Past Projects

Recent Work

The majority of my recent work hasn't been on public web sites. Please contact me to find out about what I've been working on lately.

Web Sites

This is a sampling of some of the publicly accessible web sites I have worked on in the past.

Arevco Lighting

The latest version of www.arevcolighting.com was updated in 2011 and is based on Gerbi CMS, django-filebrowser and tinymce, allowing Arevco's employees to expand its catalog to hundreds of items and update product information easily.

An earlier version of the site was created for Arevco in 2004 based on static HTML and images generated from a sophisticated Makefile.

It displayed over 140 products in its online catalog, featured include user-resizable images, related products, a shopping cart and a number of pages of information for customers.

excess.org - Open Source Project Weblog

excess.org hosts a number of active open source projects and now features a “blog”-like interface with tags and RSS feeds. Django allows much of the source code from genericconsulting.ca to be shared with excess.org, reducing development time and maintenance of both sites.

Ottawa Canada Linux User's Group

The OCLUG web site has been migrated from a legacy PHP-based system to a new Django-based site. This site manages announcements, events, speakers and locations in a way that makes it much easier for volunteers to manage. It also now has an RSS feed for upcoming events.

There are a number of small new applications that have been added to the site including community RSS feed aggregation and a local job postings board.

Recent Work

Working Group Professional Inc.

“Ian stepped up to the plate on a time sensitive contract using software he'd not used before. He completed the task with flying colours, including training the clients on how to use this tool. I look forward to the pleasure of working with Ian in the future.

Top qualities: Great Results, Personable, Expert”

Kris Constable, Director

Langu-EDGE Solutions Inc.

“Ian worked with Langu-EDGE Solutions Inc. on a federal government initiative for 3 brief but intense days. With limited time for training on the purpose of the whole project, Ian saw what needed to be done and got to work right away. [...] He delivered under a gruelingly tight time frame and with limited project resources to assist him. Ian is a highly skilled programmer. During the project, Ian worked at the client's office. Government staff and Langu-EDGE Solutions Inc. team members remarked on his professionalism and his highly developed skills as a programmer. I look forward to working with Ian on more projects in the future.”

Shauna Deamond, President & Co-founder