Who am I?
My passion for technology started way back when my parent’s bought me a ZX Spectrum. Which turned out to be the best investment they ever made as it fueled my passion for technology.
A bit of background
I started my career in an award-winning small startup that ultimately got bought by an award-wining global financial service provider. So I’ve experienced the benefits and challenges of working in both small and big businesses.
Before working in the city, I spent a decade as a systems administrator at a college, which is where I also did a large part of my higher education.
What now?
If you are expecting a drug-fuelled, world tour that would go down in history, I’m afraid you’re on the wrong blog, This is a very British midlife crisis, so it’ll be more about the potting shed than gun-running in Central America.
Blogging
I started keeping a journal before this blog to record a number of events in my life so that I could review them. Partly as an experiment and partly because of … what was I saying … oh yes the old memory going.
I shared the journal with friends and family who feigned interest and suggested blogging might be an interesting past time.
Coincidentally, I was doing a lot of WordPress work for charity & family so it also allowed me to dabble with a lot of technical bits & pieces.
Writing
I’m currently finding my feet given this new freedom by writing short stories across a broad range of genres. If I was being pretentious I’d say “I’m trying to find my voice”, but the reality is I’m actually familiarising myself with the basic syntax and grammar of the English language.
So, here are my random musings. Feel free to take them, or leave them.