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I'm the curious Rasmus Kjær. I live in the intimate Aarhus (Denmark). My passion is electronic music, minimal UI design, front-end and back-end web development. That's pretty much me.

Portfolio & projects in the works »

Thoughts, and blurps about my projects

I tweet about my findings, projects, solutions to problems and other nerdy stuff over at Twitter, so you may wanna follow @rkjaer.

Experience

  • No Zebra April 2012 - Present

    Front-end developer

    Primary focus on front-end development using modern technologies (HTML5, CSS3 and JavaScript) and web standards. Using Dynamicweb (CMS and eCom) and Umbraco.

  • Trustpilot January 2011 - April 2012

    UI designer & front-end developer

    UI design, front-end development, interaction design, idea development, UX design, guerrilla usability testing and workflow.

  • Surge ApS & Inspired Group August 2008 - Present

    Co-founder & partner

    Responsible of design, front- and back-end development. Idea creation and concept development. Also doing consultancy and client work.

  • Datagraf A/S February 2008 - January 2011

    Graphic Designer

    Being a part of the Design department at Datagraf in Auning with a focus on digital- and printed media. Was working with both small and large international businesses.

  • Data Sapiens December 2007 - December 2010

    Developer, designer and blogger

    Founded Data Sapiens, a large and influential electronic music blog in Denmark. Run by two passionated music lovers – Alexander and me.

About me

I'm a 22-year-old web guy from Aarhus in Denmark. I work with UI design, front-end and back-end web development & hacking. In my spare time I enjoy working on projects along with my partner in crime, Alexander.

I am extremely curious and therefore I follow new technology at very close hand.

I currently work for No Zebra in Aarhus where I do front-end development.

Contact

  • E-mail: mail@rkjaer.net
  • Twitter: @rkjaer
  • Phone: +45 42 43 13 14
  • Gtalk & Skype: rkjaernet

Skills

  • Web development & design

    Autodidact since the year 2000. Advanced user of design applications, web programming/markup languages, frameworks, and best practices.

    Writes DRY, cross-browser compatible and scalable code, and well-structured markups.

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  • Certifications

    • Dynamicweb: All product trainings and front-end certifications in Dynamicweb CMS and eCom.
    • SaaS Class: Completed 5-week course in Software Engineering for SaaS, Berkeley University of California.

  • Web development excerpts

    • Front-end development: HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript
    • Front-end UI/UX design: Interaction design, responsive layouts, guerilla user testing, mobile apps (iOS)
    • Back-end development: Ruby, PHP, OOP, testing & database (SQL and NoSQL)
    • Project management: SCRUM, Agile, Lean, Kanban
    • Other: Ruby On Rails, jQuery, node.js, SASS, Compass, A/B split testing, DNS, web performance, CoffeeScript, CodeIgniter, unix and more.

  • Creative design & idea development

    Experienced web designer with a flavor for simplicity and graphic details. Advanced user of the Adobe Creative Suite - both for digital and printed media. Thinking up great innovative ideas and solutions.