Michael Leung - Freelance Web Developer

FREELANCE WEB AND MOBILE DEVELOPER

If you're looking to hire a skilled application developer for your project, you've come to the right place!

I've worked on a number of high profile projects for clients such as Footlocker, and Publishers Clearing House. I'm extremely passionate about developing quality software using best practices, and open source tools. Check out my portfolio for the projects I've had the pleasure of working on.

I specialize in Ruby on Rails development, however I've become very interested in Python recently as well. In fact, this site is written in Python, and hosted by Google's awesome App Engine.

In addition to web development, I've recently created an Android application. Take a look at the project spotlight for the details.

I'm currently situated in beautiful upstate New York; specifically the Hudson Valley region. Hit up the about for a more in-depth rundown.

Project Spotlight - Bishop

Bishop is a simple, useful utility for managing the processes and applications running on your Android phone. It gives you easy access to kill applications and services, and also check on memory usage. You need never run low on battery again because a rogue application has locked up in the background! Check it out!

SOME OF MY WORK

Lady Foot Locker's The Club

The Club is a site I developed for Lady Foot Locker that is geared towards user interaction. There's user generated quizzes, a fitness tracker, a blog and more.

Technologies Used: Ruby on Rails, JQuery, MySQL, XHTML, CSS, The Facebook API, Wordpress.

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PCH Prize Patrol

Prize Patrol is a site I developed for Publishers Clearing House. It's used to track locations of the Prize Patrol team, as well as keep users informed via photos from the road, videos, and status updates from: Twitter, Facebook, and the Prize Patrol blog. The most interesting feature on this site, is the fully interactive jQuery based map that shows the locations of the prize patrol team.

Technologies Used: Ruby on Rails, JQuery, MySQL, XHTML, CSS, The Twitter API, The Facebook API, The YouTube API, Git, RSS.

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Foot Locker Unlocked

Foot Locker Unlocked is a social site centered around sneakers. My partner El Draper and I completed all the Ruby on Rails development for the site, as well as integrating flash components, configuring the servers that power the app, and setting up a wordpress blog for Footlocker.

Technologies Used: Ruby on Rails, JQuery, MySQL, XHTML, CSS, Wordpress, Google Maps, The Facebook API, Git.

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Beermenus

Beermenus is a web application catering to craft beer lovers. It provides up to date menu information for numerous bars in three major cities, with plans to expand nationwide in the near future. I've been working on this site since its inception.

Technologies Used: Ruby on Rails, Prototype, Scriptaculous, MySQL, XHTML, Feather, Git.

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Urbis

Urbis is a social network for writers. Users can submit their work and receive community reviews. I served as the lead developer and project manager for Urbis LLC, for about a year.
Technologies Used: Ruby on Rails, Prototype, Scriptaculous, MySQL, XHTML, CSS, Wordpress, SVN, Git.

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Gen Art

Gen Art is a high profile fashion events company in New York City. While under the employ of Urbis LLC, I managed development of the custom rails CMS that powers genart.org, interfaced with the clients, as well as designed much of the initial CMS application architecture.
Services Provided: Project Management and application architecture design.

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Likis

Likis is a wiki style learning tool for those interested in becoming proficient in a foreign language. This started out as a Rails Rumble submission by El Draper and myself.
Technologies Used: Ruby on Rails, JQuery, MySQL, XHTML, Git.

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Cribfinder

Cribfinder is a facebook application that allows finding properties to buy, rent or sell a breeze.
Technologies Used: Ruby on Rails, The Facebook API, FBML, FBJS, CSS, FQL, MySQL, SVN.

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Other stuff I've worked on:
- Bishop - Free Android Task Manager.
- Koujou - Sweet Factory Goodness.
- Feather - The open source merb blogging platform.
- Interview Trail - Web application for med students.
- Meeting Scout - A site for meeting planners.
- Blue Buzzard Surveys - A web app for hospitality surveys.
- Mariners Harbor - A local restaurant site.
- Umbertos Restaurant - Another local restaurant site.
- Gear Trak - A fun project, built to track game scores.
- A number of open source gems and plugins

Going Up

A Bit More About Me

Creating software for me is not only my profession, it's also my hobby, and my passion. Which, I have to admit is truly awesome! I get paid to do what I really love.

I've been developing software professionally for going on ten years now. I started out with web development, then moved to desktop coding, and now I'm back where I belong: the web. I've been working with Ruby on Rails full time for around three and a half years, and I just love it. In addition to Rails, I've done a number of small utility based Sinatra applications, as well a fairly large open source Merb application: feather.

I'm also very interested in devoting some of my time to making the world a better place. I know that's a fairly ambitious statement, but I think it's definitely an attainable goal for every individual. That said, I've been learning the Python programming language recently, in an effort to donate my programming prowess to a good cause. That cause being the One Laptop Per Child Program. I plan to write some captivating software in the very near future to better educate children in less fortunate countries.

There's more to life then just software though. When I'm not coding, I enjoy physical activities such as: training in Jiu-Jitsu and Karate, and working out. I'm also a fairly avid gamer, car enthusiast, and comic book aficionado.

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Project Spotlight - Bishop

SOME OF MY WORK

Lady Foot Locker's The Club

PCH Prize Patrol

Foot Locker Unlocked

Beermenus

Urbis

Gen Art

Likis

Cribfinder

A Bit More About Me

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