Be Gee M
Conspiring with visionary individuals and organizations to change the world through web & media
Welcome to Be Gee M, web & media design and production by Brian Gerald Murphy (BGM... be-gee-m). To get started, browse my portfolio, learn about my process & send an inquiry, send me a message. I am currently working on a resource to get you started thinking beyond basic "logo and website" needs to get a handle on your brand and execute a wholistic strategy, and another easy reference for getting your company or organization started on Twitter. In the meantime, feel free to tweet a question at me.
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Sanctuary Collective inspires, empowers, and supports young LGBTQ adults and allies living and organizing for justice in Christian communities.
I have worked with Sanctuary Collective since its inception, when it was only a vision in the (prophetic) co-founders mind. I helped create the name, I designed the website and blog, implemented and maintain a Facebook fan page, mailing list, and constituent/donor management database, and create promotional videos.
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I am my fourteen-year-old self’s dream. There is a little known secret which I am about to speak to the interwebs: I am a geek. In elementary school, my mom trained me to go to the public library with her by leading me to the science non-fiction section where I would spend my time browsing the stacks. My favorite books were the ones filled with do-it-yourself experiments. I routinely made my own carbon paper (and then pretended I was a waiter… to this day I have never been a real waiter. Missed calling?).
A series of chemical concoctions, electrical creations, and mechanical do-hickies later, I became the family’s go-to computer guy and eventually I succeeded in convincing my parents to get me my own computer. And that is when it began. I spent more nights than I can count awake until 3 or 4 in the morning, two-liter of Pepsi by my side staring into the computer monitor. I taught myself Photoshop, Flash, HTML, and video editing. I made bookmarks, CD covers, computer desktop backgrounds, websites, and photo-video slideshows. Most of my creations never made it out of the basement and now I think a good majority of them are lost to a hard drive in a dump somewhere. I was, for some reason, ashamed of my late-night hobby and rarely spoke of it.
It is amazing that I had the gumption to apply to film school. I was accepted to the University of Southern California to study production. It is even more remarkable that I make a living in web development, graphic design, and film/video production. If my fourteen-year old, over-caffeinated self could see me now! My inner geek is on display for the world to see.