Websites - Emusements by Randy Parker

A Brief History

In the late 1990s, I learned the basics of HTML and JavaScript (along with some Perl and PHP) so I could develop websites to promote my creative projects. Later, I took those skills and bootstrapped myself into a career as a web developer. For details about my career in Software Engineering, please see my professional resume.

Below (in chronological order) are the websites I designed and developed independently for personal purposes.

Shoestring Radio Theater

An extensive website that I conceived, designed, developed, and maintained for the San Francisco non-profit corporation Shoestring Radio Theatre. The site provides information about the company’s two nationally syndicated, weekly radio programs: “Movie Magazine International” (film reviews) and “Shoestring Radio Theatre” (radio dramas).

Originally Published in 1995 | Redesigned in 2019

Nico Pemantle: Singer-Songwriter

A website that I conceived, designed and developed for Berkeley-based singer-songwriter Nico Pemantle to help him promote his music online. The site includes Pemantle’s bio, information about his two albums, and several complete songs available for playback.

Originally Published in 1996 | Redesigned in 2019

Crunchy Frog Comedy

Inspired in large part by Monty Python’s Flying Circus, “Crunchy Frog Comedy” is a sketch comedy audio show that I produced for a short time.

Originally Published in 1998 | Redesigned in 2019

Emusements

Originally, Emusements was an umbrella site to encompass a couple of web games I had created: a “Name That Movie” (or TV Show) quiz game as well as “Virtual Prime Time” — which was a fantasy television game based on the Nielsen Ratings. Later I added a microsite where I published my resume and creative portfolio. In 2018, I finally got around to updating the site — deprecating the earlier Emusements iteration and completely rebooting the site on WordPress as my personal website.

Originally Published in 1998 | Rebooted in 2018