Tech
I wear many tech hats. I call myself an IT consultant, tech geek for hire, tech start-up jack-of-all-trades dogsbody, app & web developer, actually agile software engineer, human-centred computing consultant, and occasional tech event host.
Google London, Uncodebar, 2024
- Uncodebar is like an improvised TED conference, but with more Warhammer talks.
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Thanks to
Codebar, Google, and thanks to Gabe Greenberg at
G2i
for recommending to me the academic paper I was talking
about:
Like a lot of IT consultants I work from home, freelance - but I'd come into an office for the right organisation.
I normally work at the intersection of computers and people. That could mean:
- computer programming an app or website (the "front-end" of the pantomime horse)
- making tech products more user friendly through actually talking to users
- explaining technology and collaborating with business people (and whoever else needs in)
- demoing technology to customers
- hosting tech conferences, coaching coding, making tutorials
- making prototypes, minimum viable products, experiments and mad inventions
- any number of other things...
On graduation I picked up my masters degree in Human-Centred Computer Systems from Richard Attenborough who was the honorary chancellor of University of Sussex at the time.
Since then I've worked for start-ups, digital agencies, and universities. Plus a few brands you've probably heard of like American Express, DK, (who loved an Oxford comma) and Penguin Books. Feel free to get in touch if you like what you see.
