About Us
SchockDesign is based in Santa Barbara, California and consists of one full-time designer/programmer, Jason Schock. Depending on the particular project requirements, art and other specialty needs are sometimes contracted out to local experts in their respective fields.
Philosophy
SchockDesign believes in keeping websites simple and easy-to-use in order to make technology more accessible to all users, not just computer geeks. So, we try to approach projects from the viewpoint of someone who is just trying to find information or complete a task quickly and easily, and not interested in relearning how to use a website.
Some of our design heroes include:
The Human Touch
Even though we're admitted computer geeks, we pride ourselves on being able to speak English to our clients. You won't find yourself intimidated by any fancy talk or ego blather. Just tell us what you want and we'll do the job of translating that into code.
History
Since 1996, Jason Schock has been designing websites, starting with the CSU Humboldt Lacrosse team. After moving to Santa Barbara in 1998, Jason honed his programming and layout/design skills at the University of California, Santa Barbara.
He initiated and built a community-based website for the campus newspaper in 1999 before webmastering and revamping the UCSB Admissions and Outreach site in 2001.
SchockDesign was officially established in 2002.
The Site
The layout was done with Dreamweaver and TopStyle, then made into a PHP template. The logo and graphics were done with Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop. The content in the news, review and tip sections is pulled from a database.
The code is all XHTML and CSS compliant. It is also conforms to U.S. Section 508 accessibility standards as well as WAI 1.0 Priority Level 1 (of 3), at minimum. In a nutshell, this means SchockDesign is easy to access from any device, and for anyone, regardless of disability.
