adam-howard - Builds awesome web and mobile software
adam howard [-w, --web-development] [-m, --mobile-development]
21 Years old. Computer science student at Bournemouth University. Likes to play with things that don't work in IE yet. You'll find some of his work in the Apple, Android, Windows and BlackBerry app stores. Has worked on a service that enabled journalists to report where they couldn't before, and on apps that will save lives.
Ruby, Rails, Javascript, HTML(HAML), CSS(SASS), Java, PHP, MySQL, Redis, Git, TDD(RSpec, Cucumber), Unix.
Basic understanding: Objective C + Cocoa (Mac and iOS), Android.
Worked on cross-platform first aid mobile app for the British Red Cross (#1 in UK app store). Contributed extensively to a Rails site with upwards of 100,000 registered users including high-traffic producers such as the BBC, Sky News, The Guardian and Stephen Fry.
Created multiplayer web pool game utilising websockets and HTML canvas. Working on Rails+Backbone project management system using websockets. Connected realtime feed of macintosh screen to an arduino-powered lighting system, MacLight (The Next Web), which also has a publicly accessible web control.
At Barcamp Bournemouth, worked with Syd Lawrence to create a competition winning arduino hack that displayed tweets on an 8x8 LED matrix using a custom typeface, Lawrence Sans. We later connected it up to a real time web page where people could turn each LED on and off.
Not a designer, but has an interest in user experience. Makes the kind of experiments that get attention on Hacker News. Contributes to open source projects, and authors gems and things.
Currently working at 3 Sided Cube. Completed an internship as a Ruby developer at Audioboo (#1 app of PC Pro Magazine's '100 Best Apps' feature). Worked behind a bar. Co-founded a company offering computing solutions, repair, and tuition to the local community at the age of 16.
Final year computing student at Bournemouth University. Averaged the equivalent of a first class degree last year. Earned 4.5 A-levels in school and 11 GCSEs A-B. Took GCSE and AS ICT qualifications early.
Loves skiing and sailing. Good sense of humour. Used spare Google Adwords to promote Dropbox referral link. Targets Facebook adverts against his friends as cheap pranks. Made a Windows Phone app to get a free device. Made an iPhone app that restarts his crappy WiFi router on command.