About
Hi, my name is Alen
My name is Alen Grakalic and I live in Rijeka, Croatia. I am freelance web designer and web developer. I am 33 years old, married, wife Natasa and 3 years old son Erik.
For the last 6 years I am a web professional. During that period I have developed many skills so now besides merely using Photoshop I work with css, javascript, actionscript, asp, xml/xslt...
Less known facts
- I have played lead guitar in a relatively popular Croatian band called Sajeta for almost 9 years and held over 500 concerts. On several occasions I have performed in front of more than 10 000 people.
- Ever since I was a kid I enjoyed freediving. In the year 2001 have participated in the AIDA's world freediving championship as a member of Croatian team. My personal best in static apnea is 6 minutes and 20 seconds and 51m in constant weight.
- I am a passionate runner. I ran Venice marathon in 2004 and I plan to run many more.
- I am (technically) * first Croatian designer included in Css Zen Garden official list.
- I am a member of Mensa
Recognition
During the last two and half years I have received several awards and recognitions among which I point out Css Zen Garden official list entry, Stylegala feature, Plastic Pilots one star award, CssVault feature, Tportal article.
About this site
This is the fourth iteration of Pixelpusher.biz, my personal showcase site. As much as I hate to see the third one go, it was about time for some refreshment.
I kept the color scheme and some imagery but I've tried to create a whole different feel.
This site's blog is powered by Pixelatica, home made blog app that I plan to release soon. It is done with asp/access proving that web standards are not about technology, it's how you use it. Please, feel free to use pixelpusher's RSS feed.
* Note: I am listed as No. 155 while guys from web.burza are No. 156. I submited my work 3 months before it was listed so I guess I did come in first :)