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I’m a freelance Web Developer from the UK.
I build high quality web application solutions using Ruby on Rails and Sinatra.
In my time I’ve built web applications with the following tools and libraries: Cucumber, Rspec, Minitest, jQuery, Postgres, MySQL, RabbitMQ, Heroku, Cloud66, Engine Yard and AWS.
When I’m not working I’m spending time with my family, cycling, golfing and the odd spot of gaming (yes, I’ve still got the skills).
If you’re interested in working with me, you can send your details to me and I’ll get back in touch as soon as possible.
Some of My Work
DailyMuse
DailyMuse is a daily email that you curate using your own quotes, lists, links and anything else you find interesting. One of these items is sent to you at random everyday. DailyMuse is built with Ruby on Rails and uses Stripe for payment processing.
Journalong
Journalong (retired) was a free service that takes your journal entries and saves them to your Dropbox. Journal entries are written in plain text with a preference for Markdown. It was initially built using Ruby on Rails. Since retiring this product I’ve put together a smaller Sinatra version that is designed to be run from your own computer.
Medium’s recent changes to allow you to use your own domain have me intrigued.
Still re-discovering people that I was following on Twitter before I deleted my account.
Plant Trees, Be Productive
Forest is an app that tries to help you concentrate by giving you the incentive of creating a digital forest. When the timer reaches zero without you leaving the app, a little tree grows. If you leave the app before the timer stops, the tree dies. Certainly a fun idea, but how long before the novelty wears off?
via Tools & Toys
Field Notes have joined the ranks of paper planners with their own take on a planner. I love the fact paper based tools like this are making a comeback.
via The Cramped
Brief assessment from using Tweetbot 4 for the last few days: Nice features but for me the official Twitter client is still my favourite.
At a buck or few per app, how could it be otherwise? That type of pricing will work for Angry Birds and a handful of other games, but very poorly for most other types of software products. The scale you need, the sustained influx of new customers, well, it’s a place for mega stars, and people who think they can beat the odds at becoming just that.
That’s why I’ve been discouraging people from chasing dreams of a successful, sustainable software product business by pursuing paid apps. Far better be your odds at succeeding with a service where the app is simply a gateway, not the destination.
— Don’t Base Your Business on a Paid App by Signal v. Noise
Refreshing to hear an argument for web based subscription services that are proving be more financially stable and profitable than paid apps.
Always great to see what people have done for their first sketchnote.
Learning to #sketchnote with my new notebook at the ready. 1st page done! @rohdesign your Sketchnote Handbook is FAB! pic.twitter.com/vHwQgd1qnP
— Rachel Lilly (@RLillyPhotos) July 23, 2015via Sketchnote Army
Patrick Rhone is back from his personal retreat.
Like Thoreau’s Walden Pond cabin, each hermitage is a small, single room cabin with an attached screen porch. Each one is sparely appointed with just the essentials — a bed, a rocking chair, a small table, a couple of stations for washing and cooking, and a small altar for those who wish to pray. A delicious basket a food is supplied and refreshed daily — a couple of loaves of (oh-my-goodness-so-delicious!) homemade bread, some fruit, some local cheese, and some jugs of water. They have been doing this for years so every amenity is well thought out and centered around reducing any stress or desire.
— Some Thoughts on Solitude by Patrick Rhone
Sounds like the perfect place to disconnect from the digital world.