If you're here, chances are you're involved with frontend web development, or content creation, or both. My book, The Frontend Cookbook, published in July 2021. Get it from https://lavenderlens.gumroad.com/l/frontendcookbook or via the site https://frontendcookbook.com. It has simple but hard-won practical advice for developers who have to create content, and content creators who have to code.I am an IT Trainer with a respected Central London firm, specialising in front end and Java technologies. I am also developing a personal mood tracking wearable, mindyourself.io I was awarded a First-class Honours H.Dip. Computing Science in 2015 from LYIT, Co. Donegal. My first degree was an MA Psychology 2:1 in 1988 from St. Andrews, Fife.I have been a web developer since the millennium and have worked on many sites, static and e-commerce, for clients ranging from artists to government departments (both IE and UK). I also have 25yrs' experience of advertising photography and more recently social media video production. I back this up with strong skills in design for print or interactive and screenwriting.I have often lead client-facing teams in requirements engineering roles within media production and web development. I enjoy motivating others and helping people realise their full potential.I also direct (short films) and write (short and feature-length screenplays). Winner, Award of Merit, Best Shorts 2012, La Jolla, CA. I co-founded and sat on the board of Depressionhurts CIC, an online mental wellness community interest company (dormant from 2016).
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