About
I’m a dad, developer, designer, and consultant living in Redditch, England with my wife Jules, our daughter Isla, and our labrador Nessie.
I run a solo consultancy called 16by9 and a small web studio called Noise & Grain.
Writing as thinking
Writing is how I think and make sense of the world. This is where I do that in public — sharing what I’m working on, what I’m reading, what I’m thinking about. There's something about getting ideas out into the open and seeing what comes back.
What I'm thinking about
My work has shifted over the years from being a developer, to managing larger projects, to consulting. Each step has been about making a bigger impact. I’m thinking a lot about what that actually means: how trust gets built, how decisions get made, how teams communicate, and why ideas stall before they go anywhere.
A few things you might not know about me
- I love to travel and take photos
- I’m a foodie and love good food and cooking
- I occasionally enjoy a dram of whisky (my favourite is Lagavulin 16)
- I’ve been following Formula One since I was a youngster (although I have never attended a Grand Prix)
- There's nothing I enjoy more than getting lost in a good book (what I've been reading recently)
Colophon
This site is built using Eleventy, hosted on CloudFlare Pages, and GitHub hosts the code repository. The theme is custom built by yours truly.
Body text is set in Tiempos Text by Klim Type Foundry. Headings and interface elements use Suisse by Swiss Typefaces.
Blog stats
- The first post was published all the way back in 17th Dec, 2011
- And the lastest post was published on 12 February 2026
- There are 157 posts, of which 10 have been published in the past 12 months
- That's a total of 92,898 words
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Where to go next
- What am I doing now? See my /now page
- Interested in the tools I use? See my /uses page
- Fancy a chat? See my Unoffice Hours
- Have more questions? Ask me anything