Michael Writhe-dumais
Founding Partner at WritheM Web Solutions
Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Summary
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Top SchoolMichael Writhe-dumais is a pragmatic, detail-oriented technologist and founding partner of WritheM Web Solutions with 15 years of experience helping small organizations find their place online while also contributing front-end improvements to notable open-source projects like the Minecraft-Overviewer map interface. Based in Calgary, he blends hands-on web development and UX polishing with a background across finance, media production, healthcare research coordination, and innovation program management, making him adept at translating complex, cross-disciplinary requirements into simple, usable solutions. He favors pragmatic tinkering to deliver better results for less, and often plays the jack-of-all-trades who knows when to learn from specialists. His unusual combination of film studies, business analysis, and computer engineering training gives him both creative sensibility and technical rigor.
15 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Arts (BA) Mjr: Business, Bachelor of Arts (BA) Mjr: Business at St. Mary's UniversityBusiness Analysis, Business Analysis at Mount Royal UniversityComputer Engineering Technology, Computer Engineering Technology at Southern Alberta Institute of Technology (SAIT)
Github Skills (6)
css10
javascript10
front-end-development10
google-maps-api10
ui-design9
html9
Programming languages (10)
Github contributions (5)
overviewer/Minecraft-Overviewer
Apr 2011 - Mar 2013
Render high-resolution maps of a Minecraft world with a Leaflet powered interface
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:28 commits, 2 comments, 1 issue in 1 year 11 months
Contributions summary:Michael primarily focused on enhancing the user interface and adding interactive elements to the Minecraft Overviewer project. Their contributions involved creating a spawn button, implementing region toggling functionality, and incorporating icons for various interface elements. The commits demonstrate a focus on improving the user experience through the addition of controls and improved visual cues within the map interface. They also addressed styling issues, ensuring the interface components rendered correctly.
leafletminecraft
overviewer/Minecraft-Overviewer-Addons
Apr 2011 - Mar 2013
Addons for Minecraft-Overviewer
Contributions:85 commits in 1 year 11 months
minecraft
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