What is my education and background?

I have worked as a web designer/developer, content manager, and web standards, usability and accessibility advocate since 2003. As well as that real-life industry experience, I went to uni for five years, and have explored quite a bit of Australia and the world.

About this website

Web Standards compliance

This site adheres to current web standards - technologies designed to deliver the greatest benefits to the largest number of Web users while maintaining the long-term viability of any document published on the Web.

I am very passionate about the importance of adhering to current web standards and web accessibility technologies.

Which browser should I use to view this website?

You should be able to view and use this website with anything that can access the Web. However if you are currently using a sub-standard browser - you are putting your computer at risk as well as missing out on a lot of cool features.

To get the best browsing experience as well as protect your computer from viruses and scumware I recommend Mozilla Firefox for PCs and Safari for Macs.

Source code

The layout for this site was written using XHTML Strict and CSS 2. All code validates according to the recommendations of the W3C.

I use PHP, JavaScript, Quicktime and Flash only where needed.

If you are using a device that does not support JavaScript, Flash or Quicktime the pages will degrade gracefully meaning they will still be functional and accessible. If required text-based equilivant of the information will be provided.

Who made the blog?

The blog is driven by WordPress which is a state-of-the-art semantic personal publishing platform with a focus on aesthetics, web standards, and usability. WordPress is free, very easy to customise and created with PHP and MySQL.