Kira Reoutt's technical work
Welcome
This site highlights some of my technical work.
Web Development
I have developed and in some cases designed the front end for the sites listed below. To see sites that I have redesigned, click Before and After.
Family Finder Product Line
Reskinned finder application products and designed custom features for numerous brands, including Sprint, Alltel, Vivo, and Alliant (Bell). Finder application products include tracking cell phones for families and business resources.
StreetHive.com
Social networking web space. No longer live.
Look and Feel Website
A website primarily for developers to locate controls, download images, and get ideas on creating UIs that comply with a new corporate look and feel.
Website for a Teacher
This website highlights a teacher's work, including his resume, about information, and special classroom projects.
GUI Design
Below are examples of paper prototypes for thick- and thin-client applications.
Plate Management System for Biologists
A biological data management system, a Windows application. Shown here is "Before and After" presentation of the plate building operation.
User Administration GUI - Paper Prototype
A "Before and After" type presentation of user administration screens for a chemistry data searching web portal.
Before and After
These presentations display websites, applications, help styles, and brochures that I have redesigned to enhance usability, update outdated code, and create a more professional look.
- Help screens created in HTML with CSS
- Berkeley Administrative Initiatives Website
- Letters and Handouts
- GUI Design - User Admin Screens
Templates
Below are templates I designed for use by non-technical people to develop HTML help and PowerPoint-like presentations.
Electronic Help Design
A style-guide developed for Technical Communicators who used the WYSISYG editor in FrontPage to create help files. The instructions in this style guide refer to that editor.
Presentation
This is a "PowerPoint-like" presentation created for a thin-client application. What you see here is not the presentation, but the template that the writers used to create their presentations. Developed for IE 6.0 per specifications.
Technical Writing
This section displays some of my technical writing. I have not posted long manuals, training manuals, or specs. If you want to see lengthier pieces, contact me.
Context-Sensitive Helps
Electronic help created for a biological plate management system. Help always relates to the specific task being performed.
Quick Reference Guides for BFS
Step sheets for end-users of the Berkeley Financial System (PeopleSoft) [pdf]
Standard Operating Procedures for Electronic Help
Short manual on how to use FrontPage to create clean HTML files that adhere to CSS. Complete with illustrated example, quick reference, and fully commented example CSS. [pdf]
BAIRS Reporting System
Manual for managers running PeopleSoft Financial Reports (SQL and Crystal Reports). [pdf]
Other Writing
If you want to see examples of articles or fiction, visit my other writing page.
Press Releases
Online Romance the Old-Fashioned Way [pdf]
Newsletters
The ChemUnity Crier. A weekly newsletter written for freshmen at UCB, College of Chemistry. [pdf]
Contact Me
E-mail me at kiwiroot2000@yahoo.com, and I will get back to you as soon as I can.