New Project Management Tool for my Freelance Work

Bigger Playground for my Website Building Projects

I’ve recently moved my domain, bernardic.ca, to Network Redux web hosting servers. Chris Lowry originally registered the domain for me, in return for some advice I gave him and out of the goodness of his heart. The network redux account is provided by Mark Johnston for free. Mark is my friend and mentor who I met at a call centre I previously worked at. The new hosting allows for more websites to be hosted, so I installed a project management web app written in PHP, called Project Pier.

Professional Project Management Tool

This app provides me with a way to enter projects I am working on, enter associated tasks, and indicate when the tasks have been completed. I can create accounts for clients, so they can keep up to date with the status of the project, add new tasks, and share files. I hope this will improve the communication, as well as act as a reminder of what is left to be done, and it should work well as a central repository of information and files related to a particular project. It is fairly easy to install and use, and since it is written in PHP, I will probably tweak it to my need, and contribute bug fixes & feature enhancements back to the project.

Mai V2

Mai decided to refresh the look of her portfolio site, and created another clean and crisp design, ready to be implemented into her website.

Mai is a visual designer originally from Japan, currently living in the U.S.A. We met through ProgrammerMeetDesigner.com

I’ve created a WordPress-based site and developed a WordPress theme based on the PSDs she provided.

Technologies used:  PHP, HTML, CSS, JavaScript, jQuery, MySQL, WordPress.

Wordpress theme developed for MaiKSDesign.com

Wordpress theme developed for MaiKSDesign.com

oDesk

I recently discovered odesk, an online marketplace website, and joined it. The thing I like the most about it currently is the test-taking feature.

You can take tests for knowledge within different areas of Web development, and once you are done, your profile lists that you’ve completed the test, what score you achieved, etc. They even give you badges to put on your website, and they link to the oDesk profile page:

oDesk Certified CSS 2.0 Designer
oDesk Certified SQL Database Administrator
oDesk Certified PHP5 Developer
oDesk Certified Advanced PHP Developer
oDesk Certified HTML 4.01 Designer
oDesk Certified jQuery Professional
oDesk Certified LAMP Developer
oDesk Certified YAML Professional
oDesk Certified XHTML 1.0 Designer
oDesk Certified TCP/IP Consultant
oDesk Certified DHTML Developer
oDesk Certified AJAX Developer
oDesk Certified WordPress Expert
oDesk Certified Twitter Programmer
oDesk Certified Drupal Web programmer

I can write, too:
oDesk Certified English Writer
oDesk Certified English Spelling (U.S. Version) Professional
oDesk Certified English (Sentence Structure) Expert
oDesk Certified Resume Writer

A writing writer! :-D It’s meant to be Resume Writer.