Welcome
Hello and thanks for visiting my website! My name is Josh Weiland, and I'm a 29 year old web developer and digital media specialist.
I'm currently employed full-time as Webmaster for the Evansville Vanderburgh Public Library. I'm also the owner of Digital Dynamo Multimedia, where I do freelance work for all kinds of clients.
If you're interested in my services, please contact me today!
Technical Skills
My specialities are web design & video-editing.
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XHTML / CSS 8 years
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ASP.NET (VB.NET & C#) 6 years
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JavaScript / jQuery 5 years
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Microsoft SQL Server 6 years
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Adobe Photoshop 8 years
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Adobe Premiere & After Effects 6 years
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Flash / Actionscript 2 years
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PHP / MySQL 1 year
Work Experience
- Maintains & enhances EVPL websites.
- Creates audio & video productions.
- Promotes the library through new technologies, including social media.
Milestones
- Website Refresh 2012: Implemented "clean" template throughout the website in preparation of rebranding process and building completely new website.
- Online Job Application: Created a custom-built online job application, utilizing SQL Server 2008 and SSL-encryption. Created custom-built administrative interface for HR staff.
- Microsoft Tag: Integrated Microsoft Tag into Classic Catalog, allowing users to continue their desktop browsing session on their mobile device.
- EVPL Mobile: Designed new mobile website specifically for touchscreen cellphones & mobile devices.
- Book Cart Drill Team: Scripted, filmed, edited, & starred in innovative videos to promote this unique group.
- Blogging Platform: Implemented blogging platform utilizing Telligent Community Server 2008.
- Website Redesign 2008: Designed new dynamic, database-driven website, implementing Web 2.0 features, following XHTML standards, and following accessibility guidelines, to replace old website.
- Creates standards-based, dynamic XHTML websites.
- Films & edits scripted pieces, music videos, & live events.
- Converts analog video into digital formats.
Milestones
- Morning Call Coffee Service, Inc. website: Custom-built website for Morning Call Coffee Service, showcasing their products & service. Built & launched December 2011.
- Enchanted De-Lite Soy Candles website: Custom-built eCommerce website built in 2006. Upgraded in 2011 with new template and ASP.NET 4.0/AJAX technology.
- Wedding videography: Filmed & edited more than a dozen wedding ceremonies & receptions.
- Rocky Road Sisterhood website: Developed website with database-driven content and "Members Only" section.
- "There She is..." music video: Directed, filmed, & edited music video for local musician Paul Hawa.
- Instructed computer classes for adults, seniors, & businesses on eBay, Microsoft FrontPage, & Adobe Dreamweaver.
In the News
- Indiana Library Federation - Focus on Indiana Libraries Nov/Dec 2011 [pdf]: [Page 5] The EVPL was featured in an article for winning first place in an ILF Poster Contest. The poster, titled "Mobile Customers. Mobile Library.", provided a step-by-step experience of mobile customers. It included EVPL Mobile, the mobile catalog, and using Microsoft Tag Reader. Visit http://www.evpl.org/m for more information on EVPL's mobile efforts.
- Indiana Library Tags 20,000 Items: I was interviewed for this post on the Microsoft Tag Blog about the EVPL's Tag implementation.
- HCC class to show how to buy, sell online: I was interviewed by the Henderson Gleaner about an eBay class I taught at Henderson Community College.
- Remembrance day survivor, 79, gives voice to those who died in holocaust: My photo accompanied a story in the Evansville Courier & Press.
Education
I graduated from USI with Honors in May of 2005. I majored in Computer Science and minored in Computer Information Systems.
Some of my favorite courses included Visual Basic.NET, Java, database design, Adobe Flash, and electrical engineering.
I graduated from Reitz Memorial High School with Honors in June of 2001.
Due to my performance in high school, I was awarded a handful of scholarships to attend the college of my choosing.
