about

Hello, my name is Rockwell Latchman. I'm a 29 year old Web Developer, Graphic Artist and student that resides in Tampa, Florida. I'm originally from California where I worked in various fields of computer technology.  IT Tech Support for two years and a freelance technician for one year. Before  I started attending school to learn Graphic and Web Design. I've been designing web pages for 3 years now. I've completed courses in XHTML, CSS, Adobe Illustrator and Adobe Dreamweaver CS4. Before I moved I was taking ASP.NET. I was receiving a 4.0 grade in the class but I felt after attending so many classes and applying for so many positions I wasnt going anywhere so I did research and I found that Florida is a good place for a Web Developer. I'm currently registered to attend development courses with FMC in Orlando, which is Adobe Certification training. I'm taken Adobe ColdFusion, a very powerful but simply to write programming language. I will be enrolling in Engine Yard University as well where I will learn Ruby on Rails. Both schools specialized in Web Development and Graphic Design. Not only have I attended courses in design and development. I've taken the initiative to teach myself how to program and get different technologies to communicate with one another. My skills are but not necessarily limited to:

Web Development

  • XHTML- Three years experience, my expertise is in modern use of HTML with CSS. Table less design, using div tags and CSS to control content.
  • CSS - Three years experience, proficient use in modern techniques. Separating content, presentation and behavior as well as use CSS3.
  • Adobe Flash- Intermediate skills in developing web sites with AS 3.0. Transition and programmatic tweening.
  • Adobe Coldfusion - Intermediate CF skills, form submissions with messages delivered to SMS and e-mail, guestbook, newsletter, user authentication systems, configuration of ColdFusion administrator interface and the ability to build CRUD applications.
  • PHP - most likely considered intermediate. I can write PHP code for form submissions, newsletters and user authenication systems.
  • SQL - I have experience using GUI-based tools to manipulate databases as well as SQL commands from the command line. Tools such as PHPMyAdmin and SQLYog.
  • Adobe Dreamweaver CS4 - Occasionally used by myself because I possess the ability to hand code proficiently. Used mostly for its ease of use for the Spry framework. JavaScript, Accordion panels etc.
  • JavaScript - Intermediate use of unobtrusive and inline JavaScript and its libraries , jQuery and learning Prototype. Used in animations, horizontal scrolling, sliding caption boxes, modal windows and dynamic content triggered from mouse events.

Graphic Design

  • Adobe Illustrator - Creating vector art by drawing,
  • Adobe PhotoShop- Three years experience, everything from photo touch-ups to wireframing.