SELF-MADE CODER
I'm Rob and I'm a London based .Net/PHP web developer and CSS Trainer. I've been coding for about 6 years and have spent the last year working freelance. My main achievements include developing the Twitter Fakers App which has 300,000 sign ups and been featured in publications such as the New York Times. Also I have appeared on CNN to discuss social media spam. You can find out more about me by reading my work portfolio below or going to my about page. If you would like to say hello or chat to me about a job opportunity please go to my contact page.
I was invited out to the Scion Music(Less) Conference in LA to sit on a panel to discuss Truth in Social Media along with Journalists Simon Dumenco and Steven Leckart. The conference was for the American indie music scene and was focused on educating bands, artists, producers, etc about online retail, promotion and other industry related topics.
The Fakers App was a side project to StatusPeople (see below). It allows users to check how many fake followers they have on Twitter. It has generated over 300,000 sign ups and been featured in the New York Times, Mashable, The Daily Mail, FastCompany, The Telegraph, The Guardian and a number of other publications. It has led me to appear on CNN and BBC Radio 4 to discuss spam and fake followers on Twitter and Social Media.
I helped Webcredible update their e-commerce payment system from PayPal to SagePay. I now also help them run their CSS training courses.
I helped Inbox Warriors set up a simple PHP data capture tool that integrated with their Email Marketing Platform.
Helped BBH digital analysis team develop a Social Media analytics tool. Integrates with the Twitter, Facebook and Youtube APIs. Work was carried out in PHP, C# and T-SQL.
I helped Charter House, a marketing services production company, integrate a PHP Facebook application with a .Net based email platform.
StatusPeople is a Social Media Management Platform that myself and two other developers are building. It integrates with the Facebook and Twitter APIs. Along with Kred, AWS, and PayPal. It is now out of beta and being tested by a few a clients and is generating a small revenue stream.
Helped Grime Daily, a Grime music website, to develop a WordPress application to integrate their website with BrightCove.
PorkPiePHP is a micro MVC framework that I am working on to help speed up the development of my PHP projects. It currently powers StatusPeople and one day I may release it to the World...
Given I'm often in the naughty corner with @anna8988 I decided to build an HTML5 Canvas tool that helps women forgive their boyfriends in a more efficient and speedy manner... It seemed to work quite well for me so if you're in a bind try it yourself...
This was a small pong style game I knocked together to get to grips with the HTML5 canvas. It works best in Chrome and FF, take a look and see what score you can get...
I maintained and developed dbg's email system ecos for two years. The work was carried out mainly in VB.Net, but also HTML, CSS, JavaScript and jQuery. Projects included leading the system redesign, developing new APIs, integrating with Social Networks, building new reports and integrating with Litmus App.
I spent two years building data capture/voucher tools on behalf of dbg for their clients PizzaExpress, Zizzi and Ted Baker. The work was carried out using VB and C#, and an example of a Zizz datacapture form can be seen here.
While working at MailPerformance I played a significant role in redesigning their corporate website. The work was carried out using ASP, HTML, CSS and JavaScript.
PHP, VB, C#, JavaScript, jQuery, HTML, CSS, SQL, Fireworks, Twitter API, Facebook API, Youtube API, Kred API, AWS, SagePay, PayPal, OpenCart, WordPress, Magento
Football, Call of Duty, Twitter, Whisky, Mad Men, Frank Sinatra, FIFA, Pork Pies, Forrst, Catch 22, F1, Philip Glass, Running, Xbox, Twitter, The Wire, 1984, The National
Live: Clapham South, London
Work: Anywhere in London