About Monzilla Media

[ Photo: Moses Lake Clouds ] Welcome to Monzilla Media! My name is Jeff Starr and I am passionate about Web design, graphic design, digital photography, multimedia expression, and artistic creativity in general. I was born on April 9th, 1972 in Spokane, Washington. Growing up, I was always drawing, painting, writing, and exploring imagination and creativity. After graduating high school, I spent several years learning about and practicing art, design, photography, and multimedia (audio and video) editing and production.

[ Photo: Studying at the UW ] Eventually, I returned to school, studying Psychology, Biology, Mathematics, and other science-related disciplines. While in school I helped establish Dead Letter Art, a highly creative art collective specializing in collaborative expression, multimedia projects, and desktop publishing. After graduating from the University of Washington with degrees in both Psychology and Biochemistry, I found myself lured into the complexities and possibilities of Web-related design and development.

[ Icon: Perishable Press ] Soon thereafter, I began building my online empire of websites and graphic design works. In 2005, after creating many personal sites, I launched my personal information playground at Perishable Press, where I chronicle my creative exploits and deliver high-quality digital design and dialogue to a growing number of subscribers. In addition to Perishable Press, I also developed and maintain the relatively new philosophical site, mindfeed.org, which delves into such topics as awareness, open-mindedness, relativity, religion, and other contemplative arenas.

[ Photo: Business in Seattle ] With the release of Monzilla Media, I have officially opened the doors to my professional Web Design business. Here, I provide all of the information necessary to convince you that I am serious about Web Design. I live and breathe the stuff, and am certain that I am able to help just about anyone with their Web-related design and development needs. In addition to Web and graphic design, I am also able to help you with digital photography, desktop publishing, digital printing, blogging, copy writing, advertising, search-engine optimization, website security, and just about anything else that involves computers, artistic expression, and creativity.

[ Photo: Meeting over coffee ] If you are looking for high-quality, standards-compliant, accessible, modern Web design, drop me a line — I am confident that you will benefit from my continually developing skills, growing knowledge base, and extreme attention to detail. Get in touch today to get started on your next Web, graphics, or multimedia design project. I look forward to hearing from you!

Regards,

Jeff Starr

[ Signature: Jeff Starr ]

[ Photo: Jeff Starr ]

Experience

  • 10+ years art, illustration and creative design experience
  • 10+ years graphic design production, print and digital
  • 8+ years desktop publishing, copy writing and editing
  • 8+ years web design and development experience
  • 8+ years digital photography, processing and editing
  • 5+ years multimedia design, audio mixing, video editing

Skillz / Software

  • Extensively skilled in Photoshop, Dreamweaver, InDesign, Freehand, Illustrator, Flash
  • Well-versed in the browser arts: Firefox, Opera, Safari, Camino, Flock, IE and others
  • Solid experience with Apache, HTAccess, MySQL, SQL, cPanel, Plesk, phpMyAdmin, et al
  • Ninja-like skillz in (X)HTML, CSS, JavaScript, PHP, XML, RSS, and other fine acronyms
  • Solid experience with WordPress, custom theme production, and plugin development

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