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I'm a veteran communicator with three decades of experience as a professional writer.
In my day job, I'm a solutions engineer. I'm also available for contract writing, editing, design and voice-over work.
Jan 1993 - Jul 2000
Sep 2006 - Apr 2021
May 2021 - Present
2012
Birckbeck, University of London
1996
University of the Arts London
I have more than three decades of experience of writing original content. My editing credits include Chris Smith''s “How to Design a Microcomputer” and the Translation Commons guide to digitizing indigenous languages “Zero to Digital”.
My graphic design credits include typesetting the Ultima Dragons' 25th anniversary booklet, over a dozen keyboard legend designs including the Mega 65 and Commander X16 and all the branding for the Chloe 280SE open hardware retro computer.
I have several years of experience narrating training videos for retail software. I do live video demos in my day job. And I make short videos for an open source software project. But I’m always happy to try new things.
I’m a long-term advocate for localization, but this site has been monolingual for over a year now.
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I’ve been fortunate in life to work for some companies that were genuinely great places to work.
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