Hello there

I’m Brian Kerr: Web developer for hire in Ann Arbor, MI.

I create and maintain Django Web applications that fit my clients’ needs like comfortable gloves in a Michigan winter.

Typical projects (1) have specific requirements which preclude use of existing open source content management systems, (2) lend themselves to rapid development using a mature Web framework, and (3) can benefit from a healthy open source ecosystem for reuse.

About the name

“A setting that is full of chairs, all slightly different, immediately creates an atmosphere which supports rich experience; a setting which contains chairs that are all alike puts a subtle straight jacket on experience.”

A Pattern Language, C. Alexander (1977)

About me

I’ve been a contractor since 2006, worked the Web professionally since 1999, and earned an MSI in human-computer interaction at UMSI in 2007. Although I’ve worked as an information architect, I use those skills as intermediaries along the way to delivering functional software.

09 May 22: Gear shift

Ramping up with an astounding client; will say more when I can.

09 Mar 30: Django sprint

Party time: a day to work on/around Django — April 1, starting 9AM @ Primo Coffee.

09 Feb 5: Wireless Ypsi in A2

Wireless Ypsi is a group bringing free broadband to Ypsilanti — and now Ann Arbor. Read more and get involved.

09 Jan 12: AATA transit data

Grab an Ann Arbor bus route and bus stop data dump courtesy Ed’s FOIA request; see also my quick and dirty bus-o-matic data browser.

08 Dec 23: Ann Arbor parking

An urban planner friend blogs analysis of data I collected about parking capacity in Ann Arbor.

Different Chairs

Web applications based on open source software. See recent projects, or get in touch.

Brian Kerr

306 S. Main, Suite LLA
Ann Arbor, MI 48104

Utility belt

Brickyard

Brickyard — shared office space on Main Street, Ann Arbor, MI.

Django project

Django — the Web framework for perfectionists with deadlines.

Slicehost — VPS Web hosting on a budget & with room to grow.

Bitbucket — revision control and a touch of issue tracking.