About

Tony M in a suit

I'm Tony M. I live and work in Portland, Oregon. I studied English at Boise State University, built my first website in 1997 as a way to share my stories and pictures, and have been creating both websites and content ever since. Everything here is a confluence of creative energy and digital knowledge.

I specialize in visual creations, UX design and implementation, design systems, commercial content, and anything that people can see, enjoy, and use. Here are some of the things I'm good at.

Expertise

  • Design systems

  • Prototyping/POCs

  • Frontend tooling development

  • Copywriting/editing

  • Frontend architecture

  • UX research/design

  • Creative direction

  • Comercial content creation

Technologies

  • Javascript/Typescript

  • CI/CD

  • Material design

  • Figma

  • Storybook

  • Node/NPM

  • AWS

  • Webpack/Rollup/Babel

  • REST/GraphQL

  • Frontend frameworks

    • Astro

    • React/Preact

    • Angular

    • Vue

  • Site generators

    • Eleventy

    • Jekyll

    • Hugo

Creative skills

  • Studio photography

  • Illustration/drafting

  • Print layout/proofing

  • Writing/editing

  • Set design/composition

  • Lighting

  • Storytelling

  • Digital content management

Personal interests and activities

  • CrossFit

  • Faerie tales and folklore

  • Baseball

  • Craft cocktails

  • Urban hiking

  • LPs and audiophilia

  • Language study

  • An afternoon at my easel