About Me
Hi. My name is Rob Tyler and I manage Circlewebs from a small studio in Hall Green in the West Midlands, United Kingdom. My aims are to design and implement web sites using current stringent (W3C) web standards and which are easy and enjoyable to use. Below are some extracts from my Curriculum Vitae which show my qualifications, skills and my experience of current web tools and technologies. Here is my overall web design policy and philosophy, explaining how I go about the complex process of putting a high quality web site together in a user friendly and easily maintainable format.
Education:
The Open University
MSc. Information Systems.
September 2003 - Ongoing
Modules:-
M873 User interface design and evaluation. (in progress)
M874 Software Development for Networked Applications using Java.
M879 Distributed Applications and E-commerce.
The University of Central England.
MSc. System Design (Software Design).
(1 Yr Ft./2 Yrs Pt.) September 1995-June 1998
The University of Central England.
B.Sc Honors.(2.1) Industrial Information Technology.
(3 years) September 1991- June 1994
Skills:
Overview:
Web Site Requirements Capture, Page/Site Planning and documentation. Site mock-up design and development using hand rendering followed by Page rendering in Photoshop. Further graphical elements generated with 'Fireworks' and 'MS Visio'. Origination of artwork. Search Engine Optimisation definition/implementation for page optimisation, Site implementation using hand coding in 'Dreamweaver' and 'Flash'. PHP/MySQL back office support including database design, setup and administration. Set-up and redesign/reconfiguration of open source software utilities (such as 'Drupal', 'B2Evolution', 'Moodle' and 'FastTemplate'). Plugin deployment and debugging in these systems and other Open Source components (e.g. 'Scriptaculous', 'Slimbox' and DHTML controls). Web site configuration control and server upload. Site Testing, Optimisation and SEO monitoring.
Applications:
Dreamweaver, Flash, Fireworks, Photoshop, Image Ready, Illustrator, Topstyle, Style Master, JBuilder, Freehand, Paint Shop Pro, Microsoft Visual Studio, Visio, Acrobat, Font Expert, XAMPP, CMSynergy, Subversion.
Languages:
HTML 4.01, XHTML 1.0, CSS2, PHP, SQL, MySQL, ASP (limited) JavaScript, ActionScript, DTD, XML, XSL, Java, Visual 'C++', C# (limited), 'C'
Platforms:
Windows 2000/XP, DOS/Novell, UNIX shell, Linux, VAX/VMS, Citrix Desktop
Software:
Systems/Software Engineer. Using Data Modeling and Structured Analysis, Object Oriented methodologies and CASE tools. Applying Systems/Software Quality assurance principles and practices (ISO 9000/CMM). Web Developer to W3C Standards and the WAI initiative.
Graphic Design:
Visualising, Pencil Sketching / Drawing, Illustration, Lightbox, Typography, Layout, Finished Artwork, Presentation.
