Work has continued on MakeStaticSite, the Bash utility to create static snapshots of websites, refine and deploy them — just through a single command. Now at version 0.22.2 and available for download, recent updates include: We’ve even updated the animation Read More …
Foreword The issues of Website security and performance continue to loom large, with organisations large and small continuing to suffer severe loss of service following a compromise — whether a site gets defaced, Google results become hijacked, or, more seriously, Read More …
In a very general sense, business means occupation (see the etymology). Here, the specific occupation is around software, which are the intended products, which may be partly free and partly commercial. Accordingly, in the early stages, the business is mainly Read More …
The digital world is made up of software and hardware and increasingly permeates our lives. Analogous to making material donations, many developers offer software freely for the wider community in the hope that others may benefit also. They typically do Read More …
Date: 2004-2005 Brief: This project was to demonstrate how service-oriented architecture (SOA) could link personal learning spaces and institutional systems. Roles: Principle Investigator (JISC-funded project, staff member of the Learning Technologies Group, Oxford University Computing Service), systems analyst and systems Read More …
June 2011 – April 2012 Following a successful tender process, I was contracted to overhaul the website of the International Association for Religious Freedom (IARF), a UN NGO having general consultative status to ECOSOC with HQ in the UK. The Read More …
This portfolio of work covers a number of projects across Web development and other forms of publication. It is not exhaustive. Please click on a thumbnail to access project details and slideshows. .
The projects I have been undertaking in the past 25 years or so span theoretical research, software development, policy, implementation and practice. Much is experimental and might not be realized as a product, but in seeking practical benefit, I try Read More …