Professional

Within the donburnside.com family of sites you will find that I am an avid MINI Cooper enthusiast. I host WhiteRoofRadio, my first venture into podcasting. I also keep a motoring log at dbmini.us. Both of these sites run on Wordpress, the open source CMS package. In fact, all of my sites are powered by Wordpress.

While I’m not podcasting, I’m also [insert important title here] at Motoringfile, the most influential site for the MINI Cooper. That takes up a few more hours of every week.

You can also find me over at Fireballed! Racing, performing duties as webmaster and content manager. During the day I’m an IT guy, specializing in Point-of-Sale systems and introducing or upgrading technology to small and mid-sized companies. I am also a professional trainer, and believe that proper, thorough training with adequate documentation is always better than not, and cheaper too.

When I create sites, I prefer to stay away from flashy layouts that are complicated or difficult to manage. I instead focus on a clean, easy-to-read layout with effective navigation and fast load times, even with a dial-up connection.

On the desktop I’m all about useability. That’s the trainer in me kicking in. I will spend hours making a process as easy as possible to the level of user that will be using it.

Personal

In my free time, I love to cook. Besides training, this is one of the only other things I am truly passionate about. If it weren’t for my love of technology, I’m sure I would have been a chef. And with over 12 years in the restaurant business, I was well on my way. When I do cook, I prefer to cook for others, especially large (over 15) groups. I get a great amount of satisfaction in providing a great meal to those I care about. Must be the Italian in me.

I am also a single father. When I’m not correcting homework or making sure chores are done, I’m giving cooking lessons to my son. Since age 14 he has been capable of cooking dinner for 4!

With any spare time I might have, I help out with webmaster duties for the Southern California MINI Maniacs (SCMM), the largest MINI Cooper club in the US, with well over 700 members and growing! I am one of the founding members and have sat on the board since the clubs inception.

And there is music. There is always time for music. I have what some have called a large collection and it is extremely varied. Music is with me everywhere I go. For motivation, inspiration or just pure entertainment. This is another of my passions and it is something I definitely could not live without.

Other

If you would be interested in having me work on your next project, you can view my full resume here and see all of my past projects here.

Thanks for stopping by!