Member of the Institution of Analysts & Programmers (MIAP)
I live in Claregalway, Co. Galway, Ireland with my wife Mary, son Mark (8) and daughter Emma (5). I work in a University in Ireland as the University WWW technologist. My wife, Mary, is a student in the same college. She went back to college to study Arts in 2004. Having achieved her bachelors degree in 2007; and a Masters in History, in September 2008; she is now working on her PhD in History, which she plans to complete by 2011.
Work:
I'm the WWW Technologist in the National University of Ireland, Galway, where I'm responsible for NUI Galway's web & database servers and site functionality. I code the client-side stuff like the high-contrast switching, text zoom and link search as well as the server-side, database driven stuff like the internal content management system.
Study:
I am undertaking a Masters degree in Software and Information Systems by distance learning. This is taking up most of my spare time, and will continue to until it finishes in September 2010.
Spare Time:
Even though I'm no designer, I sometimes get roped into creating web sites for friends/family. I don't do many because they take so long and I don't have a huge pile of free time. Sites I've done include: