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Background

I graduated from the University of Jyväskylä in Finland with a Master’s degree in Information System Science in 2002. See my Master’s Thesis: Spatial sound in a user interface as a method to deliver hidden information and to relieve visual burden (in Finnish only). I have more than seven years of professional experience in the field of web design and development. Currently I’m working as an Interface Developer at a Copenhagen-based digital marketing and technology agency TRIPLE LBi.

What I do

  • Create websites that are clean, optimised, standards compliant, and easy to navigate, use and maintain. Specialised in web frontend technologies, but able to work with backend scripting and databases too (mainly PHP/MySQL).
  • HTML, CSS & JavaScript Development. Writing semantic and clean markup, using CSS for presentation, adding JavaScript for behaviour, optimizing downloadable assets, and minimizing HTTP requests.
  • Blog & CMS Design and Integration. Using ExpressionEngine, MODx, Joomla, WordPress and ShadoCMS to build websites.
  • User Interface Design. Creating interfaces that make it easy to navigate the pages and find content.
  • SEO. Getting higher search engine rankings by writing clean code and using Web Stats & Analytics software.

Languages and tools

  • HTML
  • CSS
  • XML
  • SQL
  • JavaScript, jQuery AJAX
  • ExpressionEngine
  • WordPress
  • Joomla!
  • MODx
  • ShadoCMS
  • Photoshop, GIMP
  • Git, SVN
  • Ubuntu Linux
  • Windows XP
  • Mac OSX

Additional interests

  • Relational database (MySQL) design & management
  • PHP
  • ERD
  • Usability
  • Accessibility
  • Typography
  • Microformats
  • HTML5
  • Desktop publishing (InDesign, PageMaker, Scribus)
  • Everything Open Source

Website FAQ

About this website.

  • Who?

    —I’m a web guy & drummer living and working in Copenhagen, Denmark.

  • Why?

    —To keep track of my thoughts, ideas, and to archive stuff in one place. About me

  • What?

    —I write about music, web development, traveling, books, or whatever comes to mind. All articles

Social networking

Here's a list of social networking websites on which I have an account.

Latest from Flickr (see all my photo sets)

  • Sesimbra, Portugal
  • Sesimbra, Portugal
  • Sesimbra, Portugal

Elsewhere

Check these out!

  • Fiasko Records logoFiasko Records

    An independent jazz record label, producing (experimental) improvised music.

  • Sibelius Academy

    A music university, providing the highest education in music in Finland.

  • Nefertiti

    Jazzclub in Gothenburg, Sweden. An institution for open-minded music lovers.

  • Beck

    Beck. Still cool, but “Mutations” is my favourite.

  • allmusic

    The best music reference source on Earth for music fanatics.

  • Meshell Ndegeocello

    Great musician and continuous source of inspiration.

  • Alban Berg

    The greatest composer of the Second Viennese School. Violin Concerto (1935) is one of my all-time favourite compositions.

  • Anders Jormin

    One of world's greatest bass players and pedagogues.

  • Abbas Kiarostami

    My favourite film director. Acclaimed for his poetic and philosophical style. “Close Up” is a masterpiece.

  • Luis Buñuel

    One of the most important directors in the history of cinema. See “Le fantôme de la liberté” :-)

  • Go board game

    Probably the most complex and oldest game in the world. Definitely the most interesting!

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Credits

  • Credits: Far too numerous to list here.
  • Fonts: Georgia (or any available serif), Verdana (or any available sans-serif)
  • Tools: Notepad2, Photoshop, GIMP.
  • Designed, written and edited by Aki Karkkainen.
  • Valid html5
  • valid css

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However stupid a fool’s words may be, they are sometimes enough to confound an intelligent man.

—Nikolai Gogol