Mark Henderson

Wikibon - MediaWiki Extensions/Consulting

IT Market Analysis Community - Marlboro, MA (July 2007 - Present)

• A heavily extended MediaWiki based site, adding social functionality including colleague (friend) lists, detailed user profiles, and productivity increasing 'Special Interest Group' functionality.
• Skills/Technologies Used: MediaWiki (installing, upgrading, customization, custom special pages and parser tags), XHTML/CSS/Javascript, Object Oriented PHP 5, LAMP, jQuery

Goozex.com's Video Game Community - Facebook Application Development

Game Trading Portal - Washington, DC (July - September 2007)

• This Facebook application is similiar to the movies application by Flixster. It allows users to search a complete database of all contemporary video games to rate and review, and also acts as a gateway to Goozex's own game trading site.
• Skills/Technologies Used: Facebook REST API, PHP, XHTML/CSS, FBML, FQL, MySQL, SQL Tuning (for an anticipated heavy server load), Dedicated Server Setup

MSTRUCT - Blog Templating / Setup

Online Multimedia Tutorial Blog - Medford, MA (September 2007)

• Creation and Coding of a stylish template used by Move30 for the tutorial blog portion of their website.
• Skills/Technologies Used: PHP, Wordpress (templates and plugins), Photoshop, XHTML/CSS, Embedded Flash Videos (flv)
• WordPress adminstration tutorials given upon request.

Drop Magazine - Blog Templating / Custom WordPress Extensions

Hip Hop Culture and Reviews Online Magazine - Chicago, IL (June-July 2007)

• Implementation from PowerPoint wireframes of a hip template that is made to look more like a magazine and less like a blog.
• Skills/Technologies Used: PHP, Wordpress (templates and plugins), Photoshop, XHTML/CSS, Embedded Flash Videos (flv), 'Widgets' from Slide, Yelp, and Google.
• WordPress adminstration tutorials given upon request.

Occupation Oracle - Facebook Application Development

Local Internship/Entry Level Job Board - Boston, MA (June 2007)

• A simple quiz application that allows users to find out what type of oddball job they'd be good at and display a cartoon on their facebook profile.
• Skills/Technologies Used: Facebook REST API, PHP, XHTML/CSS, FBML

Mass Factory - ZenCart E-Commerce Setup

Advanced Protein Powder Supplements - Medford, MA (May - June 2007)

• A Customized Zen Cart install for a Protein Powder supplier which includes a "performance plan" sale style pricing and both standard and subscription style recurring billing.
• Skills/Technologies Used: PHP, ZenCart (templates, modules, custom modules), Photoshop, XHTML/CSS, Authorize.NET AIM API, Authorize.NET ARB API.
• No Authorize.NET module existed for their ARB system, so I wrote one and contributed it to the community: Authorize.NET Automatic Recurring Billing.

Go Ask Herb - Blog Consulting / Creation

Car Tycoon Marketing - Danvers, MA (April 2007)

• A partnership with a local advertising firm to create a hip and modern way for the New England Car Tycoon to connect with customers.
• Skills/Technologies Used: PHP, Wordpress (templates and plugins), Photoshop, XHTML/CSS, Embedded Flash Videos (flv), 'Widgets' from Slide, Yelp, and Google.

Building Engines - Web Application UI Redesign

Property Management Software Company - Waltham, MA (April 2006 - April 2007)

• Transformed a functional but bland interface into a smooth, usable environment with a gradual, opt-in style process of migrating current users to the new UI.
• Ensured consistency between all of the application pages and also with the Building Engines marketing & branding efforts
• Migrated the layout from heavily table dependent to a more standards compliant layout.
• Skills/Technologies Used: Jakarta Velocity, J2EE, JSP, XHTML/CSS/Javascript, AJAX, openRico, prototype.js, XML, Reporting, Photoshop, HTML Email, WML, CHTML, Web Design for Mobile Devices, Dreamweaver, Eclipse, Zapatec DHTML Scripts.

WiiSave - Nintendo Wii Save File Community

Wii Save File Sharing Community - Tampa Bay, FL (June 2006 - Present)

• Used popular video game imagery and the Nintendo Wii color scheme to produce the overall aesthetic of the site. Compare to the previous look and feel..
• Automated a newsletter system that sends both weekly updates and most popular content straight to individual Wii consoles.
• Produced a UI for the WiiSaver desktop application. [Icon, and screenshot]
• Skills/Technologies Used: PHP, MySQL, XHTML/Javascript/CSS, RW::Download (plugin development), RSS, Photoshop, Illustrator, phpjoscheduler

Outlet - Community Website Administration

Magazine/Content Provider Site - Lowell, MA (June 2006 - Present)

• Migrated an independent print magazine to the web in June 2006.
• Developed custom tools such as an email list generator, and planning utilities for various offsite events.
• Administrates & services the current base of over 200 registered users.
• Skills/Technologies Used: PHP, MySQL, Wordpress (custom template + plugins), bbPress, MediaWiki, RSS, Photoshop

Related Information

• Languages/Technologies (in order of proficiency): HTML/XHTML, CSS, Javascript, PHP, Velocity, LAMP, RSS, XML, Python, Perl, C/C++
• Packages/Applications: OpenRico, WordPress, Drupal, Plone, scriptaculous, jQuery, bbPress, Menalto Gallery, MediaWiki, phpbb, tkinter, cherrypy, django
• Operating Systems: Windows 98-Vista, Macintosh OS 9, OS X, Red Hat Linux, Gentoo Linux
• Built a Gentoo LAMP stack from scratch using an old Pentium II computer to serve as a personal testing server.