Welcome to Worqx; my personal Web site! As a Web designer/developer and color enthusiast, this site presents an overview of my work, information regarding Web design and development, as well as a tutorial regarding Color Theory.
Since early 1996, I have been interested and involved in Web design. Although I trained as an architect, I found an interest in the Web medium and was offered a few design opportunities within the Web industry while in school; I chose this career path rather than staying with 3D/built environments. The
About section of this site contains information about Worqx.com's history, details regarding
Web Standards and the
CSS layout techniques used in this site, as well as
links to various development resources & tutorials.
While attending the University of Minnesota, I found a fascination with color during my studies and I found it interesting that color theory was not a part of the general curriculum of an architecture degree. Ultimately, I piggy-backed color theory investigation on to my architectural thesis investigation. The
color tutorial provided in this site is derived from my early thesis discovery. The
palette picker is a dhtml tool developed for the investigation of successful color combinations.
There is a wealth of information regarding both color theory and Web development—sometimes it's difficult to know what to read without a recommendation. In the
resource section of Worqx.com, I've included the bibliographical references used to write the color tutorial, a number of external links relating to color theory, color mentors, and on-line color tools & software. I've also selected a number of books that I've found useful—related to both
color theory topics and
Web design and development. They are available for purchase at Amazon.com.
If you'd like to contact me, I've provided a form as an alternative to email for your use to make suggestions or ask questions. I try to answer all contact/responses, but at times it may take me a while—and an immediate response is not always possible!
Enjoy the site!
Janet Lynn Ford
