I’ve both worked and lived in a good few places over the years, so for give me if this potted summary gets a bit long.

I started first in Glasgow, Scotland – where I discovered early on that my chosen degree in Microbiology focussed a little too much on yeast when I was more interested in its main by-product. Around the same time, I finally worked out why I liked the swimming I did (it wasn’t the swimming really.)

Since then, life can be best described as a series of internal conversations along the lines of “where do I go now?.” These have led me into journalism (way back then, for Gay Scotland, for Gay Times, HIM Magazine, and the Pink Paper; more recently for IT Expert Magazine).

After that I fell into IT (in 1994, to CIX – the UK’s first and foremost user-orientated online forum provider and one of the UK’s earliest ISPs, then in 1996 to Unisys, where I learned how to do big projects right. In the dotcom crash I was, er, encouraged to set out on my own, trying to do small projects right)

In 2009 I decided to wind down my IT consultancy. I had rediscovered my liking for queer arts via several years’ volunteering for Queer Up North, and decided that often being treated similarly to a somewhat dodgy plumber wasn’t making me want to get up in the morning any more.

However, fate struck again. I am currently working on two IT startups, both of which will help creative practitioners, once they go public. Watch this space.

I’m live in Manchester, England, though love that it’s only 2h 10m on the train to London. I still spend too much of my time in front of the keyboard, but do take breaks for the theatre, for spending time with friends, and for riding my motorbike when the weather is good.

This blog is a collection of my public writings and musings, plus a series of links to and from various sites I’ve recently found interesting. Thanks for reading.