 A whimsical, flash driven metaphor for serious business: Destination Management. It’s the concern of travel managers, event producers and companies with groups of employees traveling to a specific location with a single-minded purpose. DMs make the magic when they arrive providing all the details, guaranteeing success to exceed client expectations.
Abracadabra DMC, brainchild of executives at Travel by Dana, conceived a vehicle to offer world-class service in the Denver metro area. The site was developed to showcase capabilities with a ‘magical’ flash driven interface and animated graphics to stimulate visitors. This very early implementation of Flash seems completely at home served up by current browser environments – magic in itself… (Click to view archive)
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Petroleum Engineering & Resource Management |
 Petroleum Engineering & Resource Management (PERM) provides sophisticated reservoir management for their global clientele. Trent Green, the principle of the firm, a published petroleum engineer wanting to provide access to academic credentials and his publications. He also required a method to highlight the types and locations of petroleum formations with which he was familiar.
The site is logically organized with javascript rollovers embedded within image table typical of the late 90s. Of special note is the Flash driven experience map, detailing geology formations around the world the principle has direct experience. (Click to view archive)
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 Entrepreneur and CEO Dana Robinson decided to refocus her travel management company’s web presence at the end of 2001. The New Travel by Dana site pulled together various divisions into one centralized portal to market corporate travel, leisure services and online booking tools.
A compact design composed of tables and aspects of recently supported CSS 1 combine to offer the visitor quick access and convenient honest navigation. A visually compelling home page features an event driven Flash interface of more important marketing initiatives. Several revenue generating web partners are included within the footers.
TBD was sold to Navigant International in the summer 2003 due in part to the success this site attracting new corporate travel accounts. (Click to view archive)
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Michael Takac for Circuite Court Judge |
 During the political cycle of 2004, Michael G. Takac prominent attorney in Ocala, Florida decided to run for circuit court judge. The client needed immediate turn-around implementing a site. Almost daily edits leading up to the November election were required as Group 30 turned out to be quite a horse race between the various candidates.
Working with Michael’s public relations team, Dwarf Mountain Digital crafted an online resource detailing his experience, integrity and endorsements. During public speaking engagements and media interviews the audience was encouraged to seek out the website to learn more about the candidate.
Clean navigation with verified cross browser compatibility, coupled with larger fonts favoring more vision impaired demographics of voters most likely to turnout ruled the day. Judge Takac was successful in his bid and now honorable serves the criminal court system and the people of central Florida. (Click to view archive)
Note: This is an archive of the original site. Please do not use the archive to contact Judge Takac if you have a matter pending before his court. |
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 A talented team of freelance artists and videographers tasked me to develop a small portfolio to showcase their services. The site features examples of many types of image services the company offers. From amazing restoration of historical photos with Photoshop to production of technical videos documenting medical procedures and laboratory testing. The company also produces digital imaging for artists wishing to submit their work to juried art shows around the world.
A straight forward design created before the advent of CSS with image slices, tables and spacers. Javascript rollovers provide the intuitive navigation. Neutral colors allow the work product to stand on its own. Animated images allow the visitor to view the transformation process of photo restoration. (Click to view archive)
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