Foreword I am pleased to report that the first fruit of this website is MakeStaticSite, software that addresses especially the issues of performance and security, which are ever-present when publishing websites online. It does this by replacing almost all server-side Read More …
Web-based Intranet for Qatar Museums (2012-2014) Problem The Qatar Museums Authority (via archive.org) had responsibility for a dozen or so new museums that were emerging to make Qatar a cultural hub for the Gulf. A single EMu database instance was 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 …
How do we design systems that lead to generally wholesome states of mind? Having studied some of the psychological observations concerning social media, it is evident that cognitive interventions already feature prominently, generally in a way that fosters addiction, which Read More …
The Sigala project concerns the research, design and development of software systems to support sustainable social networking. It is the main focus of my endeavours for the foreseeable future. The Problem Why is there so much discontent with existing the 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 …
Date: 2019-2020 (staff member); November 2021 (consultant) Brief: A digital asset management system (ResourceSpace, fully-supported by Montala) was procured for the History of Science Museum, along with other departments in Oxford University’s Gardens, Libraries and Museums (GLAM). The DAMS was Read More …
2009-2012, 2014-2020 Role: Systems developer (as a staff member of the Museum of the History of Science, University of Oxford) Brief: Develop and maintain the main Website for the Museum (but not the social media channels) and integrate the collections Read More …
2001-2002 Roles: Systems developer (as a staff member of the Humanities Computing Development Team, Oxford University Computing Services) The brief: The Theology Faculty required a web-based system to manage various kinds of information relating to taught courses (undergraduate and postgraduate). Read More …
Gems of Earth and Air February 2015 – May 2015 Brief: Oxford University Museum of Natural History Collections had amassed numerous separate PostgreSQL databases with limited online access. They were in the process of migrating all into a single instance Read More …