FX Mahoney

Rebuilding ...

web design consultant

Designed from scratch and custom programmed… a dying breed now extinct. But that was then… I’m strictly working with video and audio projects.

18 years of graphic design experience dating back to before the term “desktop publishing” was coined. This included the complete layout, illustration, and design for the University of Oklahoma Center for Economic and Community Development for the following seminars: Management Concepts for Economic Developers, Human Resource Management; and for Esso InterAmerica:ENSURE, TAPA (Trade Area Planning and Analysis) projects, and Go!! Getting Agreement Through Negotiation. Other projects included Program for Institutional Effectiveness and American Association of State Colleges and Universities (AASCU)presented by my father, Frank Mahoney.

Programming Experience

Over 20 years programming experi-ence and more than eight years programming Macintosh applications with fully featured, customized user interfaces allow me to carry forward that experience to website design.

From January 2002 to June 2003, I did all the client-side JavaScript programming for Modiphy, Inc. and a fair amount of server-side programming as well (PHP). [I’m in the process of preparing a portfolio — please check back in a few weeks.]

From December 2001, backwards:

Java, JavaScript, and HTML/DHTML for “web” applications. JARS (www.jars.com) rated software: cpHTML — HTML Color Picker; Various Screensavers (ports from Macintosh developed software): MesmerArt, PipeLines, Clock (analog style), QD Insanity. Sound-Logo™ — custom development for Dr. Enrique Moreno, Stanford University (www.sound-logo.com). Developed Illusionary “transparent” applet. Netscape 4 JavaScript/DHTML specialist. Aided many in learning the basics of Java and JavaScript. Four years active contributions to related newsgroups on the WWW. Tutored college students in programming techniques with Java (resulting in A’s).

C (Macintosh):
Heavy concentration on GUI design and techniques — expert in Quickdraw color graphics. Many fully developed applications and code resources:
Algorithmic Composition Software: Evolution #9 [reviewed MacWorld Music & Sound Bible¹]; Music Box [reviewed MacWorld Music & Sound Bible (ibid)]. Numerous MIDI based applications using interrupt level techniques. Custom code resources for windows, controls, menus, etc…, used in many of my applications.

Screensavers —
MesmerArt, Fireworks, Spotlights, Analog Clock, Cube, Glowworm (a.k.a. PipeDreams), PlanetWonder, QD Insanity, and several variations of IFC fractals. Fractal Explorer. Business Software — Custom software for statistical evaluation of surveys.

Other languages:
PostScript
Pascal Macintosh
BASIC Macintosh, Apple //e, Atari 400, Timex/Sinclair 1000 (a.k.a., ZX81)
Assembler/Machine language Macintosh (68K), Apple //e, TS1000

¹Christopher Yavelow, first printing, published by IDG Books, 1992. Reviews pp. 841 – 847

music background

Musician (studio/non-performing) 34+ years: (self-taught) guitarist, composer.

Guitar Styles practiced: Folk, Rock, Blues, Classical, Acoustic.

Three years of “classical” training (’89-’92) at Louisiana State University in 20th Century composition techniques, including electronic music and computer music, from Drs. Stephen D. Beck and Dinos Constantinedes.

Electronic Music (14 years): Built personal music studio consisting of 4 synthesizers and recording equipment connected to a Macintosh computer running Vision DSP and other music and MIDI related software, including Finale, and several applications personally programmed.

Experience mastering audio CDs.

Experimental: Algorithmic Composition

Multimedia: Post processing with Final Cut and Logic Pro

Other media:

Extensive background in professional level photography (30+ years). Digital photography. Full motion video (standard definition, but more than enough for internet purposes.)

contact fxmahoney

new location:
302 Lessard Street
Donaldsonville, LA 70346

email:

[please use the contact form at fcpxtemplates.com/contact/]

thank you.

My YouTube Playlist

Briard Music Symbols Font

Includes PostScript and TrueType versions

Remembering Dad

Oct. 1, 1931 - Nov. 29, 1997

About Dad

Remembering Mom

Aug. 14, 1931 - Feb. 17, 2008

A short history of fxmahoney.com

FXMahoney.com was started in 1997 by Frank Mahoney (my father). I was his website developer and I am a Junior, so I have the same name.

After my father died that same year, I took over the site. Aside from this front page, and the email addresses that go with it, I haven’t done a lot with it. In the early 2000’s, when I was concentrating on website development, I bought “site-creations.com”. I used that as my official registered d.b.a. for a number of years, even after expanding to Motion Graphics projects under the domain “Sight-Creations.com”.

When video on the web became a “big deal” I concentrated more time and effort in “mograph” and began developing and offering Motion templates for Final Cut Pro X under the banner of FCPXTemplates.com since 2013.