My love affair withApple I bought my first Apple computer in 2008, after a very troubled relationship with a Windows PC I felt trapped and unable to grow, we caught each others eyes in the bright lights of an Apple store in Birmingham. We're very happy together...
Grange Comprehensive1995 - 2000 At school I wasn't too sure on what I wanted to be, I think my aspirations covered... rally driver, millionaire business entrepreneur to international martial arts expert, however my future had other plans...
Born in the 80s1983 As I grew up in the 80s my youth was generally spent playing mega drive, riding my bike, wearing dodgy tracksuits and running about with my ghostbusters proton pack.
CreativeSparks When I was growing up I was always drawing / painting things or messing about on my Casio keyboard coming up with random songs (much like Ross from friends). I've always been quite creative and a massive gimp.
My FirstBeer My first beer was round my cousin's house, after just four cans of "flint" I was severely inebriated, later I would find out he had topped up my drink with his dad's Whiskey whenever I left the room that night. He's a great guy.
Staffordshire University2003 - 2007 I completed my degree in Computing Science at Staffordshire Uni. The course allowed me to develop my interest in website development and made me realise I wanted to pursue a career in a creative industry.
University Placement2005 - 2006 I joined a small web design company for my placement year, here I got my first taste of building websites in a commercial environment and was responsible for handling all in house design work.
My Portfoliofinally done! In December 2010 I came up with the concept of this portfolio timeline, or... Foliotime ® I wanted to try doing something original and funky, a crazy workload has made it slow going but Im finally done now thank god!
LONG NINES2006 - 2009 For three years I was part of a band called Long Nines, we wrote our own songs and played gigs all around the UK, at the moment I've hung up my rock and roll shoe's but you never know...
Linesave UK2007 - 2008 After finishing university I attained a job as a web designer for Linesave UK, the company specialised in SEO friendly website design and development with a strong focus on W3C compliant design.
Freelance Work2007 - 2011 After working for a few small web design companies I decided that I wanted to give freelance work a go, looking back on the last 3 years it's been a great experience that's taught me a lot along the way.
Move to Manchester2010 In August 2010 I moved to Manchester with my girlfriend Sam. So far I love it here, the bars, music scene, shops and general buzz of the city are all a great source of creative juice.
Freelance2010 - 2011 Before moving to Manchester in late 2010 I freelanced and worked for a range of agencies, the experience enabled me to expand my knowledge and skill-set massively.
