Joe Lencioni

Current

• Owner at ShiftingPixel.com (Self-employed)
• Technical Web Coordinator at Gustavus Adolphus College

Past

• Assistant Director at Nokia Productions
• ColdFusion Database Developer at Gustavus Adolphus College

Education

• Gustavus Adolphus College

Recommended

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Connections

199 connections

Industry

Internet

Websites

• My Company
• My Blog

Joe Lencioni’s Summary

I'd like to make people's lives better.

Joe Lencioni’s Specialties:

PHP, XML, XHTML, RSS, CSS, JavaScript, Photoshop, photography, information architecture, usability, database design

Joe Lencioni’s Experience

• Owner

  ShiftingPixel.com (Self-employed)

  (Self-Employed; Myself Only; Photography industry)

  July 2005 — Present (4 years 5 months)

  • Designed site for ease of use and accessibility
  
  • Developed custom software for WordPress to be used as a full-featured photoblog with a shopping cart and integration with Flickr
  
  • Recognized by 9rules as providing among the best photography-oriented content on the Internet
  
  • Photographs have been published in books, magazines, and websites around the world

• Technical Web Coordinator

  Gustavus Adolphus College

  (Educational Institution; 501-1000 employees; Internet industry)

  June 2005 — Present (4 years 6 months)

  • Designed and developed database-driven web applications in ColdFusion and PHP, using MySQL and MSSQL
  
  • Designed key components of the College's web presence, including the home page
  
  • Crafted a site-wide information architecture that was recognized as the primary example of good information architecture in Information Architecture for the World Wide Web, Third Edition (O'Reilly, November 2006)
  
  • Implemented exciting new technologies such as AJAX, RSS, and microformats

• Assistant Director

  Nokia Productions

  (Entertainment industry)

  April 2008 — October 2008 (7 months)

  Made a film created entirely from user-submitted content and directed by Spike Lee.

• ColdFusion Database Developer

  Gustavus Adolphus College

  (Educational Institution; 501-1000 employees; Internet industry)

  January 2002 — June 2005 (3 years 6 months)

  • Designed and developed database-driven web applications in ColdFusion, using MSSQL
  
  • Crafted the information architecture and site-wide design for the college's website
  
  • Recognized by CASE V for having created an outstanding website

Joe Lencioni’s Education

• Gustavus Adolphus College

  B.A. , Religion , 2001 — 2005

  • Graduated summa cum laude.
  
  • Received Albert Clark Award for best Undergraduate Essay in Religion for "Total Kenosis, True Shunyata, and the Plerotic Self of Thomas Merton and Abe Masao," 2005.
  
  • Published in Journal of Theta Alpha Kappa, 2005.
  
  • Received George Hall Award for outstanding senior religion major.
  
  • Received Owen Prize for Creative Writing (poetry), 2004.

  Activities and Societies:

  Theta Alpha Kappa, Guild of St. Ansgar, Christ Chapel Apprentices

Additional Information

Joe Lencioni’s Websites:

• My Company
• My Blog

Joe Lencioni’s Interests:

web development, graphic design, photography, brewing beer, typography, cooking, microformats, religion, buddhism, inter-religious dialogue, poetry, board games, good British comedy, documentaries

Joe Lencioni’s Groups:

9rules

•    LinkedPHPers - The Largest PHP Group
•    Green
•    Gustavus Adolphus College Alumni
•    Tweeters
•    Web Standards Design + Development
•    jQuery
•    Permaculture Supporter
•    Canon EOS Digital Photography
•    9rules

Joe Lencioni’s Honors:

• Shifting Pixel was a finalist in the 2007 Weblog Awards, the world's largest blog competition.

• My work was featured as a prime example of good information architecture in Information Architecture for the World Wide Web, Third Edition (O'Reilly, November 2006).

• Received CASE V Gold Award in 2004 for "Individual Web Page or Section" category.

• My work was featured on the homepage of Digg and in Lifehacker, the popular productivity blog, in 2006.

Joe Lencioni’s Contact Settings

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