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Hello, I'm David King; I love making websites, solving complex problems and doing good things; my skills are broad and well suited to to tackle most web-based problems. Get in touch if you want a website created, tweaked or if you need advice, training or consultancy.

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"I've built up a great network of trustworthy developers, designers and writers working in the online space; while I am confident in all areas of my work I endeavour to pick the right team to back my skillset. Whether the focus is SEO, design, functionality or anything in-between I always deliver the best quality work in a timely manner."

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Arcus Studios

This animation studio had a pressing need to revamp their website in order to best serve their ever more prestigious clientele list. I worked directly with the animators in creating a simple site to which they could apply their visual know-how, the primary goals were:

  • To show off their voice and character
  • Encourage contact from potential clients
  • Be easily updated by the team themselves

try refreshing their site for random graphics!

"David did an outstanding job giving us something lively we could manage ourselves; the end result was a living breathing place where we can really let loose artistically!" ~ James Taylor

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webdurance - 24hour charity hack

The premise of this event is very simple: to bring together 40 volunteer designers, developers and writers and have them create or revamp the websites of 6 local non-profits in just 24 hours.

I started Webdurance with my brother in 2010 out of a desire to create a community and do some real good out of our skills. I hope to organise another very soon!

"Webdurance was unlike anything I've ever done; it was challenging and ultimately satisfying." ~ Wayne Smith, volunteer

"We love our new site, it's beautiful. Thank you Team 2 :-)" ~ Whoops Child Safety

"ZZzz..." ~ James Rutherford, volunteer

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1DayLater - time tracking made simple

1DayLater is a Software as a Service company created out of a necessity in order to track time, money and mileage. Designed with freelancers in mind its simplicity is key to its success.

Once again partnering with my business-savvy brother Paul we began the company in 2009 and we continue to run it in our free time. It has a full API, gradual engagement system and superb user-experience.

"I've been using 1DayLater for almost a year and it's one of my 'must have applications', making my day as a small company much easier. It is a powerful application yet it is so simplistic which in my opinion makes it one of the best time tracking applications out there. Give it a try today!" ~ Kristian Lunde, Freelance Developer

Blue Bunny Cafe

blue bunny café

This café-bar opened in the heart of Newcastle in the summer of 2010, they came to me with a simple brief: to revamp and simplify their online presence to be in-line with their super-cozy business.

We made the decision to remove their comples joomla website in favour of a simple "single page" site that utilises and highlights their online presence elsewhere on the net. The content is taken from: Twitter, Last.fm, Flickr and Google Docs making the site straightforward to update!

"Loving the site! Simple and to the point, I love that people can see the music we're playing right now and the recently-taken photos... awesome :-)" ~ Andy Bell

Corrodere

corrodere - industrial training platform

Corrodere is the world's largest training resource for the surface treatment and coatings industry. It supports over 20 large industrial companies and is on its way to becoming an industry standard.

I collaborated on the project over a 5-year period to help translate paper workbooks into a rich online training system; I was responsible for around 50% of the code-crunching and a large quantity of the rich media; from the infrastructure to content-management and Flash animations, my role was diverse!

"...David really helped bridge the knowledge gap of a typically technology shy industry to give us a head start into the 21st century, we are now presenting our training to a much larger market." ~ Brendan Fitzsimons, CEO

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touchscape - the multitouch company

Touchscape are a high-tech multitouch company who produce interactive tables, kiosks and other point-of-sale "surfaces".

The company wanted a their online presence refocused before the release of their latest Touchstand product. Collaborating with Graeme Metcalf we managed to create a whole new e-commerce site that matched their hardware within an extremely tight deadline.

"Our old site had such a techy slant that it deterred visitors from staying too long. [David and Graeme] did an outstanding job in taking our old content and giving it a much better sales-focussed slant, after a quick lesson we now manage it in house." ~ Cassim Ladha, CEO