About
Personal and Intellectual Life
Stephen M. James (Stephen James) lives in Indianapolis, Indiana. Stephen writes poetry and posts his work online with extended notes for semantic clarification. For biographical influences on his poetry and to read Stephen James’ poetics, visit his poetics / aesthetics statement. Stephen loves to take photographs, read books, travel overseas, and listen to news/political podcasts, college lectures and classic literature.
Stephen updates several websites regularly. Stephen posts tutorials concerning Adobe Flash, web design, and video editing at his media production blog, DesignWell. Stephen listens to hours of podcasts everyday, and you will find his favorite podcasts at CulturedMedia. You can subscribe to all his sites from the SMJdesign Network feed.
Professional Life
Stephen is a media designer with experience in interactive, print and video. Stephen specializes in semantic, standards-based information design and highly interactive web animation. He uses best practices for usability, accessibility, search engine optimization and blogging. Stephen has produced everything from a literary magazine to a corporate web portal, HD video to back-end development. He has a marketing and advertising agency background and currently works full-time at a small advertising agency in Indianapolis, Indiana. Stephen has collaborated with illustrators, printers, writers, and public relations specialists. Stephen loves to learn new things and is passionate about being in a field that changes everyday.
Photographs
Captions to photographic collage below (clockwise from upper-left) Stephen and Rachel on their honeymoon on the southern shore of County Kerry, Ireland; an engagement photograph of Stephen and Rachel; Stephen at Taste of Chicago in Grant’s Park; Stephen near Sugar Creek in Indiana; Stephen on the second story of the Ballycarbery ruins near Cahirciveen, Ireland; Stephen taking a photograph of Indian Falls in Jessamine County, Kentucky; Stephen hiking at Shades State Park in Indiana; Stephen at “Ground Zero,” New York City, taking photographs of people taking photographs of “Ground Zero”
You can view photos of Stephen and Rachel James at their Photo Gallery.