Bogart Salzberg
InkFist.Com
56 Quebec Street
Portland, Maine
04101
207-828-4401
Testimonials
Thank you for your excellent work on our order management website, I absolutely love what you have done. The efficiency and ease of my job has improved 100%. It was a pleasure working with you throughout the design process and your customer support is fantastic.
— Stacey Koplin, Enterprise for Education
We asked InkFist to develop the back-end of a secure client area. Inkfist developed the exact functionality we desired, along with savvy security options, and easily integrated our interface design. We have been delighted with the results and continue to rely on Inkfist's expertise for expanding our own capabilities as well as those of our clients.
— Alessandra Turati, Director, Bigshot
Bogart is such a gifted teacher. He can actually decipher complex computer lingo into English. I am forever grateful to Bogart for all of the thoughtful input he has given me about the website I am building. I have such peace of mind knowing that my business website is hosted on a local server by someone who knows my name! I can not say enough about what an amazing teacher and web host you have been!
— Audra Welton, MaineWeddingSpot.com
Mr. Salzberg's expertise, intelligent project design and ability to communicate effectively with executives and technicians alike made for the professional delivery of complex projects, on time and within budget, which were critical to the success and growth of our b2c business over the last 6+ years.
— Darren MacDonald, ToolsForLess.com
Copyright © 2009-2010,
Bogart Salzberg, dba InkFist.Com
Hello, World. What's new? Doing some web work? Well, I've got a deal for you!
Now, wait, don't run. Yes, I am the entire InkFist.Com web team — chief cook and bottle-washer, code monkey, application architect, tech support, moral support and part-time smarty-pants. And yes, I'd like to draw your attention to a humble proposition.
Which is this: If you are interested in web development or hosting services, and you call me, and we chat, then I will recommend what I feel is the best course of action for you, even if it doesn't earn me a penny.
I can do a lot, and I can do a lot well, but if I know of a cheaper, faster, all-around better way to get your job done, I will tell you straight up. That's my promise to you.
— Bogart Salzberg, proprietor
Web Development
Writing good code feels good. I do it for fun sometimes on nights and weekends.
Over the years I've developed crisp, capable and pleasure-producing code and markup in many languages:
HTML and CSS. I was doing dinky little web pages before the dawn of the millenium. I prefer programming, but I can still work end-to-end.
JavaScript. It's finally gaining the attention it deserves as a source of sizzle and a boon to usability in the browser. Bravo!
Perl. Ah, how I have loved thee, Perl. We've been places: GD and ImageMagick graphics, LWP robots, TCP servers and the Catalyst framework, to name a few. I still use it a lot for one-line filters and small utility scripts.
PHP. The majority of my programming work has been done in PHP, including several large web database applications (with MySQL). I also teach PHP classes for the Portland Adult Education program.
Ruby. I have been ramping up my Ruby work over the last few years and really enjoying it. I recently deployed my first Ruby on Rails application and I look forward to using the framework again.
Web Hosting
Remember when I promised to recommend the best option, even if it's not mine? Well, here I make good: Most of you will be better served by big "commodity hosts" with 24/7 support and low, low prices.
But some of you will want something else. How about local hosting? My servers are co-located in a large data center right here in Portland. We can visit them if you'd like.
How about "yes you can!" hosting? If you've been told "you can't do that with shared hosting", give me a call. My ability to meet unusual requirements with unique solutions is a service the commodity hosts can't match.
How about hosting that web developers can rave about? I've tailored hosting platforms for my web design and development partners, from WordPress and Drupal services to custom analytics and monitoring.
Support
One of the many benefits of teaching programming is seeing the technology through the eyes of my students. It's an experience that I draw from daily in supporting my customers. Whether it's configuring Outlook Express or squashing software bugs, my customer service is personal, patient and dedicated to your success.