Matt Lohkamp's Portfolio

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freelance availability
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matt's 'short' resume
I went to school for and have worked as a front-end developer for most of my career - I'm completely comfortable with semantic xhtml and cross-browser compatible css, as well as xml-driven flash interfaces and presentations (in Actionscript 3,) javascript and AJAX (the jQuery plugin in particular,) PHP server-side scripting, and mySQL database integration. After a short stint in tech support (boring), I spent a couple of years with CMD Agency, and now I'm freelancing.
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Digital Portfolio

If you would like to talk more in depth about any of the work listed here, or see copies of work that is not available for public access, please don't hesitate to ask.

Dead Like Me 'Reap A Friend' viral game

Live Site URL: deadlikemedvd.com/reaped

job type
freelance work with Chad Kula
client
FOX / Dead Like Me
technology used
XHTML + CSS, metrics tracking through Google Analytics, PHP + MySQL.
team position
lead developer

In the spirit of Kevan Davis's original Zombie viral game, 'Reap A Friend' allows you to sign up to be a 'reaper', then lure your friends to a custom URL, whih 'reaps' them, and credits you another soul collection. You can view the top 20 reapers to see how you stack up against your friends.

Stargate Atlantis Fans' Choice widget

Live Site URL: stargatehub.com/fanschoice (voting has closed, contact me for a more complete version of the widget)

job type
freelance work with Chad Kula
client
FOX / Stargate
technology used
Flash Actionscript 3, metrics tracking through Google Analytics, embed handling through Gigya, PHP + MySQL.
team position
lead developer

FOX has decided to release a compilation 'best of' blu-ray disc of Stargate Atlantis episodes - and the episodes included are up to the fans! This widget acts as a voting-booth where fans can decide which episodes they most want to see included. It checks ip and email addresses in order to reduce spamming votes, and talks back and forth with the database to display current voting status.

CMD Holiday site 2008

Live Site URL: www.cmdholiday.com

job type
freelance work for CMD Agency
client
CMD Agency (internal job)
technology used
Flash Actionscript 3, dynamic interface generation through XML, metrics tracking through Google Analytics.
team position
lead developer

Annually CMD puts a holiday greeting site for its extended family of clients and coworkers - in '08 I had the pleasure of doing the programming for it. The interface is based on the idea of an advent calendar, and on each day in December a corresponding hotspot would become active, allowing viewers to progressivly wander through all of the holiday content featured on the site. I built out content 'templates' for each commonly-featured content type, then handed them off to another developer to populate for each day accordingly. I'd recommend taking a break from my portfolio and taking a moment to look through the various days - the videos in particular are really good. The background illustration was done by the talented Thorin Nielson.

Intel 'Boldly Go' Future Frontiers Sweepstakes

Live Site URL: boldlygo.intel.com/newfrontiers

job type
freelance work for CMD Agency
client
Intel, Lenovo, Star Trek
technology used
Flash Actionscript 3, content externalization through XML, Gigya, extensive metrics tracking through Google Analytics and Omniture.
team position
lead developer

A cross-promotional flash microsite, focusing on the new Star Trek movie - includes 'unlockable' (by taking the quiz) downloadables, integration with database for signup and sweepstakes enterancce functionality, and some sweet graphic effects. Sneakily loading some of the assets in the background while the viewer is otherwise engaged interacting with the current page allowed us to use higher quality graphics without sacraficing too time waiting to preload.

Stargate Atlantis Widget

Live Site URL: stargatehub.com/sgawidget

job type
freelance work with Chad Kula
client
FOX
technology used
Flash Actionscript 3, XML, gigya
team position
lead developer

This flash widget showcased the world of Stargate Atlantis, and promoted the release of season 4. It featured externalized video, text, and grahpics, as well as implemented a embed-code generating service called 'gigya'.

Stargate Continuum Widget

Live Site URL: stargatehub.com/baalwidget

job type
freelance work with Chad Kula
client
FOX
technology used
Flash Actionscript 3, XML, gigya
team position
lead developer

This flash widget showcased Ba'al, the protagonist of the Stargate Continuum film, and promoted the upcomming DVD/Blu-ray release. It implemented a embed-code generating service called 'gigya' to better facilitate the spread of the widget.

You Will Bring Me Gifts website

Live Site URL: stargatehub.com/youwillbringmegifts

job type
freelance work with Chad Kula
client
FOX
technology used
XHTML, CSS, javascript (jquery), PHP, MySQL
team position
lead developer

This was a simple and fun little site - originally it was designed to keep tally of votes for 'wedding gifts' through a static text file, but eventually we changed it to be database-driven.

