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Intern: Summer position
March 12th, 2012 by Peter
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As many of you will know from my last post, I am a 2nd year student in Computing for Internet and Multimedia at RGU. This term is due to end in April, with a 6 month break. During this time I am hoping to find work as an intern within the Aberdeen area, to gain experience and to further my practical background. My skills are mainly HTML/CSS, however I also have experience in WordPress and WordPress themes.
I have worked on various sites – Examples available in portfolio posts.
If you have, or know of any positions available to help me further my career, please contact me at peter@pgmdesign.co.uk or by using the quick contact form in the sidebar.
Thanks to anyone who shares or RT’s this post as any help is appreciated.
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Redesign for Burn Your Heroes
March 1st, 2012 by Peter
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Along with P in the Dark another website which I have am proud to say that I have worked on is that of independent clothing range “Burn Your Heroes”
Run by David Simpson, the site has boomed in popularity selling hundreds of T-shirts. The new redesign was to co-incide with the launch of the Spring range for 2012.
The site layout was designed mainly by David, along with input from myself to bring an appealing website to his customers. Using Big Cartel as the platform for the site and a completely custom built template, the site was good to go in around 2 weeks.
Burn Your Heroes is still an ongoing project with more features to be added to the site in the coming months.
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Busy Busy Busy
March 1st, 2012 by Peter
Well as you can probably tell, it has been a while since I’ve updated this blog/portfolio, mainly due to having all my time consumed by either University or the gym.
I can’t remember if I was attending university when I last posted on here, but after working in full time employment in a job that I wasn’t enjoying for almost 2 years I decided that enough was enough and I was going to go back to education. Doing this was probably the best decision that I have ever made. I am now a second year student at RGU in Aberdeen, studying “Computing for Internet and Multimedia”.
Having just completed my first semester, I came out with A,A,B,C,D for my first set of examinations/courseworks in almost 4 years, which I am pretty happy about. Obviously room for improvement, but it’s better than a fail which is what I expected to get considering Java is not my strongest point at the moment. I will be working on changing that though.
Onto semester two…..
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iPad apps for Web enthusiasts
August 31st, 2011 by Peter
I love the internet, it says so on the main part of my site, so to me nothing is more enjoyable than being able to do work on the internet whilst on the move. Bring in my iPad. It’s brilliant for doing so and I’m going to share with you the contents of my “Web Development” folder.
First app up is Bamboo Paper
This is pretty much your very own sketchpad. You boot the app up and you’re greeted with a book. Open the book and it’s the first page of your sketchbook. Draw, design, erase, colour, write. Just let your creative juices of your next big website design flow through your finger and appear on the screen without having a pencil and paper. Even better is that this app allows you to share your sketches. You can Email the page as an image, which is perfect for sending to clients if they want a quick copy of your ideas. There is also the option to save the page as a photo, or print the page. Fantastic app and definitely one I recommend to those always on the move.
Next up is Dropbox
I use this app to share files with clients. It lets you see documents that you have on your computer at home whilst on the move. Uploading the files to your private dropbox folder from your home computer, you can access them all whilst out and about, or even give other people access to your files. Sharing files with others is simple and can be done in seconds.
Gusto
For my next choice of Web development apps I have chosen Gusto. Gusto is an app which allows you access to your online websites whilst on the move. Set it up with your servers through FTP and you can download or upload your website files right to/from your iPad. What’s better is that it then allows you to edit your text files. This is brilliant if you have to make really urgent changes to your site, but don’t have access to a computer. Certainly one of my favourite apps to have.
Got a really bad memory? Reminders app is one that can help you with that.
Set it up to remind you of things that you need to do during the day. It allows you to also mark tasks as completed. This can be very handy as a workflow to show the progress you are making through a project and what other parts still need worked on.
The next is the standard Notes app.
Meeting a client, but forgot to take a pen and paper? Use this handy app to keep yourself organised with questions you want to ask and then type up their answers using the handy on screen keyboard. It’s a notepad app, pretty much speaks for itself.
Last but not least is my latest discovery CodeToGo
If like me you are teaching yourself Java or another programming language, it can be frustrating to be reading your book, but unable to do the practical parts as you can’t access a computer. This app is perfect for this. Supporting an impressive list of languages, this app will let you write java (or any code you need to work on) on your ipad. Not only that but it takes it one step further by also letting your run your code. I have only tested this using really basic Java code, like the standard “Hello World” and other basics, but I was definitely pleased with the results. One app I will definitely be looking forward to using over the coming months. Right so that’s my roundup of the apps in my “Web Development” iPad folder. Hopefully it’s given you an idea of the apps out there in app store. Until next time folks….
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I am a 25 year old male from Scotland who has a strong interest in Web Development and SEO. I have been creating websites for around 4 years now and have been mostly self taught during this time. I have a strong will to achieve the best that I can and if it takes three or four complete redesigns until I am happy then that's what I'll do.
I do freelance work and love to work with clients who are looking for a client focused developer to meet their needs. I recently made the decision to return to education and am currently undertaking a course in Computing for Internet and Multimedia at RGU. This will hopefully open up my career opportunities and paths into a job that I will truly enjoy.
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Passing my second semester at university and hopefully branching into the world of mobile apps.
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Working with Peter on this project couldn't have been easier. He was willing to take on my ideas and develop them as well as suggest some really decent ideas of his own. I'm really happy with the outcome and I'd happily work with him again and recommend him to anyone needing good work done.
- David Simpson, Burn Your Heroes
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