Profile
-I have 11 years of experience building web sites and web applications, from small simple websites and services to large enterprise level systems. I focus on simple, usable interfaces and prefer to work by prototyping ideas.
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-Good knowledge of cabling, routing and protocols.
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Pixelhum
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-Pixelhum is my own freelance/contract business. I build custom web applications for clients using PHP and Ruby on Rails.
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-- -Abiquo
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-Updating and maintaining Abiquo’s websites, written in both PHP and Ruby on Rails. This includes the virtual image exchange site Thunderflash (thunderflash.com) which I rebuilt on Rails 3.
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-Deep Blue Sound
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-Administering and augmenting the existing web systems including Moodle, SugarCRM and others. Deputising for the System Administrator.
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-Footwork Solutions
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-I was a lead developer and designer on the Halo care co-ordination system, including training and documentation and support. I was also the System Administrator for both the local network and remote server farm.
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-Granite Internet
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-Designed and developed and maintained several property company websites based on a single code base. Setup Windows, Linux and FreeBSD servers.
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- - -North Devon Journal
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-Set advertisements using QuarkXpress and was responsible for laying out the classified pages. Developed a love for typography.
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NeoMPC
- -Web based MPD client. Design and execution. Built on PHP and jQuery and uses mpd.class.php.
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Footwork Solutions
- -Company logo and site design. I built the HTML for the Drupal template.
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Halo
-haloteam.com
-Hosted care co-ordination system for drug treatment agencies. Design, initial implementation and ongoing development of key modules.
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Dan Barber Photo
- -My own photography portfolio site. Designed and implemented the whole site using Ruby on Rails and jQuery, including backend admin pages.
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Dan & Katie
- -My own wedding photo site. Design and implementation of theme for ZenPhoto.
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My CV
- -My CV is a responsive design that makes extensive use of HTML5, CSS3, typography and web fonts.
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- -Contact
-Dan Barber
-41D Longacre
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- Plymouth
- PL7 4RQ
- United Kingdom+44 (0) 1752 546981
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