Steven Pate

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I'm a builder of websites and online experiences. My background has been in web content management and front-end development, and my recent focus has been strategy and user experience for e-commerce. The work I have found most gratifying has elements of project management, research, information design and content strategy, and my passions all involve storytelling, learning and connecting to the wider world.

I feel particularly gratified to have help bridge technical divides and most enjoy working with true believers. I'm newly transplanted to Seattle and looking for my next opportunity, especially if that is at a great bookshop that wants to build a new kind of online experience. I have a lot of ideas! Check out what I'm up to right now.

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• when the web connects people and makes life a little better
• one on one interactions with users and customers
• just enough content
• learning and storytelling
• working independently and on small teams
• keeping the big picture in view
• helping everyone stay calm
• having patience to see it through
• the unexpected but perfect next action

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• harvesting attention for profit
• unnecessary complexity
• turning people into products
• assumptions that can't be questioned
• meetings
• planning the party
• networking and glad-handing