thomaswdufour.com | Personal Website of Thomas W. Dufour

Hi. My name is Tom.  I'm a website developer who lives in Pittsburgh, PA.  I spend my time reading, building websites, and writing.  I believe that the best thing a person can do is create something - be it a website, a story, or a better world.  This is my website.  Feel free to look around! 

I specialize in front-end website development with a focus on content management system implementation.  I use standards-compliant, cross-browser compatible HTML5, CSS3, jQuery, and PHP to make fully functional and interactive and responsive websites for you and your clients.  I specialize in building sites that run on Drupal, Wordpress, and GetSimple, but I've built on other platforms too.

Currently, I'm employed by a local agency, but that shouldn't stop us from doing business together.
Feel free to contact me at your leisure.  We can build something great together!

professional life

Manns Sausage Website

A small site to help a business gain a foothold.

Website of Leech, Tishman, Fuscaldo & Lampl

Website of Leech Tishman Fuscaldo & Lampl

Highly customized Wordpress based website for local law firm.

University of Pittsburgh - Department of Political Science

Pitt Department of Political Science

A complex website built with Drupal while employed by Pitt.

Website of the Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences, University of Pittsburgh

Dietrich School of Arts & Sciences

Website for the School of Arts and Sciences at Pitt.

blog

A Short Story About Wasted Time

They glanced at each other from across the room - it was a once in a lifetime expression which was solemnly washed across their faces.

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Posted: Friday, March 1st 2013 || 

A Handful of Outright Tyrants

On the 23rd of December 1776, a young Tom Paine wrote, “These are the times that try men’s souls.” At the time, a young idealist nation was crawling forth from the first battles of revolution into a world being born anew after the Industrial...

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Posted: Monday, September 3rd 2012 || 

What the song “Shh” by Donora is Really About

If you listened close enough, the muffled sound of whispers and quiet breathing could be heard through the fractured walls of any apartment on this gloomy and despondent street. If you listened closer, specifically to door of apartment 23B, you...

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Posted: Monday, December 6th 2010 || 

On The Institution of Religious Doctrine

It is a given that in the United States, each person, as free as moral and just laws allow, is free to pursue his or her own enterprises at their leisure and discretion.

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Posted: Wednesday, May 9th 2012 ||