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I
started doing web design work as a hobby around 1997,
using the old GeoCities and Angelfire templates but
I quickly graduated to Microsoft Front Page and later
took a series of college classes in all the magical
offerings of Macromedia web design products. Like many
amateur web designers back in the day, my name quickly
became known as a local "go-to" person for
questions about that newfangled internet thing. We started
out with a couple of small contract jobs, then graduated
to some rather large projects in our first two years
of officially being in the website business.
My
initial training was classroom based (the Marcomedia
stuff has a steep learning curve, in my humble opinion,
but it provides such an awesome finished product), but
the majority of my learning has been "hands-on",
actually building websites for clients. Website design
is a constantly evolving field of study, and I try to
stay current on the latest trends, add-ons, and design
software, along with the whole look and feel of what
customers want in a contemporary, functional business
website.
- Rick Callebs
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ABOUT US -
Richard
B. "Rick" Callebs is the President of
Agar Media. He is the primary web design and
graphic design artist and is normally the primary contact
for web design services. Rick is the Director of Athens
County Emergency Medical Services and website design
is a hobby turned part-time 'nights and weekends' job.
He holds a Bachelor's degree in Public Administration
from the University of Rio Grande and is pursuing a
Masters degree in Public Administration online through
the University of North Dakota. Rick is an Ohio certified
Paramedic and is a member of the National Association
of Emergency Medical Technicians and the International
City/County Management Association. He is also an Amateur
Radio Extra Class operator (FCC callsign: W8UU),
a member of the Jackson County and Athens County Amateur
Radio Clubs and is a Life Member of the Amateur Radio
Relay League.
Ann-Marie
Callebs is Vice-President and Secretary of Agar
Media. She serves as the office manager, scheduling
work and handling the administrative side of running
a small home-based business. Ann-Marie is learning the
ropes of website construction, and now maintains several
of our contracted customers. She is a full-time paramedic
with Athens County Emergency Medical Services
in Albany. Ann-Marie is also a member of the United
States Navy Reserve, serving at Eleanor, West Virginia
and the National Naval Medical Center in Bethesda,
Maryland. She is a Medical Corpsman with the rank of
HM2. Ann-Marie is a graduate
of Hocking College, and is currently enrolled in the
Nursing program at Excelsior College.
Rick
and Ann-Marie along with their children Bryan and Jay
attend Sts. Peter & Paul Catholic Church
in Wellston.
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