'</a></p>'; }
	?>
</div>
<hr class="solid">
<div id="entry">
<?php
		if ($preface) { 
		echo '<div class="preface">'.$preface; 
		if ($source) { echo '<span class="source">—'.$source.'</span>'; } 
		echo '</div>'; }
		echo '<p>'.formatp($entry); 
		?>
		</p>
</div>
		<?php if ($notes_post) { 
			echo '<p class="excerptnotes endnotes">'.formatp($notes_post).'</p>'; 
		}
		include ('inc_end.php');		
		include ('inc_foot.php');		
	}
?>
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conceptual workflow
survey workflow with alternate steps
rough draft of sitemap
rough workflow and sitemap
complex conceptual sitemap
sitemap and workflow
formal sitemap with links
extensive traditional sitemap
developers sitemap
conceptual workflow
conceptual workflow with links
wireframe rough draft
webapp wireframe with functionality
mid-quality wireframe
tablet wireframes
mobile wireframes
mid-quality wireframes for admin app
workflowed wireframes for mobile app
ecommerce form wireframe
tablet wireframe
tablet wireframe with functionality
tablet and web ui for webapp
tablet and web ui for webapp
tablet and web ui for webapp
mobile, tablet, web ui for website
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Rebuilding.

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About me

1929 mitersaw and miterbox

I was born in North Dakota, grew up in Georgia, attended school in Washington DC, and lived in Maryland, Rhode Island, and now Texas. Once upon a time I was fluent in French; now I read and write Mandarin but will never manage to speak it without an American accent. I can probably still rebuild a carburetor, but replacing one transmission was enough for one lifetime. I was a rower in high school and a coxswain in college, and while nothing builds team solidarity like running ten hills after four hours on the water, these days I aim for less painful methods of team-building.

When the weather's cool, I like to build rock retaining walls, and when the weather's chilly, I'll be in the workshop playing with power tools. One grandfather was a cabinetry hobbyist; the other was a lifelong carpenter, and I inherited most of the latter's tools. One of my most-treasured (and most-used) hand-me-downs is a Goodell-Pratt miter set with a Disston blade, possibly one of the last off the line before the Crash of '29. I was lucky enough to inherit the drill press, but not the joiner, planer, or the 4' lathe. It's some minor consolation that I did inherit my father's 12" Rockwell table saw. Both of my grandfathers died with all of their fingers. I plan on doing the same.

I also read. Constantly. On anything and everything, but I tend to focus on intercultural communications and anthropology.

About this site

The site is built on BxCreative's bxSlider. I'm still under construction, so I went with a time-saver of jqEasy's jQuery Slide Panel. The site is pseudo-adaptive, in that parts of it don't automatically adapt with screen-size change (mostly the slider). It adapts only on refresh, not just on resize. Still working on this part.

Site written in HTML5, CSS3, using Smultron and jEdit. Tested in Firefox, Chrome, Safari, and Opera.

goodreads + delicious + library tag wordmap

wordmap of tags from goodreads, delicious, and personal library

get me

How to make me happy, in 5 simple steps.

  1. Be a company where design and development teams are at the same table, collaborating to get the ball rolling.
  2. Have designers who hand me designs that make my jaw drop and leave me wondering how I'm going to come up with something that matches their incredible vision.
  3. Big plus: have designers who enjoy explaining, because knowing how they think helps me be a better UI dev for them.
  4. Be a company where "easy to use" races neck-and-neck with "looks freaking cool" and "loads like greased lightening".
  5. Be a company where development teams collaborate, too, and ask each other: what if we did it this way? on the road to coming up with the best way.
find me

How to track me down, in three easy steps.

  1. Call me: 512.483.1005.
  2. Email me: k02hamilton at gmail.
  3. There isn't really a third way, here, now that I think about it.

Or you can try:

  1. LinkedIn
  2. Facebook
  3. Skype (under KLHamilton)
  4. Flickr

I'm not sure how much good that last one will do you, but hey, animal pictures.