Winston Close
Computer Consultant
Northampton, Massachusetts
Email: winston@winstonclose.com
Greetings! My name is Winston Close. I develop straightforward, readable websites with an emphasis on privacy.
Too many websites report their users to Google and social media companies, are encumbered by too much technology, cover up a lack of anything to say with overwhelming animated effects, or are pure AI slop. I make calm, usable, privacy-first, human-built websites for people who have real information to present.
I avoid unnecessary code and technologies in my websites. My streamlined approach results in lower development costs, and makes sites load much faster and more reliably for the reader.
I want the reader to be in a quiet sensory space with your information. I avoid the dazzling graphic effects that many websites use, making them challenging to read or even look at. My websites are mostly free of unrequested movement and changes in appearance.
Please e-mail me at winston@winstonclose.org to set up a meeting if you could use a reader-friendly website. If you just have questions about the privacy or infrastructure of your website, I am available to consult. Preference is given to local academic, activist, cultural, and small business clients.
Current Web Portfolio
The online companion to a book by the same name, VMC presents images that would have been too costly to print, along with some additional written material.
Bare-bones website for a UMass history professor's children's book about a Chinese scientist.
Science for the People: the 1970s and Today
Website for the 2014 conference that rebooted the 1970's leftist organization Science for the People.
CCS offers critical perspective on the PRC, US, and other states and looks at the possibilities of radical political thinking and activism.
A reference for prison abolition activists around the world since 2003, the Real Cost of Prisons Project gathers articles, research, and organizations about mass incarceration, writing and comics from incarerated people, and more.
Northampton Committee to Stop the Wars
The Northampton Committee sponsored peace and justice events, including a long-running film series documented on the website. I made this website, as well as posters and fliers.
Iraqi Childrens's Art Exchange/Baghdad Resolve
The Art Exchange coordinated meaningful Iraqi and U.S. children's art projects.
Listings for Northampton's weekly Grateful Dead Night, featuring a rotation of Grateful Dead cover bands since 2023.
An online exhibit of the modern residential architecture of my grandparents, Winston and Elizabeth Close.