Welcome to droidsalad

Biography

I was born in the early nineties and grew up in Monklands, an area about ten miles east of Glasgow whose main claim to fame after the demise of heavy industry is a time travel-themed leisure centre.

I've been fascinated by web technology for a long time, from my early experiences with exciting & helpful tags like <bgsound> and <marquee>, to working with the very latest Javascript web APIs.

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Hobbies & interests

Aside from being on the computer all day, my main interests are photography, geography, and looking after my cat Nancy. When I can summon the motivation, I also like to pretend that I can draw.

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Technical skills

I've worked with a number of languages in a variety of applications, but the ones I'm currently most familiar with include: HTML, CSS, Javascript, C♯, and T-SQL.

On the backend I'm most familiar with ASP.NET, in both its Framework and Core iterations.

The Umbraco CMS has been a core aspect of my day job for several years, and I have worked with it since version 4.

I also have extensive experience integrating with external services, ranging from payment gateways to hotel reservation systems.

Coding

An assortment of experiments can be found on my Codepen.

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Photography

It'd be nice if I had photos somewhere other than a private Instagram account, but I don't yet.

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31st January, 2025 First verison of this site layout.