About Me
A Long Time Ago... In A Town Far Far Away...
My love for all things computer started at a very early age with an Amiga 2000. Yes, looking back the graphics were horrible, and the most creative your artwork could get was a different coloured rectangle, but what a piece of kit! My run with the Amiga was short and sweet as I progressed onto consoles like the Sega MegaDrive II and then eventually onto my own PC.
Throughout my school years and growing up, I continued to play on my consoles. I loved music too, and took up piano lessons outside of school. It was these lessons that made me think of doing a piano related website for my university major project. I continue to play till this day; I love listening as much as playing.
During high school my favourite subjects were always Media Studies and ICT. Media Studies gave me a good insight into the print industry and how Britain's tabloids operate. I loved the creativity of making magazine covers, newspaper articles, posters and other pieces of artwork. ICT gave me insight into computers in general and also into the world of web, which I fell in love with instantly. I saw web development as an area where I could combine my passions of media and computing. I found the Interactive Multimedia Design course at the University of Ulster, which reflected both areas very well.
At University, I learnt more about the key fundamentals of design, which helped me to better express my imagination. The course has taught me how to incorporate my ideas into a broad spectrum of media forms such as print, video, audio, and most importantly, web.
In my third year of IMD, I undertook a one year placement with the Higher Education Academy, Subject Centre for Information and Computer Sciences. This was an incredible placement which gave me the opportunity to travel for work around Ireland and the United Kingdom while enhancing both my development and design skills. My position was a website developer, and I created and maintained a number of websites and mini-sites. I also tailor-made a number of Content Management Systems for the staff to easily the sites content without needing any technical knowledge.
I graduated from University with a first class degree alongside a diploma with commendation in industrial studies. I now work at rehabstudio as a front-end and back-end developer.
