- I love reading, thinking and talking about code - especially learning about coding practices and technologies through discussion with colleagues, mentors and peers...
- I love developing, programming and maintaining applications with teams... (this is the most important feature of my experience with FAC)
- I am really motivated by aspects such as accessibility, readability, testing & coverage, documentation, usability,
- I have a good understanding of the basics of Object Oriented and Functional programming paradigms, Asynchronous JavaScript, Git version control, Relational Database Design, Agile Methodology...
- I write mainly in JavaScript but I have also worked with Python and php.
- Node.JS and LAMP etc.
- Express and Django
- React
- PostgreSQL, MySQL, SQLite
- Tape, SuperTest, Jest, nyc
- Travis CI
- Heroku, Netlify
- Photoshop, Figma/Sketch, InVision...
I teach:
- Philosophy - lecturing and facilitating philosophical discussion with adults isolated through mental illness in Islington (since 2012; see below)
- Photoshop - covering introductory image processing and design practices for ELATT college while a student there (2016)
- Photoshop, Studio Photography, Web Design, Art History - introductory courses for adults delivered one evening a week at City of Westminster College in Paddington (since 2015)
- History of Art - for first and second year undergraduate students at Hastings College, St-Leonards-on-Sea (2007-08)
I do:
- Philosophy Forum - Having participated since 2012, my partner and I have taken over from the founders and are now the administrators of this brilliant service delivered in partnership with the Stuart Low Trust (SLT). In this capacity we manage a team of volunteer facilitators and arrange for speakers to present at 30 sessions a year. We have recently secured funding from the Royal Institute of Philosophy to cover both the SLT instance plus a second project with a night shelter in King's Cross (SFTS - see below).
- Shelter From the Storm - My partner and I have run the Tuesday night kitchen at this night shelter for 7 years, managing volunteers to deliver hot meals and serving and relaxing with the amazing guests.
- Founders and Coders - helping out with introductory and higher level meetups organised by this incredible organisation.
- Founders and Coders London Program, February - June 2018
- Award in Education and Training, City of Wesminster College, 2016
- Award, Certificate, Diploma in Web Design, ELATT, 2015 - 2016
- Goldsmiths College, University of London , BA Hons. History of Art, 1:1, 2007
- Goldsmiths College, University of London , MA Cultural History, Merit, 2009
For the last few years, in addition to my teaching work, I have been self employed as a handyman, decorator and gardener - installing kitchens, painting houses and restaurants, assisting a tree surgeon etc. It has been brilliant but confusing. Before this I worked in pubs and resaturants since I was a teenager...