About Ken

I learned web design long before I knew I was learning web design

As a young man, I worked in a print shop and later at a newspaper, where I learned the fundamentals of layout: how words, images, type, and empty space work together to communicate something clearly. The tools have changed considerably since then, but I still approach a web page much the same way I once approached a printed page.

My education in computers came from a very different place. I spent about a decade in and around the United States Air Force, where working with computers became part of everyday life. That experience left me with a lifelong fascination with technology and, perhaps more importantly, the conviction that when something doesn't work, you ought to be able to open the hood and figure out why.

Wire, wood, and code

These days, my day job is considerably more physical. I'm a licensed journeyman wireman and union electrician working in the electrical field. I still spend plenty of time with computers, though, particularly Linux, programming, web servers, and the collection of technological side projects that seem to reproduce whenever I'm not looking.

At home, I'm a husband and dad. My wife, Shiloh, and I have three kids, Lydia, Dawson, and Ellis. Life around our house includes an unreasonable number of computer projects, woodworking projects, church activities, and cats. I have a particular affection for making things, whether the raw material happens to be lumber, electrical wire, computer code, or a blank page.

The point of it

I enjoy building websites, but I'm not interested in creating customers who depend on me. I want to help churches gain tools and knowledge they can ultimately control themselves. If I build something for your church and eventually someone in your congregation says, “I think I can take it from here,” that's not the end of the ministry.