Steven Pautz - Portfolio

Web Design

This is a sampling of websites I've created. Not shown are websites for student groups and other small organizations.

Portfolio Redesign (In Progress)
Improving This Website

A personal project to rethink and redesign this portfolio

RPG Online Game (In Progress)
A Rich Internet Application

An online recreation of a complex, open-ended game I play with friends. Currently in development. I have not yet uploaded the mockups and other deliverables I created, but I have written about this informally in my personal blog: general overview, recent progress report.

spautz.net
My Personal Website

A personal blog I ran from 2000-2006

Africa for Jesus
Website for a Nonprofit Organization

The public website for a nonprofit missionary organization

LowCountry Software
Website for a Small Software Company

The public website for a small software startup

Lectures and Seminars

These presentations were delivered while I was a graduate student, but are not related to any of my graduate work. Most were requested of me specifically (by the associate director of the HCI graduate program) due to my extensive self-study and experience in these areas.

Problem Definition
REU Seminar Presentation

A conceptual overview of problem definition: doing it, acknowledging it, and applying it towards problem solving

Web Design Crash Course: Day 2
Guest lecture to a HCI class

A lecture on web design as a team process, using Jesse James Garrett's elements and planes diagram

Web Design Crash Course: Day 1
Guest lecture to a HCI class

A lecture on collaboration relating to web design, with an emphasis on balancing user and client needs

Creating Effective Posters
REU Seminar Presentation

A presentation on designing posters and other forms of visual communication, with an emphasis on balancing content and presentation

Usability is Not a Goal: It's a Result
HCI Seminar Presentation

A presentation on the need to approach design holistically, and on pursuing harmony rather than attributes or outcomes