I like to make things
When I was little I used Lego bricks to build houses, now I use pixels, code and Bézier curves to design and build things.
I first learned to code in the same year as the invention of the web. After a twelve year break in programming - eight of which were spent being a (link: about/photography text: local press photographer) - I set up a web design business in 2006, building small websites for friends to gain experience.
I design and code all websites from scratch, specialising in web standards compliant code. My clients are a range of individuals, small businesses and organisations.
Since 2016 I have also found a taste for teaching code and passing on my knowledge of web design. In 2018 I did an intensive graphic design course at Shillington, New York, to up-skill and offer graphic design services as well.
My name, Joke, is pronounced /yo-ka/. It is a Dutch first name (for girls) and comes from Hebrew meaning God is good.
However, I am not Dutch. I am Flemish (from Belgium). And in case you were wondering, yes, the combination of my first name and last name is confusing to search engines. For those visitors who arrived here expecting a joke about winter, here you are:
We purchased an old home in Northern New York State from two elderly sisters. Winter was fast approaching and I was concerned about the house’s lack of insulation. “If they could live here all those years, so can we!” my husband confidently declared.
One November night the temperature plunged to below zero, and we woke up to find interior walls covered with frost. My husband called the sisters to ask how they had kept the house warm. After a rather brief conversation, he hung up. “For the past 30 years,” he muttered, “they’ve gone to Florida for the winter.”
Clients I have worked with over the years
Uttoxeter Gymnastics, Aviation Consulting, Zachary Hunt, Revive Healthy Living Centre, Norfolk Clock Cottage, Uniscreen, Marc Redford, Neal Morgan, Julie Jackson, Camtad, JM Student Lettings, Laura Vanderloo, Catherine Plant, James Cousins, Mick Spiby, HaLD, 3rd Avenue, Limecraft, Ramon Mohamed, David James Ross, Hilary Robinson, Emgrad, Creating Identities, SJS Consultancy, Filomena Rodriguez, Jane Dearden, Mount Laboratories, Police Community Engagement for Conflict Transformation, Taste The Seasons, Anna Hart Consultancy, Mair Perkins Ltd, The Copper Tree, Petsworld Loughborough, Anime Portraits, Textile Deli, AST Languages, Revolver Revolver, Mandy Stanley, Peter James Kenny, Stage Connections, AnimatID, Strauss House Productions, Print 3D People, One Diary, We Care Clothing, Pavilion Garden Studios, Cronofy, Loughborough AC, English Country Plate, Tiny Talkers Day Nursery, Derby & Derbyshire Governance Partnership, Bradgate Electrical, Radcliffe Chiropractic Clinic, Mendz Moves, Abacus Design Associates, Kiwi Blinds, Code First: Girls, Bio Status, John Taylor & Co, Mike Damant Partnership Ltd, Focus Personal Training, Talent Liberation, Life & Light Chiropractic, Shoutout, 3DG Design, Ena Swansea, CloudSecure, EHS, David McClelland, The Home of Handmade, Cavendish Filters, RJH, BioBrillouin, Morris Industrial Transport, British Swimming, Apple & Pear Greengrocers, Richard Penny, Woodhouse Eaves Parish Council, Mosaic Consulting, You Are The Answer, …
... and their colours