Intel Retail Edge website

Live Site URL: retailedge.intel.com (site requires registration, only accessible by intel retail employees)

job type
Agency work at CMD Agency
client
Intel
technology used
flash actionscript, XML, XHTML, CSS, javascript (jquery)
team position
front-end developer, lead developer

I wasn't as involved in the first phase of this projet, which involved preparing a batch of about 2 dozen static pages that were handed off to another company to be worked in to the back-end .NET system already in place for the existing site. However, once that integration started, I lead the development team that identified and responded to issues that cropped up during that transitional phase - I worked closely with our counterparts at the other company, coordinated resources and directed activities to ensure that the work got done without anyone stepping on each other's toes.

Intel Retail Edge 'Challenge'

Live Site URL: retailedge.intel.com (site requires registration, only accessible by intel retail employees)

job type
Agency work at CMD Agency
client
Intel
technology used
flash actionscript, XML, localization
team position
front-end developer

Under different circumstances, this project would've been really simple - a shell that pulls in modules, and a simple quiz engine at the end. However, the IREP Challenge needs to be translated in to a dozen different languages - and all of this is handled dynamicly through a massive .NET back-end application, which generates an XML feed containing the translated contet.

So beyond the standard functionality for calling in external content and allowing the user to navigate and interact with the tool, I also had to deal with populating a massive amout of content as well as dynamicly loading and assigning fonts to textboxes based on the language. Nearly all of this code had to be written from scratch.

The nature of the Challenge calls for a new revision every month, and I've been working on it for 3 months.

Jeld-Wen 'door decor' tool

Live Site URL: www.jeld-wen.com/holiday (seasonal feature, may not neccesarily reflect my work in particular)

job type
Agency work at CMD Agency
client
Jeld-Wen
technology used
flash actionscript, XML
team position
front-end developer

The door decor tool simply assists potential door buyers to envision a Jeld-Wen door on their own home - they pick a facade style, a door style, and a seasonal decoration peice (mostly in the form of evergreen swags), then are given information about the selections they've made, as well as a prompt to begin the process of purchasing.

Spectrus Real Estate Group website

Live Site URL: spectrusgroup.com

job type
Agency work at CMD Agency
client
DBSI / Spectrus Group
technology used
xhtml, css, javascript, actionscript, xml
team position
front-end developer

This website was big and complicated, and I would never have been able to do it on my own. I was part of a great team, including: an account director, producer, creative director, technical director, lead devloper, flash designer, writer, and several others. Together we created a site that helpd establish the client's brand identity and position as major player in their field. Noteable areas that I had the most impact on were the semantic xhtml and css templates, javscript sorting of various tabular data sections, javscript handling of the salesmap navigation, and structure of the xst templates used to validate the content feed from the client's homemade CMS.

Spectrus Alliance website

Live Site URL: spectrusalliance.com (site now requires login, only a few public-facing pages visible)

job type
Agency work at CMD Agency
client
DBSI / Spectrus Group
technology used
xhtml, css, javascript
team position
front-end developer

The Alliance Portal was an earlier project I worked on at CMD for Spectrus Group. I provided the initial xhtml and css templates, then coded the javascript functionality and helped fill out the rest of the page styles and content markup.

US Ethanol website

Live Site URL: usethanolnw.com

job type
Agency work at CMD Agency
client
US Ethanol
technology used
xhtml, css, javascript
team position
front-end developer

I came late to this project to help clean up some of the markup, create a set of styles that would work cross-browser, and code some javascript functionality.

Hollywood Boosters website

Live Site URL: hollywoodboosters.com

job type
Pro bono work with students from the Art Institute of Portland
client
Hollywood Boosters
technology used
xhtml, css
team position
front-end developer

Another AIPD web-raising project - I worked with other students to design, develop, and deploy the website in only one day.

Portland Festival Symphony website

Live Site URL: portlandfestivalsymphony.org

job type
Pro bono work with students from the Art Institute of Portland
client
Portland Festival Symphony
technology used
xhtml, css, javascript
team position
front-end developer, graphic designer

This was a fun project I participated in as part of AIPD's annual 'web-raising' event - together with a team of about a dozen other designers and developers, we crafted an entire site for the local group in the space of one day, about 12 hours worth of work.