I'm a web developer, freelancer, author, speaker, entrepreneur, technical reviewer and blogger based in the North East, living in a village just outside of Chester-le-Street.
Speaking engagements
Confoo - Feb/March 2012
At the ConFoo conference in Montreal, Canada 2012 (February 29th - 2nd March) I will be delivering two talks: "Real-time voice call and mobile integration" and "dealing with continous data processing".
Enterprise Data World - April/May 2012
At Enterprise Data World in Atlanta, Georgia 2012 I will be delivering a presentation on dealing with continuous data processing.
SuperMondays - October 2011
On the 31st of October 2011 I gave a 5 minute lightning talk on Twilio. You can view the slides here and even download the code from the live demo.
PHPNW 2011 - Unconference track
On Saturday the 8th of October 2011 I will be delivering 2 15 minute talks on the Unconference track at PHPNW11. The talks are "PHP and Continuous Data Processing" and "PHP and Twilio". Hope to see you there.
PHP North-East - August 2011
On Tuesday the 16th of August 2011 I will be presenting a 10 minute "lightning talk" on the Registry design pattern, with Lazy-Loading. This is as part of the Design Pattern Lightning Talk event. You can register for the event here.
SuperMondays - April 2011
On the 26th of April I gave a 5 minute lightning talk on the Continuous Integration system Jenkins. You can view the slides here.
PHP North-East - March 2011
On the 15th of March 2011, I presented a talk at the PHP North-East user group, entitled "Automated Deployment Mechanisms using PHP and Linux". You can view the slides here.
Acting: Juniper Productions - On the 2nd, 3rd and 4th of December 2010 - Played the part of the Prince in Juniper Productions performance of Cinderella, at the Jubilee Theatre, Gosforth.
PHPNW 2010 - October 2010
In October 2010 I presented a talk on Abstracting Functionality with Centralised Content at PHPNW10. You can view the slides here.
Kings Academy - September 2010
In September 2010 I was invited, along with Richard Carter to give a talk to students studying Business Studies at The King's Academy in Middlesbrough about legal structures for companies. You can view the slides here.
Drupal Easy Podcast - September 2009
In September 2009 I took part in episode 19 of the Drupal Easy podcast, talking about Drupal 6 Social Networking.
Various Amateur Acting Roles
Through Juniper Productions - On the 2nd, 3rd and 4th of December 2010 - Played the part of the Prince in Juniper Productions performance of Cinderella, at the Jubilee Theatre, Gosforth.
