About

Brand One Media is run by me, Stephen Deutsch. I am an interactive designer and developer who believes in creating standards-based websites with the best user experience in mind

Ever since I was young I have had a fascination of figuring out how things work. This fascination eventually led me to a lifelong love of building things, and with the inherent ability to fix things. All of this passion is at the core of the work that I do and the people and clients I build relationships with. View my portfolio to see my work or read my articles to learn more about me and what I am currently working on.

My family

My lovely wife Romana, two beautiful boys Brandon and Chase, and Wiemaraner Sidney all live in East Windsor, located in central New Jersey.

Current work

I am currently employed as an Art Director at Blue Diesel, an interactive Advertising Agency located in Newtown, PA.

My skills

I am both a designer and developer which allows me to take projects from start to finish. This helps strengthen my abilities as it gives me a holistic and comprehensive approach to my interactive work. I have always enjoyed learning how things work ever since I was a young boy reading books by David Macaulay.

For the past twelve years or so I have…

  1. Always started with a good idea
  2. Designed lots and lots of interfaces.
  3. Become a strong supporter of current web standards using XHTML and CSS.
  4. Developed a deep understand of usability (always a fan of Jared Spool).
  5. Become a strong interface architect.
  6. Become proficient in front-end development using ActionScript, JavaScript, XML, and AJAX.
  7. Developed web applications using ASP, PHP, Microsoft SQL, MySQL.

About my site

This site is created using Wordpress. My site is being hosted by Host Monster.

I have spent the last three years designing in Fireworks and previously spent over ten years designing in Photoshop. A good friend of mine, Doug Hungarter introduced me to Fireworks in 2006 and it is unfortunate that I wasn’t introduced to this application sooner.

I have been using a Mac since 2006 and was previously using Windows machines for over ten years. I really didn’t know what I was missing and I have really taken to using Macs over Windows now. I work on a 24″ iMac and a 15″ MacBook Pro.

I develop using an application called TextMate which was introduced to me by a good friend George Kuhl. This is a lightweight IDE which runs fast, and has some pretty brilliant features for front-end development.

I have also incorportated Google Analytics.