Safetygoat and the web

I make websites that are usable, standard's compliant, unique and delightful.


Hi. My name is Kat Neville. My real passion is organizing content, dealing with user flow and forming them into a beautiful, standard's compliant websites. I have been working full-time as a web designer for the past years, and in that time have worked full time, freelanced, and co-built my own applications (including the pickuptruck, graffed and theboxcat). I am also an occasional writer for Smashing Magazine.

I've been a part of many projects, I have designed an e-commerce store, a learning application, an iphone with website, corporate banner websites and much more.

I also build websites using standard's compliant CSS and HTML (with a bit of CSS3 to add a little extra pizzazz to those on newer browsers). I can also code to make IE6 and IE7 behave themselves. This website is built in Wordpress: I have coded up a few blogs and customized them myself. I have worked in development teams to integrate the front end into JSTL (Java platform) and Ruby.

Check out my projects here or download my CV here. If you would like to work with me, please contact me.

About the safetygoat website

Safetygoat was born in 2007 as a home for Kat Neville's musings, work and more. While goats aren't known for their swimming or boating skills (but they can definitely swim!), safetygoat doesn't believe that he's constrained by the 'usual' goat activities.

While naughty safetygoat loves adventure, he's not reckless: you won't see him without his lifejacket. He is a safety hero, and he wants you to stay safe and have fun.

Here are the goat's top water tips

  • Always swim with a buddy
  • Don't go boating in thunderstorms
  • Don't run on the boat deck
  • Always wear your life jacket

Safetygoat is not just interested in boating and swimming.

Safetygoat also loves arts and crafts (including making tiny safetygoats!), socializing with friends, hanging out at the cottage, and vegetable gardening.

Random goat facts

  • The proper name for a group of goats is a trip
  • Coffee was first discovered when goat herders noticed the animals acting very energetic after nibbling on coffee beans
  • Hearty seafarers, goats were kept by sailors for milk
  • Wild goats don't sleep
  • Both male and female goats can have beards
  • The pharaoh Cephranes thought so much of his goats that he had 2,234 buried with him
  • Goats do not have tear ducts
  • Goats hate people touching their ears