I'm a Digital Strategist, Interface Designer and web & UX professional, part time photographer and concept art dabbler. Member of The Long Now Foundation. Skeptic, out-of-box explorer, occasional blogger and lego aficionado.
I've over 13 years experience in the online communications industry, and in that time have seen the internet transform from a curiosity to the core of a new economy. Like many in the late 90s, my first work was for what amounted to hobby sites based on reverse engineered websites. During the early 2000s I had to opportunity to develop intranet systems for the world's first insurance company (Scottish Widows) and the worlds oldest municipal fire service (Lothian and Borders Fire Brigade). After these projects wrapped up, worked with a diverse selection of clients on a freelance basis and attempted to to found several startups, learning brutal lessons in failure in the process.
Over the following years I developed hundreds of sites for a medley of clients, from one-man hobbyists to large multinationals, across the UK, Ireland, Europe, the US and Africa. Specialising now in User Experience, Interface Design and Information Architecture, I currently hold the post of Digital Strategist for First Advertising. In my spare time, I develop futuristic interfaces and write about the unfolding age of Big Data and anything else that interests me.