I highly recommend Aaron. I worked with him on a web redesign and infrastructure project, making it easier to create and maintain content on the site. Aaron is thoughtful, thorough, complete, very quick, results oriented, responsive – and has an eye for good website practices. Plus he is very pleasant to work with.
About
I’m not only expert in efficient web-building technologies and practices, I place a high priority on communicating clearly with my clients. I make sure to understand exactly what it is you need, and help you clearly understand both your choices and what I’m doing to the technical degree you want and need.
I worked for big companies (About.com, DoubleClick, Wolters Kluwer, and others) for 10 years before becoming a full-time self-employed website developer in 2003.
When not working, I enjoy cooking, reading fiction, walking the dog, hanging out with my flock of chickens, corrupting the minds of my two kids, and creating fine art.
Aaron Silver
Founder / Developer
I worked with Aaron on a last-minute, high-stakes (for a website) project that had to come in bug free and on time. And Aaron did exactly what he said he would, which was deliver what we needed in a timely and professional fashion. Additionally, he possesses excellent communication skills, is self-managing, and readily available. In short, I can’t recommend highly enough and hope to have the pleasure of working again with him soon.
Aaron Hodge Silver is a top-notch, lightning-fast web developer and an absolute joy to work with. Not only is he incredibly smart, trustworthy, and fantastic at thinking up creative solutions to development needs, he’s also 100% accountable, organized, and responsive as a contractor. I’m honored to have had Aaron on board at Julia Barry Productions for many years now, and look forward to many more. Don’t hesitate to hire Aaron — he’s worth every penny!
Composer, Web Designer
Aaron is a phenomenal web designer. By combining him innate sense of style and artistry with an extensive technological understanding, he produces a site which is beyond expectation. Working with Aaron is a pleasure. He is straight forward, communicates well and always meets his deadline. I enthusiastically recommend working with him.
Pastor
I hired Aaron to build our organizational website on WordPress and discovered quickly that he was much more than a programmer. Not only was he extremely responsive, professional and knowledgeable, he also worked with me as a team member and consulted me every step of the way. He was sensitive to our delivery schedules and budget and was flexible with our needs. Most importantly, he was approachable and always available if there was an emergency or any pressing questions. I really enjoyed working with him as a professional and as a human, and hope to continue to in the future.
Director of Digital Strategy
In a world filled with unreliable vendors and unrelatable technologists, Aaron is a rock: hard-working, responsive, and frank. He took the reins to our website from a fancy design firm without a hint of ego — and cleaned up a number of things they’d left undone. Since then, he has quickly become our company’s go-to web developer and technical jack-of-all-trades. He’s an absolute pleasure to work with.
Marketing & Content Strategist
Aaron’s was quick to comprehend and analyze our needs and rather than just provide only what we asked made valuable suggestions for improvement. Since day one, the site has performed flawlessly. We look forward to engaging the services of Springthistle again in the not-too-distant future for guidance and implementation of enhancements to meet our evolving requirements.
My organization had the pleasure of working with Aaron on our new website. From the start, he was straightforward, clear, and dependable. He listened carefully, always provided us with clear choices where available, and made sound and trustworthy recommendations. We found Aaron to have outstanding attention to detail and good design sense. He also had the expertise to execute any customizations we needed. He always delivered on-time or early, communicated clearly about deadlines, and stayed within our budget. Thank you, Aaron. I look forward to continuing our work together.
Chief of Staff and Director of Communications
Aaron has provided outstanding support for our blog, demonstrating deep technical expertise and the highest level of professionalism. He always provides very accurate and reasonable estimates, and delivers his work on time and within budget. Aaron has a knack for patiently and clearly explaining technical concepts and requirements to non-technical people. And on top of all that, he’s a genuinely nice guy!
Director of Content
I’ve had the pleasure of working with Aaron on a variety of projects while employed at two different institutions. Aaron is my go-to developer for web projects given his expertise. He’s reliable, responsive, and very easy to work with. Aaron has always delivered top-notch work while working within my budgets and timelines, both important considerations for nonprofit and higher education organizations. I have recommended before and will continue to recommend Aaron Silver and Springthistle Tech.
Communications Manager
Aaron’s ability to synthesize multiple needs and communicate them effectively through graphic presentation, coupled with him clear and concise communications made him an ideal partner in producing an amazing product which generated widespread positive response. I will hire him again when the next project arises.
In a word, Aaron delivers. His creative designs reflect his artistic touch, but show his nuanced understanding of what is an efficient, logical, and productive user experience. The result is a website that is memorable and usable, an increasingly rare combination these days. As if that weren’t exceptional enough, Aaron is also the consummate professional. He is meticulous, responsive, insightful, and thorough. He is on deadline every time and doesn’t waste your time. He works well with others and, if asked, can handle the many intricacies of managing a team. He’d be an asset to any web development project.
President
Aaron was a real pleasure to work with. He was professional and him final work on our website met every expectation. Throughout the project, he always made time for my questions and answered them completely and in an accessible way. I would definitely recommend him to other companies looking for a beautiful, streamlined website and a hassle-free process creating it.
Communications Manager
Working with Aaron has been pure pleasure. He has been unfailingly responsive, efficient, graceful and creative in handling requests large and small. I recommend him without reservation!”
Aaron’s a top-notch pro. Highly responsive and collaborative and a great combination of disciplined thinker and imaginative problem-solver. He’s sensitive to budget and timelines and knows his stuff inside and out. Recommend highly.
Director of Marketing, Communications, Operations
Skills
I’ve developed a variety of different skills in my decades of doing creative and programming work. Some of them will probably be useful for your project!