Simplydano - Duncan Jimbo's online portfolio

Born and raised in Kenya and Botswana, I moved to New York in 2004 where I was introduced to web design and programming, and as they say, the rest is history. I enjoy designing websites in my freetime and I have an interest in programming as well. I graduated with an Associate degree in Information Systems from Alfred State College and will be graduating with a Bachelors degree from Drake University in the same field this coming December.

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What is Simplydano?

Simplydano is a combination of two words: Simply and Dano (my nickname). I like simple things. They make life so much easier! So Simplydano is simply me being me. This site is mainly for showcasing my work, although at times I will post experiments with new web technologies and trends.

Are you a designer or developer?

This is a question that has come up quite a bit so I thought I would address it here. I consider myself more of a developer than a designer. I have always enjoyed developing programming solutions in classroom situations as well as on web projects that I take on. Design, on the other hand, is a self taught skill which I constantly work on improving.

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Employer: FedEx
Position: Intern

During the summer of 2007, I got an opportunity to work as an intern with FedEx Corporation in Memphis, Tennesse. I was involved with developing intranet webpages that provided step by step information on how to use the various asset tracking applications utilized by FedEx.

Employer: Iowa Public Television
Position: Intern

A personal favorite, the Dantastic Blog was developed as a blog for Dan Wardell. The intention of the website was to document Dan's travels across Iowa as he visited libraries on a Reading Tour. I had a lead role in designing and implementing the site which ran on the BlogCFC blogging software.

Employer: Iowa Public Television
Position: Intern

My involvement with the Assignment Iowa website revolves around doing maintenance work, including but not limited to adding content and digitizing and encoding videos for the web.

Employer: Iowa Public Television
Position: Intern

Iowa Press (ongoing project) also involved maintenance similar to Assignment Iowa.

Employer: Iowa Public Television
Position: Intern

Iowa Pathways required a little touching up here and there.

Employer: National Pork Board
Position: Intern

This project was my introduction to C# programming with .NET. I was tasked with updating and modifying the content management system used to update the Pork Racing site content.

Employer: National Pork Board
Position: Intern

This Frank Kimmel site also required modifications to the CMS as well as the addition of new content.

Employer: National Pork Board
Position: Intern

The Other White Meat also required modifications on the back-end. Hmm, I did quite a bit of CMS work.

Employer: National Pork Board
Position: Intern

My task was to convert the Niche Pork site from classic asp to asp.net.

Client: American Judicature Society
Project Type: Freelance

The American Judicature Society held a web design competition to come up with a new look for their website. I was the lucky winner of the competition and my design was forwarded to a design agency for implementation later this year.

Client: Drake Student Senate
Project Type: Freelance

Interested in serving my fellow Drake Students, I took over the role of webmaster for the Drake University Student Senate and my first task was to re-design the look of the site.

Client: Drake Bulldog Parade
Project Type: Freelance

The Drake Bulldog Parade committee was interested in having a facelift performed on their site, and being a Drake student, I felt this was an opportunity to contribute more to my school, so I took the job.

Client: BZimon
Project Type: Freelance

The South Western Research project required a back-end script for registration of research candidates.

Client: Creatrix Development
Project Type: Freelance

I developed a content management system using php and mysql to allow for easy updating of the Historic Waxcraft site content.

Client: Creatrix Development
Position: Freelance

The T.M. Wright site required a message posting forum where visitors could post messages and comments.

Client: Redemptive Art
Project Type: Freelance

I re-designed the Redemptive Art website to coincide with the launch of Christine Mwangi's book, "The Becoming of I". The site has since been redesigned.