Dan Barber

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.

Skills

• Web Technologies

  • HTML5/CSS3
  • Javascript/jQuery
  • Ruby on Rails
  • PHP

• Databases

  • SQL
  • PostgreSQL
  • MySQL
  • SQLite3

• Design

  • Photoshop/GIMP
  • Illustrator
  • InDesign
  • Typography

• Linux Servers

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

• Networking

  Good knowledge of cabling, routing and protocols.

Experience

• Abiquo

  June 2010–Present

  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

  Aug 2008–June 2010

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

• Footwork Solutions

  Nov 2002–Aug 2008

  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

  2000–2002

  Designed and developed and maintained several property company websites based on a single code base. Setup Windows, Linux and FreeBSD servers.

• North Devon Journal

  1998–2000

  Set advertisements using QuarkXpress and was responsible for laying out the classified pages. Developed a love for typography.

Portfolio

• NeoMPC

  pixelhum.com/neompc

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

• Footwork Solutions

  footworksolutions.co.uk

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

• Halo

  haloteam.com

  Hosted care co-ordination system for drug treatment agencies. Design, initial implementation and ongoing development of key modules.

• Dan Barber Photo

  danbarberphoto.com

  My own photography portfolio site. Designed and implemented the whole site using Ruby on Rails and jQuery, including backend admin pages.

• Dan & Katie

  wedding.coweyes.co.uk

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

Interests

• Drumming
• Music
• Sound Engineering & Recording
• Photography
• Cycling