About me

October 22nd, 2009

I’m a 33 year old Manchester based web software architect, living and working in the city centre. My life revolves around city life, my close friends, my technical projects, being a Mac and LAMP geek and a heavy online presence, through Facebook, Twitter and this journal site. I have a keen interest in politics and business and I’ll also admit to being something of a railway geek, but I won’t talk too much about that.

I’m always on the lookout for new technical projects to get involved with. I have many years of experience working in the web software development and ISP fields, with an extensive skill set which includes (but is not limited to):

Development

  • PHP.
  • HTML and CSS.
  • JavaScript and Ajax methods.
  • XML, XSL, XSLT and XSL-FO.
  • Aptana Studio used as primary IDE.

Operating systems and server software

  • Linux (Slackware and CentOS).
  • Mac OS X.
  • Apache.
  • MySQL.

Other skills

  • TCP/IP networks, including LAN, WAN and wireless LAN.
  • Asterisk PBX and related VoIP technologies.
  • Software development technical documentation skills.
  • Datacentre planning, implementation and management.
  • Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator, although my graphic design skills are not strong. I will usually outsource the graphic design element of a project if necessary.

Please feel free to contact me via e-mail* if you are interested in discussing how you can take advantage of my skills. You may also download my current Curriculum Vitae. I am willing to work on permanent, contract or consultancy basis.

* I welcome contact from recruitment firms but only if they have reasonable propositions (i.e. don’t call me if you want me to start a 2 month contract in Stoke on Tuesday, paying £20 per hour, that you “can’t tell me much about until I agree to do it” (this actually has happened)). Please also send caller ID when calling, or leave a voicemail (but do not do neither).

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