I’m a Junior Developer at Tomango, a Web, Brand and Digital Marketing agency in Lewes where we use WordPress to build bespoke websites for local, national and international businesses. Before this I worked at the University of Leeds where I managed the WordPress multisite for the Faculty of Arts (roughly 100 sites) and built their first responsive website using WordPress as a CMS. I’ve an MA in Interactive Multimedia which I gained in 2004, a time when Flash sites and table layouts still roamed the internet. Away from design and development I’m a passionate rock-climber and spent several years wandering round the Northern Hemisphere seeking out some of the best bouldering in the world, all whilst living in a van. My move to the South Coast has marked the end of this itinerate life (for the time being at least) and been about picking up my career in Web Development. I love WordPress for its easy of use, versatility and community. Learning WordPress gave me a my first break as a developer trying to re-establish my career and as I result I’d love to be able to give something back where possible.
As a designer and developer I’m passionate about CSS, graphics, typography, layout and WordPress (of course!). My formative influences came through music and counter culture; via the album sleeves of Reid Miles, Swifty, Futura 2000, Will Bankhead, Jamie Reid and magazines such as Raygun, Straight No Chaser, Level and Document, my lightning talk will be draw on all this to some degree.