David Keener and Steve Keener have been responsible for the design and implementation of numerous web sites. A few of their projects are presented below:
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Online Video Contest This online video contest was created for the Department of State's Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs. They run the contest annually to promote their ExchangesConnect social network, which faciltates cross-cultural understanding around the world. |
| Muddawg.com This striking blog site was created for a professional motorcycle racer. The Home page design is stark and simple, with an inset picture that randomly shows different racing scenes each time the web page is loaded. The Home page also shows summaries for the most recent two blog entries, ensuring that there is sufficient meaningful text on the page so that search engines can properly categorize the site. The site was built using WordPress, with a custom theme. |
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National Council of Teachers of Mathematics NTCM publishes a variety of highly regarded mathematics journals targeted on the teaching of mathematics for different age groups. In this project, David Keener worked with NCTM to design, implement and field a subscription-based web site that made years of journal articles available to NCTM members online. This was a high-profile project for NCTM and an extremely successful one. Case Study: Bringing Mathematical Journals to the Web |
| CareerBank.com The #1 career site for individuals in the accounting, finance, banking and insurance professions. This is the original look of the site in 2000 when David Keener founded the company with several partners. The company has since been sold to OnTargetJobs. As a marketing gimmick, the calculator in the upper left corner was fully functional, utilizing JavaScript to perform the actual functions of a calculator. Case Study: Evolution of a Graphic Design Concept |
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2008 RubyNation Conference RubyNation is a regional Ruby conference hosted annually in the Washington DC metropolitan area. In addition to being one of the conference organizers, David Keener was a member of the team that developed the conference web site using Ruby on Rails. In addition to working on the web site, I was invited to join the 5-member Steering Committee for the event. I also wrote the Sponsorship Prospectus for the conference. Case Study: Graphic Designs for a Regional Ruby Conference |
| Specktrum Spesktrum is an accounting consultancy located in the Northern Virginia area. For this project, David Keener worked closely with the CEO to craft a web site that 1) communicated the advanced accounting services that the organization could provide, and 2) matched the existing branding that the company had developed. |
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| Americonsultant Americonsultant was a small, DC-based consulting firm started by Jeff Edwards, a local businessman. The organization's specialty was requirements analysis; the site's design reflected the owner's desire to emphasize proper requirements gathering as a key element in mapping a path to deliver quality software. |
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| Belle Terra Home Owners
Association Belle Terra is a community of luxury estate single family homes located in Virginia. For this project, David Keener worked closely with the Board of Directors to craft a web site that projected an understated but elegant tone for the community. The site includes an integrated content management component that allows the community to easily maintain online information such as community news, events, HOA notices and critical HOA documents such as the Covenants, Bylaws and Architectural Guidelines. The web site has evolved into a critical resource for the community. |
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Business Technologies Release Management BTRM is a group within American Online that has the mission of ensuring the integrity and quality of software releases within AOL. David Keener worked with BTRM to make process information and automated tools available online to over 900 AOL staff members. |
| Install Calendar The Install Calendar is an application used by almost 600 internal AOL employees that highlights scheduled software and hardware installs, as well as events such as moratoriums that may impact the install schedule. Color-coded entries provide at-a-glance information; the application also includes extensive drill-down features to provide detailed information as needed. |
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Dynamic Metrics Metrics were a vital component of many AOL applications. The JFreeChart Java library was used to provide dynamically generated charts and graphs within the context of a web site, allowing metrics to be integrated into web tools where they would be available to the people who needed the information the most. Case Study: Creating Dynamic Charts with JFreeChart Presentation: JFreeChart Presentation |