Welcome to the home of Steve Jamesson, web developer, beer connoisseur, fairweather musician, and generally ok human being.

This site touches on some of my interests, including articles from web development to music, from dude philosophy to general rants about useless crap, from utility beer to my own personal notes. I’m often inclined to teach, so you may stumble across some useful tutorials.

Professional Web Developer

I’m an extremely versatile web developer, with skills and talents spanning most all aspects of the field, including:

• Front End Development – XHTML/CSS/Javascript
• Visual Design – Photoshop, Illustrator, and the like
• Back End Development – PHP, MySQL, and the like
• Search Engine Marketing – Google Analytics and general SEO
• User-Centered Design – Designing websites with the end user in mind!
• Productivity – Getting things done!
• Content Development – Publishing appropriate, informative, and useful content
• Content Management Systems – Drupal, WordPress, and the like

There are probably a few more that should be listed, but why leave nothing to the imagination? The world always needs creativity and imagination, anyway!

Beer Connoisseur

I love beer! It’s not necessarily the alcohol that attracts me to beer; it’s more of the flavor and wholesomeness about it.

I’ve brewed about 10 or so batches of home brew, with my stepdad and good friend Brian Flanders. We’re still experimenting and trying out some different recipes. Home-Brewing is a blast, and I recommend you try it if you’re interested.

Fair-weather Musician

I’ve been playing music since I was a kid. We always had a piano or keyboard hanging around. I played orchestral violin in elementary school, then moved onto brass baritone in middle school. After that I got my hands on a cheap ¾ scale Stella acoustic guitar. That’s when I began to write my own songs.

Throughout my endeavors as a musician, I’ve picked up many other instruments including drums & percussion, bass guitar, upright string bass, banjo, keyboard, and charango. I do sing here and there, though I recommend you generally avoid having to deal with that!

In addition to playing instruments, I also have some good experience in the audio recording field. I used to have a small home recording studio, with plenty of instruments and toys to keep me occupied for hours.

These days, I’m playing bass for a local band. The band name is PoorMouth. It’s mostly Irish indie folk music, and it’s pretty fun stuff. We’ve got a range of instruments including guitar, bass, drums, violin, flute, banjo, cello, and occasionally some Uilleann Pipes (?) and accordion, plus vocals.

I used to play in a small fun band called bigtoe with two of my oldest friends, RJ and TJ. That’s Ryan McCarthy and TJ Mills. (Good thing I never went by “SJ”!) You can check out some of bigtoe’s stuff on this wimpy old band page.

Generally OK Human Being

Even though I work with computers all day, I’m still an ok guy!

So I hope you find some useful info here, or at least get a taste of my character. If anything on this site is appealing, revolting, or otherwise of some interest, please feel free to comment!