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Christine Pham

Web Designer & Front End Developer

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Seven years experience in creating beautiful and user-friendly websites, with my skills in: HTML5, CSS3, jQuery/Javascript, PHP, Wordpress, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, and more...

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A More Flexible Multi-Elements Cycle

The ”Multiple Elements Cycle” plugin by Will Rossi is one I use quite frequently. That being said, I’d like to use it even more frequently, however it does fall short…

My Office

My home office is a sacred place. When I first started to buy furniture and decorate my office, I knew immediately that I wanted it to be extremely comfortable –…

Hello world!

Well, I finally got around to redesigning this website, and hopefully I’ll keep the blog up to date, but I’m notorious for losing interest in my blogs (with the exception…

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A little about me...

My name is Christine Pham, and I am a web designer and developer, currently working in Boston, Massachusetts.

It started when I was sixteen years old. I was amazed by all the creativity I saw on the web, on sites like Asian Avenue and Xanga, among other places. I had always been passionate about art, so the step towards digital media seemed very natural to me, since my older brother had gotten me interested in technology at a very young age.

However, growing up in an environment that frowns upon self-expression, I was forced to teach myself everything I know about design. I taught myself to use Photoshop by experimenting with its different tools, and reading tutorials online. Adobe Illustrator came next, when I wanted to teach myself how to create vector graphics. I learned basic HTML and CSS in order to showcase my work online. The computer gave my parents the illusion that I was doing school-work.

I secretly started taking small freelance jobs with local businesses - all the while, keeping my talents hidden from the rest of my family, who wanted me to focus on school.

Finally, when I was eighteen, I let my parents know of my desire to become a professional web designer, rather than a doctor or lawyer, or even an accountant. Sadly, I was more or less disowned. Desperate to prove myself to my family, I immediately found a job as a junior web designer. I quickly climbed ranks, learning and assuming as much responsibility as I could.

After seven years of learning independently and taking on as many opportunities as I could find, I finally have the full support of my family to do what I’ve wanted to do since I was sixteen years old: