Data Analysis with Python
Python is a very popular tool for data extraction, clean up, analysis and visualisation. I’ve recently done some work in this area, and would love to do some more. I particularly enjoy using my...
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Django Rest Framework API Microservice
I recently completed a small project for Zenstores. They simplify the shipping process for ecommerce sites. Their online service lets online businesses use multiple shipping companies for deliveries. Each shipping companies offers a different own...
Teaching Python
Recently Learning Tree, a well-respected training company, invited me to teach Python for them. Last week I delivered my first course for them, their Advanced Python course A room full of people, nearly 500...
A couple of Python coding dojo’s
As Joe Wright puts it A Coding Dojo is a programming session based around a simple coding challenge. Programmers of different skill levels are invited to engage in deliberate practice as equals. The goal...
20 Rasperry Pi’s – one massive art installation
A couple of internationally renowned artists asked me for some help with their largest installation to date. As part of Hull’s City of Culture, Davy and Kristin McGuire created a large cardboard city and brought it...
Investment Tracking System – Django/Python
My client, a start up with a lot of experience in their field, had identified an important gap in the market. Large sums of money were being invested, with very long payback periods, without...
Python/Zope community website and email discussion system
In 1999 I took over the running of an online community for business and personal coaches. Initially a simple email discussion list run on the Mailman open source software, once we hit 500+ members...
Electronics and Robotics – Teaching
Our children’s school asked me to teach the 14 – 16 year old pupils some electronics. To make it more interesting I threw in some robotics. During an intense teaching period I spent morning sessions...
Computer building – teaching
Our children’s school (a Waldorf/Steiner school) believes that ideally children should build a computer before they use one. So I offered to work with the 15-16 year old pupils on this. My first computer...
Administrate Project – Technical Project Manager
The client, a highly respected training company, was using an in-house developed system to manage the courses, bookings, delegates, and sales and marketing processes. When the business outgrew the system they asked me to...
