NearEngine

is the online portfolio of Chris Shiplet.
I create beautiful, accessible, and modern websites and mobile applications.

Philosophy

We create attractive, minimal design for the web and mobile devices. Our designs are minimal, accessible, and responsive. This allows users to access our sites on a broad array of devices, adapting for optimal reading ability anywhere.

Besides improving accessibility, this approach decreases loading time, bandwidth cost, and uses fewer graphic resources that cannot scale to devices such as Retina displays.

Beyond developing for the web, we are also venturing into creating high quality Android and iOS applications. We also complete UI and graphic design projects, as well as server administration tasks.

Capabilities

  • Frontend
  • Interactivity
  • Backend Development
  • Database Management
  • Graphic Design
  • Server Administration
  • App Development
For services or consultation, email contact@nearengine.com.

A Selection of My Work

NearEngine.comBranding, Design, HTML5, CSS, Admin (March 2012)

NearEngine is an exercise in creating a unified online brand with a modern website and identity. Created the site using HTML5, CSS3, and responsive/adaptive design principles.

TwitStamp.comDesign, HTML, CSS, PHP/MYSQL, jQuery, Admin (2008-2011)

TwitStamp is a web app that allows users to create automatically updating images based on their Twitter stream.

We iterated several versions then maintained and marketed it over the course of several years, as well as scaling our system when demand rapidly increased from social marketing.

ANGLEBranding, HTML, CSS, WordPress (September 2012)

I was hired by Arizona State University's ANGLE lab to provide them with a distinct, modern identity and update their website accordingly.

While working there I also fixed issues with several other PHP-based projects and created 3D renders for a whitepaper.

What To UninstallDesign, Icon (August 2011)

Designed the user interface and icon for a friend's upcoming Android app What to Uninstall.

The goal was to bring the sleek, shiny style of iOS apps to a native Android app.

ProblemCrack.comDesign (October 2008)

Designed the entire user interface flow and color scheme for the defunct social problem solving site problemCrack.

NobleHill Twitter KioskDesign, HTML, CSS, jQuery, Backend (July 2009)

Integrated the company's existing brand into a custom, Twitter-integrated kiosk display which would allow users to tweet their opinion of the company's trade show booth and have display it on the booth's LCD screen.

Wrote a one-off Twitter API wrapper in PHP and implemented the kiosk as a standalone web app using jQuery.

See the booth in action.