My name is Matt Morgan. I'm from Baltimore, MD and studied at New York University. Currently, I'm a web developer at Weber Shandwick, a global public relations firm, working for such clients as PepsiCo, GM, Motorola, American Airlines, Clorox, and Nabisco.
I've been a freelance web developer for over 5 years and have extensive skills in both front-end development (HTML, CSS, Javascript) and back-end development (PHP, MySQL). I build Wordpress sites, Facebook applications, custom content management systems and rich web applications. I've worked with all of the modern, social APIs like Facebook, Twitter, Youtube and Gowalla and I have experience with mobile development (HTML5, CSS3, etc.).
I look at each new project as an opportunity to push the limits and expand my knowledge. I'm more interested in learning new technologies rather than relying on existing third-party systems. With each new line of code comes the chance to simplify, grow and master.
An organization built around fighting the monopolization of the ticket industry by Ticketmaster. Built on Wordpress utilizing modern CSS3 browser techniques. The site was also developed to be mobile-friendly via a mobile device or via this link.
Built on Wordpress Multi-User, this site serves as a hub for PepsiCo's blogs including an employee blog, woman's blog and more. In addition, the Blog Portal synthesizes featured content from across the blogs in order for users to quickly glance at the new content across the network. Each blog is built off of the same custom Wordpress theme (making it easy for updates across the blogs), incorporates a Breaking News banner system and custom sidebar widgets (Twitter feed, Authors, etc.).
http://apps.facebook.com/juicyscoop/
A Facebook iframe application accompanied by an FBML Application tab for Florida Department of Citrus that offers women a place to share interesting "scoops" in their area. Built off of my custom PHP template framework, it includes custom Image Upload and Resizer classes to allow users to upload any size images to accompany their "scoop." URL rewriting, AJAX and jQuery animations work to create a user-friendly interface. Built-in Facebook sharing features make it easy for "scoopers" and users/commenters to share their activity with friends. Delete buttons allow "scoopers" to remove their own scoops (and also allows Application Admins to delete inappropriate scoops).
http://twitter.wswinteractive.com/
A web application built to rank Twitter Lists based on amount of followers. The app scrapes data from listatlas.com and connects with the Twitter API to store data related to the list and its rank. It also includes the ability to change the listing date stamp and displays the top "Movers" and "Losers" during that period.
http://www.facebook.com/pepsico
A Facebook FBML Application Tab promoting PepsiCo's brands and social network properties with auto-updating feeds, keeping the tab fresh. It includes an RSS Feed from pepsicoblogs.com (using a custom PHP RSS reader), latest tweets from @pepsico (leveraging the Twitter API), PepsiCo videos from Youtube (leveraging the Youtube API) and a custom FBJS (Facebook Javascript) slideshow with content pulled from PepsiCo's FlickR Photostream (leveraging the FlickR API).
http://www.thefutureiselectric.com
A Wordpress blog for GM's Western Region with plenty of sharing features (Tiwtter, Facebook, etc.) custom sidebar widgets for their Twitter, FlickR and Youtube presences. Received honorable mention for Best Redesign/Relaunch at the 2010 PR News Digital Awards.
http://www.thinkingorganized.com
A simple multi-page site leveraging Wordpress as Content Management System. Includes Amazon Payments Integration and plenty of customizable sidebar widgets.
