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
- voice: (734) 846-8397
- mail: brian@joechip.net
- chat: AIM, twitter
- blog: Things from your life
306 S. Main, Suite LLA
Ann Arbor, MI 48104
