That I’m writing this entry means one thing, and one glorious thing at that - my website has launched! Wahoo. After months of development in the midst of a hectic schedule, I am happy to announce that charlesrubinoff.com is open for business.

Late last year, I found myself applying for an internship opportunity, but unfortunately I didn’t have my work online. So that night I worked fast and furious to throw up a temporary online portfolio page. That satisified a temporary need, but I knew the full site would be a much more daunting task. It was a challenge I couldn’t wait to tackle.

After numerous sketches, layouts, and looks, I refined the design to what it is today. I believe a portfolio, in print or online, should take a subtle design role to allow the work to speak for itself. I feel I achieved a successful minimalist design, while still giving it my touch of style.

The entire site is hand-coded by yours truly and I loved having complete control of that element of this project. I was fortunate enough to have some assistance with the development of the back-end PHP content management system in place, and consequently I have a site that is a snap to update. A couple of the presentational features took a good deal of research to perfect to my liking, but thankfully I did not have to compromise and was able to fully deliver on the vision I had from the start with this website.

As I am always mindful of learning new tricks and techniques, this website will remain a work in progress behind-the-scenes in an effort to always keep this site easy to update and running as efficiently as possible.

If you have any feedback on the website, I welcome your thoughts. See the contact page for more information.