About Me
I am a 20-something year old Development Manager based in London. I specialise in PHP / MySQL development and currently work for Spring Digital but I do occasionally take on freelance projects. You can read all about my career type stuff on my CV and portfolio pages. Hopefully on this page you'll be able to learn more about me than you'd find in any resumé - If you have any questions, please get in touch.
Websites I use
The best way to find out about me is to look at the websites I belong to. Each of the links below will link to my profile pages which will show you everything from photos I've taken to events I'm going to and even what music I'm listening to right now! It's an identity thief's second best tool (the first being Google).
- Twitter - Bringing micro-blogging to the masses!
- Flickr - Various photos I've taken (and maybe some artwork at some point)
- Del.icio.us - Websites I've found that I think are interesting.
- Upcoming - Events I've been to, going to, and thinking about going to.
- Last.fm - My musical interests (you can also see what I'm listening to right now)
- Facebook - The worlds largest social network (maybe) has the joy of my person upon it. There are some photos, some apps, and some other bits and pieces!
- LinkedIn - My career network apparently.
- Wikipedia - Various pages I've edited which show my interests.
- Firefox - I've made a couple of extensions for Firefox. Also available on my extensions page.
- Microformats - I'm a big supporter of microformats. You can see which ones I use here!
Trivia
- I nearly became an Air Traffic Controller in the RAF.
- I am a massive Doctor Who geek.
- I have a first class marksmen award for rifle shooting.
- For some reason, I find playing Pokémon very soothing when I'm stressed.
- I was once the Isle of Man Organ Scholar.
- I love Apple Macs.
- I did Politics at University, but was originally going to do Psychology.
- On a project I did with some friends at Hack Day London, Yahoo! rewrote their Maps API for us.
- I wanted to be a croupier when I grew up.
- I can fly 4-seater aircraft.
Videos
On the 6th December 2007 I was asked to appear on BBC Televisions Working Lunch program to talk about error messages on e-commerce websites. I've also given them various quotes for later programs including a report on online cashback schemes. You can see an excerpt below (you'll need Adobe Flash player).
