After many years of procrastinating about starting a personal blog, I finally got my WordPress into gear and dived head first into the blogosphere.
I’m actually amazed that it’s taken so long! Well, I actually created my first “home page” back in the dark ages of dial up connections, blinking marquees and dodgy animated GIFs (e.g. the late 90′s) – I don’t actually think the term “blog” was invented at the time. The “home page” served as a sandbox for learning new things. I devoured a numerous books and online articles about HTML and Javascript, which further sparked my fascination with the web as a rapidly evolving platform for global communication and development. The “home page” fell into disrepair due to my studies and the realisation that businesses seeking a presence on this new Interweb thingy were willing to pay me for doing what I enjoy!
Since then I’ve worked on a number of larger scale development projects and completed a BSc degree in Business and Computing Systems. I’m currently 25 years old and living in London with my wonderful girlfriend whom I met through a friend in St Andrews. In 2003 I co-founded a company called Total Hotspots, a global wi-fi hotspot directory, which is still my full-time employer and main commitment. I also work closely with Multimap to support the business development of mobile location-based services. Multimap was acquired by Microsoft in December 2007, which has proved to be a fascinating experience and positive period of change and opportunity for both organisations.
I want to avoid defining the subject areas of this blog too soon. However judging by this intro, it would be safe to assume that there will be a fair amount of technology musings; including all things web 2.0 (probably the most overly and loosely defined term in existence), mobile, location, social, operating systems, development, design and emerging technology trends. Other interests include food, music, film, sport and travel.
I hope you enjoy your stay and please feel free to comment. Thank you for reading.
