Name: Cal Henderson
Location: My Desk (Bedford, UK)
Interests: Beige
Occupation: Systems Developer
Employer: 5emedia
Age: 20
Blood Type: Unknown
Uncooked Weight: 8oz
Mother's Maiden Name: McLeod
Chronology of my life (so far)
January 17th 1981
I was born. Or so I'm lead to believe. I wasn't very old at the time.
Some time in 1986
Got my first taste of computer programming with my cousin's Texas console.
December 1988
Started programming my Spectrum +3. Hurrah.
1989-1999
Got a bit older and a bit taller. Learnt to program properly.
Jan 12, 1999 Bought my first domain - one37. (it's still not open!)
June 1999
Did some A-Levels. Left school for university.
July 1999
Did some summer work for 5communications doing database things. Met Andy and Paul at 5emedia and did some work for them.
July 25th 1999
Started going out with the love of my life, Miss Rebecca Jane Shore. She's incredibly cute.
October 1999
Did some contract work for a new company called Link Information Systems who were based in the same office as 5emedia (who had moved).
September 1999
Started university. It sucks.
December 1999
Started working full time for 5emedia.
Decmeber 1999 - April 2000
Ate pizza every day for over 4 months. respect.
May 2000
Opened iamcal.com, my personal site
June 7th 2000
Wrote this chronology
November 11th 2000
Launched pixelflo
February 2001
Joined c2x2
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Location: My Desk (Bedford, UK)
Interests: Beige
Occupation: Systems Developer
Employer: 5emedia
Age: 20
Blood Type: Unknown
Uncooked Weight: 8oz
Mother's Maiden Name: McLeod
Chronology of my life (so far)
January 17th 1981
I was born. Or so I'm lead to believe. I wasn't very old at the time.
Some time in 1986
Got my first taste of computer programming with my cousin's Texas console.
December 1988
Started programming my Spectrum +3. Hurrah.
1989-1999
Got a bit older and a bit taller. Learnt to program properly.
Jan 12, 1999 Bought my first domain - one37. (it's still not open!)
June 1999
Did some A-Levels. Left school for university.
July 1999
Did some summer work for 5communications doing database things. Met Andy and Paul at 5emedia and did some work for them.
July 25th 1999
Started going out with the love of my life, Miss Rebecca Jane Shore. She's incredibly cute.
October 1999
Did some contract work for a new company called Link Information Systems who were based in the same office as 5emedia (who had moved).
September 1999
Started university. It sucks.
December 1999
Started working full time for 5emedia.
Decmeber 1999 - April 2000
Ate pizza every day for over 4 months. respect.
May 2000
Opened iamcal.com, my personal site
June 7th 2000
Wrote this chronology
November 11th 2000
Launched pixelflo
February 2001
Joined c2x2
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Design
I'm not a designer. I know what i like and i have a fair idea of what looks good, but i could never create it myself. I'm colorblind, so i always paint by numbers. Luckily i work with some amazing designers and artists.
Programming
I've been programming for 15 years. That's quite a long time. I'm proficient in many languages, but only use a few day to day. Perl and PHP form the backend to most systems i create, hooking up to MySQL or similar databases. For frontend work, javascript is my tool of choice.
Information Design
I'm not just a systems programmer. I also design data flow systems for the web. My main point of focus is separating the physical, logical and presentational aspects of site systems, to allow information architecture to be free of technical restraints. To allow the data to work for the designer, not the other way round.
Why I'm Here
To hopefully learn some things about design, to help me from a systems perspective. To work with talented people to produce products which enhance the web - making it a better place. To offer backend design to allow the front end designers freedom in their work. To achieve world peace?
Skin Me?
Original
Minty Fresh
Darkside
I'm not a designer. I know what i like and i have a fair idea of what looks good, but i could never create it myself. I'm colorblind, so i always paint by numbers. Luckily i work with some amazing designers and artists.
Programming
I've been programming for 15 years. That's quite a long time. I'm proficient in many languages, but only use a few day to day. Perl and PHP form the backend to most systems i create, hooking up to MySQL or similar databases. For frontend work, javascript is my tool of choice.
Information Design
I'm not just a systems programmer. I also design data flow systems for the web. My main point of focus is separating the physical, logical and presentational aspects of site systems, to allow information architecture to be free of technical restraints. To allow the data to work for the designer, not the other way round.
Why I'm Here
To hopefully learn some things about design, to help me from a systems perspective. To work with talented people to produce products which enhance the web - making it a better place. To offer backend design to allow the front end designers freedom in their work. To achieve world peace?
Skin Me?
Original
Minty Fresh
Darkside