Web designer, code poet, guitarist and music composer. When Vito Tardia (a.k.a. Ragman) was a little child, he used to take things apart… and growing up he also learned how to reassemble!
He began to work on the Internet in 1996, breaking up existing web sites with MS Notepad and Netscape Navigator 3 Gold. Then in 1998 he started to build his own web sites as a freelancer.
His services include web design, digital graphics, web application development, but also consultancy about web 2.0, mobile web, social network and SEO.
In the past he also did audio/video production and post-production and soundtrack composition.
He worked with different types of clients from small and medium businesses to well-known web agencies like Altoprofilo and IconMedialab (now LBIcon). Today he is collaborating with the communication agency Melismelis.
He never gave up playing guitar. In 1999 he released the album …and the Runes begin to pray with the band Pandaemonium, under the indipendent label Underground Symphony. In 2001 he produced the demo Electric Orchid with the band b0d (busyrad).
Since 2002 he took part in several projects but mainly he’s having fun experimenting in his home studio.
Likes: W3C and web standards, free software, Creative Common licenses, shared knowledge, accessible web sites, writing in third person.
Dislikes: DRM, censorship, the Big Brother.