noel tock
designing online solutions
welcome
My name is Noel and I'm a 30 year old web dude that likes to build things online. Contrary to popular career advice, I'm not a niche expert at anything. I like building things from the ground up, and learning whatever I need to in the process. A sort of jack of all trades, master of none.
My typical day to day consists of WordPress, Front-End Design and Project Management. I also have a lot of fun experimenting and working with SEO, Conversion Optimization, User Onboarding and recently Gamification.
If you'd like to contact me regarding work or otherwise, feel free to use hello@noeltock.com, I try to respond within 24 hours.
online mentions & presentations
WPCandy - Various articles relating to Theme Force
WPMU - Video Interview at WordCamp UK
SlideShare - Presentation on WordPress Themes at WordCamp UK
Design Instruct - Tutorial on creating Social Media Icons
latest posts
current projects
Besides any client work, this is what I'm focused on now:
I originally started this as a shop for WordPress themes, but it has since developed into a full-blown website solution for restaurant owners. Coming out of beta soon.
My goal with this project is to provide humane societies & animal shelters with a free hosted website. Along with basic features (adoptions, donations, etc.), I'd also like to eliminate certain redundant tasks by utilizing API's.
I was once searching for Swiss beers and couldn't for the life of me find a decent resource. This is my attempt at consolidating all Swiss beers & microbreweries in a usable & well-organized manner.
past projects
Fun projects I kicked off in the past which have developed nicely.
A game art community I started in 2006. It was a successful niche product with cool features such as interviews, tutorials and sponsored competitions. I unfortunately had to let it go due to time requirements, and sold it to CGSociety.
I created this game modification in 2004 for Battlefield 2. It has since grown to have a userbase of 50'000+ with over 200 contributors over the years.