Rui Da Costa

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Let's see. Where should I start? My name is Rui Da Costa and I was born in the great state of New York, just outside of New York City. When the time came, I decided to go to the Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) for college. Graduated from there in 2005 with a Bachelor's of Science in Information Technology. I concentrated on web development and usability. I'm not going to bore you with my life's story so if you're interested in knowing more about me, send me an email.

What I will tell you is this: I love the web. I love developing, designing, concepting, sketching, imagining and so on. I think of myself as being a fairly creative person. Always thinking of some new ideas, alternate solutions, tweaks, anything really. Not really sure where I'm going with this rambling, but if you like it, let me know.

In the years that I have been working on the web, I have accumulated a lot of projects. I have done some work with for some pretty large companies. Kodak, Valvoline, Lowe's, just to name a few. While I can't really show too much of those (work done for my employer), I can show you a bunch of the stuff I do on the side. I've got things from concepts, to logos, to full blown sites so if you like something and want to get in touch, do it.

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grada

I play ultimate frisbee in Rochester. I am also the web master for GRADA (Greater Rochester Area Disc Association), the governing body for all things ultimate in the area. I created this website as a wordpress template and several custom created plugins to handle registrations and league management. I designed and coded the site, using wordpress as a backend.

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terry's floral treasures

A co-worker approached me about someone they knew, needing a website for their flowershop. I helped created a simple CMS for them to manage prices and products. I designed and coded the site.

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gas

For my employer I had created a set of scripts that enhanced the way links were tracked on a page. I had called the the Google Analytics Spider, or GAS. It's basically a few Javascripts that go through your page and add a lot of extra tracking for link clicks. I designed and coded the page and script.

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valvoline locator

This was created for Valvoline, a client of my employer, to jack in to a database of locations and return a map with a bunch of added information. I suggested we do most of the interactions using javascript, AJAX and the Google Maps API. I coded the page and scripts associated with it.

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ids search

I was asked by a friend to help with the user interface of a library search engine he was working on for SUNY. They provided me with their interface, suggestions and other library search engines to base the new design on. I designed and styled the site around this new design.

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nimble design group

After I left and returned to Rochester, my friend and I had decided to start our own, small web firm/agency. We aptly named it 'Nimble Design Group'. Although I currently don't work full-time at Nimble, I still do occasional part-time work when Matt needs back-end development help. I coded these pages and designed the 'simple' view.

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office stix

I do also have a bit of a comedic side to me. While working at one of my previous jobs, I had the idea of creating a comic. I didn't create too many, but I enjoyed it. I coded, designed, and wrote the comics.

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quibl

A while ago my business partner, Matt, and I had an idea for a discussion-based website that I had decided to do some design work for.
Logo | Ideas

rukus

A few of my ultimate teamates were deciding to put together a traveling team and I came up with the idea of rukus (Rochester Ultimate Keeps Us Sane).
Logo

catie crafts

I wanted to create a logo for my friend's Etsy page. She wanted a simple name so I suggested 'Catie Crafts'. After that I sketched and designed the banner for the page.
Banner

movielink/flickhop

A group of my friends decided to have a weekly gathering for watching a movie but with a twist. The next movie we watched would be based on the actors in the last movie we had watched. I came up with a website for us to view potential movies as well as vote and pick where we would be watching. I also came up with the logo and various concepts.
Movielink Logo | Movielink new login | Movielink new list
Flickhop | Flickhop info | Flickhop list

sage harlem

My older sister works for SAGE in New York City and she asked me to help create a logo based on some specific criteria she had.
Logo

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