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Profile

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I have 11 years of experience building web sites and web applications, from small simple services to large enterprise level systems. I focus on simple, usable interfaces and prefer to work by prototyping ideas.

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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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Skills

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    HTML/CSS

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    Excellent knowledge of standards and browser engines.

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    Web Technologies

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    • HTML5/CSS3
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    • Javascript/jQuery
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    • Ruby on Rails
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    • PHP
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    Intermediate level.

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    Databases

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    • MySQL
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    Expert level.

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    SQL/­MySQL/­PostgreSQL

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    Excellent knowledge of SQL and configuration.

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    Sound working knowledge

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    Typography

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    Good working knowledge.

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    Good working knowledge.

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    Design

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    • Photoshop/GIMP
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    • Illustrator
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    • InDesign
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    • Typography
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  • Linux Servers

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    Web (Apache), MySQL, PostgreSQL, DNS, Samba

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    • Web (Apache)
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    • MySQL
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    • PostgreSQL
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    • DNS
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    • Samba
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  • Networking

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Experience

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    Abiquo

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    June 2010–Present

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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.

  • Deep Blue Sound

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    Aug 2008–June 2010

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    Administering and augmenting the existing web systems including Moodle, SugarCRM and others. Deputising for the System Administrator.

  • Footwork Solutions

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    Nov 2002–Aug 2008

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    footworksolutions.co.uk
    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.

  • Granite Internet

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    2000–2002

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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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    1998–2000

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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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Portfolio

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    NeoMPC

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    pixelhum.com/neompc

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    Web based MPD client. Design and execution. Built on PHP and jQuery and uses mpd.class.php.

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    Footwork Solutions

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    footworksolutions.co.uk

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    Company logo and site design. I built the HTML for the Drupal template.

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    Halo

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    haloteam.com

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    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

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    danbarberphoto.com

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    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

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    wedding.coweyes.co.uk

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    My own wedding photo site. Design and implementation of theme for ZenPhoto.

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Portfolio

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Interests

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  • Drumming
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  • Music
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  • Sound Engineering & Recording
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    NeoMPC

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    pixelhum.com/neompc

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    Web based MPD client. Design and execution. Built on PHP and jQuery and uses mpd.class.php.

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    Footwork Solutions

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    footworksolutions.co.uk

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    Company logo and site design. I built the HTML for the Drupal template.

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    Halo

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    haloteam.com

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    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

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    danbarberphoto.com

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    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

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    wedding.coweyes.co.uk

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    My own wedding photo site. Design and implementation of theme for ZenPhoto.

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Interests

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  • Photography
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  • Cycling
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Contact

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Dan Barber

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41D Longacre
+ Plymouth
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+ United Kingdom

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+44 (0) 1752 546981

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http://pixelhum.com

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