You’re probably wondering why you’re here.
Welcome to the future reboot of what was once my terribly outdated portfolio.
About Me
Le Bio
Jurgen Verfaillie's the name. Born and raised in Flanders, Belgium, where I live and work to this day.
Studied at the Royal Academy for the Arts in Ghent, graduated with a masters degree in graphic design. I started out in the prepress industry back in 1995. Since the early '00s my job has gravitated more and more towards web design and development.
Happily married, proud father of a wonderful 4 y/o.
Interests
- Drawing, illustration (my first love)
- Music, notably Frank Zappa, Elliott Smith, Neil Young
- Playing my guitar, failing miserably on the piano
Skills
With several years of web development under the belt, I am proficient in the following areas:
Basics
- HTML(5)
- CSS(3) / SASS / Compass
- PHP(5)
- MySQL
Frameworks
- Twitter Bootstrap: amazing defaults to kickstart web apps
- 960 GS: a solid CSS grid system (though not responsive)
- jQuery: JavaScript on steroids
- CodeIgniter: lightweight yet powerful PHP framework
- WordPress: more than merely a blog engine
I ❤ Software
Work
- TextMate for all text editing
- CodeKit for easy SASS/Compass compiling
- Photoshop for graphics
- MAMP for local development
- Firefox for CSS, HTML, debugging
- Sequel Pro for database management
- Transmit for FTP
Leisure
- iTunes, for lack of a suitable replacement
- GarageBand: guitar noodling, sampling...
- Last.fm Audio Scrobbler
- Evernote for, erh, saving notes and screenshots
- Twitter's official iPhone app
And with that out of the way, some links.
Some projects, some good reads, some social.
Commercial
Excellent Reads
Excellent Drawing
One more thing...
A quote, to be exact.
The computer can't tell you the emotional story. It can give you the exact mathematical design, but what's missing is the eyebrows.
Frank Zappa