I'm Daniel Quinn, a freelance web designer with a background in creative writing. I've served as a copywriter, embedded developer, and technical lead for traditional publishers and digital advertisers throughout the city of Boston. I also write science fiction and listen to late '90s trip hop when I'm not wasting my time on the Internet.

Brands big and small are poised to take advantage of the low-cost customization that a platform like WordPress offers, and you don’t need a team of developers to put it together for you. Get in touch and let’s start talking about your website.

Web Design August 25, 2014

Democratizing the All@ Email

The end result of democratizing the workplace isn’t warm fuzzies. It’s about removing barriers that prevent people from doing their work.

Reviews February 28, 2008

Jeff Gomez’s “Snippet Culture”

Novels aren't YouTube videos. Buying random chunks from a novel is analogous to buying pixels from a jpeg, or fourteen seconds from an mp3, or the middle forty-thousand frames of a music video.

Pop Culture Tech September 19, 2009

Cushing Academy Gets Rid of All Its Books; Luddites Have Conniption Fit

Objections to ebooks usually fall into one of two categories: sentimental or technological. The sentimental objections are, I believe, generational.

Web Design WordPress June 8, 2017

WordPress Core Contributors & the React vs. Vue JS Framework Debate

I rarely see Make WordPress Core summaries mince words, but the newsletter from May 30 was getting heated.

Portfolio March 2018

Cure Alzheimer’s Fund

The Cure Alzheimer's Fund ditches Drupal for a visually compelling, brand new WordPress install.

Pop Culture November 10, 2015

It’s going to be okay

Gene Roddenberry is way more badass than I imagined. Star Trek makes perfect sense now!

Role-Playing November 28, 2009

Redefining the Nine Alignments in Dungeons & Dragons

Gygax perceived Neutral Good as the alignment for the most heroic of characters, because he believed that characters who choose the extreme ends of the spectrum had it wrong due to their extremist viewpoints.

Role-Playing December 11, 2009

Wikipedians Debate the Nature of the Role-Playing Game

Role-playing games are not defined by the technology that comprises them (necessarily): the key aspects that distinguish role-playing games from other types of games are collaborative storytelling.

Portfolio January 2013

Trademark Your Company

Bonnie Harriman and I designed Trademark Your Company for New York-based IP lawyer John M. Trani, who wanted to sell his legal services with a series of single-page forms.

Bring your mittens

Mulder to Scully: "The National Weather Service reports a three day window to get in and out before the next Arctic storm. Bring your mittens."

DQuinn.net

Websites by DQuinn.net

Boston-based Freelance Web Designer
Specializing in WordPress

Latest Work

Impact Radius

Cure Alzheimer’s Fund

TEDxBeaconStreet

Country Bank

Take Care

Recent Posts

From Hatchling to Elder Wyrm: Dragon Magazine & D&D’s Origins

Been There, Done That; A Second Look at Christopher Nolan’s Inception

About the Designer

From My Blog

Democratizing the All@ Email

Jeff Gomez’s “Snippet Culture”

Cushing Academy Gets Rid of All Its Books; Luddites Have Conniption Fit

WordPress Core Contributors & the React vs. Vue JS Framework Debate

Cure Alzheimer’s Fund

It’s going to be okay

Redefining the Nine Alignments in Dungeons & Dragons

Wikipedians Debate the Nature of the Role-Playing Game

Trademark Your Company

Bring your mittens

My Process

Discovery

UX Design

Visual Design

Development

Deployment