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Hello. I work as a Web/ Software Developer and Technical Writer. I also have a few comedy websites. Choose from the top menu for more details or the quick links above if you know what you're after.

Development work has included interactive multimedia applications - educational games, e-learning components, galleries, navigation elements and Web-to-print design tools.
Technologies: Java, PHP, XML, Flash/ ActionScript, HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript, SQL, CMS including Joomla.

I do a little Android development and occasionally work as a Java tutor. Graduated 2007 with my Masters (MSc/ PgDip in IT with Distinction - Glasgow University) and worked in the arts as well as other industries for several years.

Sue Smith
sue@benormal.info

I write technical/ educational material on computing topics and some comedy stuff for fun. See the writing section for an overview of my work.

I've written technology articles and tutorials for a variety of clients, including Smashing Magazine and Mobiletuts+ on Android development and general programming topics.

Comedy sites include Brain Dead Air Magazine and AllMyCoolness .

You can follow me on Twitter @BrainDeadAir .

I recently started Java mobile application development for the Android platform. Further information can be found in the Android section.

Three apps so far, all variations on a theme and pretty silly. Nonsense , Complete Nonsense and Extreme Nonsense are an alternative take on MadLibs - shorter, faster and hopefully funnier. Future developments will include grammar learning tools that might actually be quite useful.

Also recently started a blog on Android development topics: Android Things .

I've worked on a load of Web, Flash and other development projects over the past few years, including designing and implementing bespoke systems as well as working on existing applications.

A lot of my early development work was in Flash - these days I'm focusing more on HTML5.

See the links on the left for further information about a few of the projects I've worked on.

Development of the cooERinfo site for East Renfrewshire Council and Child Protection Committee.

My work in the project involved research, design and consultation in addition to implementing the website, which includes a variety of interactive, multimedia features.

The site is aimed at providing information on health and wellbeing topics for teenagers and young people.

The Have Fun Stay Safe game was one of my first development projects.

The website features a multimedia game for young children aimed at education on child protection topics.

Have Fun Stay Safe was developed in conjunction with East Renfrewshire Council and Child Protection Committee.

The MyHealth development was part of an East Renfrewshire health project. My contribution included an interactive quiz for website users on the topic of "e-health."

Among many interactive navigation elements I've developed was a Flash component for the East Renfrewshire MyHealth Web project.

Originally a client project, I created a Web To Print template-based design tool to automate the process of designing print items. You can see a demo of the tool here.

The component allows people to create their own designs including images and text, with the output saved as an image file.

The interface is implemented using Flash/ ActionScript, with PHP code carrying out the capturing of image data and writing it to an SVG file on the Web server.

Here are a few other old bits and bobs:

This Is Not Me is an interactive children's story, still in the early stages of development.

Some Flash gallery/ transition type things.

Some daft Flash components I created to amuse myself.