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There’s an art to making complex things understandable. This is the craftsmanship we bring to each project. Whether you need engaging web content or a well-designed user interface, we can help you make it easy for your audience to get up to speed.
Eclectrics is a high-tech consulting firm located in Hillsboro, Oregon. With a highly-skilled, nimble team that can expand as a project demands, we focus on two areas of expertise:
Software Development
- Getting the Current Weather Conditions - Unlike weather forecasts which are available for any point in the US, current conditions are only available for specific spots where there are reporting stations. The good news is that there are more than 2000 reporting stations, so it’s not too hard to find one close to you. In this installment I am [...]
- XmlTreeView – A Custom Painted TreeView - Last time I described how to build a WCF client for the NDFD web service. The gist was we needed to create a custom TextMessageEncoder that could handle the ISO-8859-1 encoding used by the service. With that done, it’s time to start thinking about how to use all the data to which we now have [...]
- Consuming NDFD Web Services from a C# Client - like to know what the weather is going to be – it sets the tone for the day. But it is getting more difficult to get access to weather forecasts from the local television stations. Clearly lots of folks must tune in just for the weather because there seem to be this cat-and-mouse game [...]
Writing & WebGardening
- Current Projects - I’ve been so busy lately I haven’t had time to post my most recent projects. Here is what I’m currently working on: Two company profiles for the Northwest Energy Efficiency Alliance. A knowledge base for Consumer Cellular. Marketing collateral to address the high school and university markets for Bookshare. Redesigning the website for the Portland Metro Baha’i Community. Developing a [...]
- Portland Metro Baha’i Community -
With an active group of local Baha'is and close ties to Baha'is across the country and around the world, the Portland Metro Baha'i Community needed a website that could keep up with its pace. I research new content and provide regular updates to keep people coming back for more news.
- Noble Passing -
Founded by Beverlee Pattonallen, Noble Passing provides a valuable service to individuals and families who are making decisions for their long term future. I helped revise the content to reflect the current direction of the company and provide ongoing updates.