About

Hi, I’m Wes Jones, Web developer and Drupal nerd.

For a complete summary of my work experience, please see my resume.

The facts

I’m a Web developer from Rochester, NY, specializing in Drupal site building and kickin’ front-end and back-end code. I’ve been coding in PHP since 2008, working for The College at Brockport and The Strong (formerly Strong National Museum of Play).

Why do I do Web development? I’ve always loved technology, math, and programming. Coding websites lets me apply all my problem-solving skills to real-world problems, and create products that I’m proud of.

Drupal

Since 2009, I’ve been working almost exclusively with the Drupal web publishing platform. I’ve built and deployed more than a dozen sites with Drupal 6 and 7 (including this one). Check out the Work section for examples of my past work.

Besides being a Drupal Developer and Site Builder, I’m also a Drupal Themer and Designer. I know my way around the Drupal API, writing custom modules and themes for projects.

I try to stay active in the Drupal community. I am the Multisite Search module maintainer on Drupal.org. I’m a member of several groups on groups.drupal.org. I love the folks at Lullabot, I read their blogs, listen to the podcasts, and follow most of them on Twitter. I attended DrupalCon Chicago 2011 and Lullabot training workshops.

My username on drupal.org and elsewhere on the Web is earthday47.

Programming

I code using PHP, HTML, CSS, MySQL, and Javascript/jQuery. I love clean, semantic markup, and beautiful CSS.

Drupal is my favorite software, but I’ve built websites using Wordpress, CakePHP, MediaWiki, and other open source projects.

I use Git for version control and I develop on both Windows and Mac (although I prefer Mac). I’ve administered Windows servers and LAMP servers. I prefer Linux :)

See examples of my programming on my Github account.

Design

I am a design enthusiast. I marvel at talented designers’ amazing designs. I find color theory and typography insanely fascinating, and I’ve been influenced by such books as The Non-designer’s Design Book, Web Style Guide, and The Principles of Beautiful Web Design. I am also a sucker for usability. Jacob Nielson, Steve Krug, and Jared Spool are some of my favorite speakers.

Other interests

Besides the Web, I have a passion for languages (especially Chinese) and music. I like YouTube, some of my favorite content providers are Rhett and Link, Corey Vidal, Wheezy Waiter, and vlogbrothers.

Contact me

Can’t get enough? Use the contact form to reach me, email me at wes@wesjones.net, or drop me a line on Twitter.