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I'm rob, I make ... stuff
What am I up to right now? (ish)
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I make web stuff and tinker with native apps. Less JavaScript, modern CSS and more mac-assed apps. These are the latest of my projects that I've written up.
About me
I'm a developer interested in making web platforms and services. I'm a Senior Research Software Engineer at Open Lab, a cross-disciplinary HCI research group at Newcastle University. I make technologies for projects ranging from virtual conference schedule's to innovative platforms and even global WhatsApp games.
I play with a lot of technologies and ideas. I'm a keen test driven developer, agile worker and always like to try out different frameworks. For instance I made this site with Eleventy, Nunjucks and a sprinkle of Sass. I'm big into devops, containerising things with Docker and have been quite liking Kubernetes recently.
Most of my projects are on GitHub and my latest ramblings are on Mastodon.
My stuff
macOS menu app to quickly swap the default browser
2022
MozFest virtual conference
2022
YAML validation and formatting for Nova.app
2022
PDC global virtual conference
2022
A Menu Bar Extras app to quickly get YubiKey OATH codes
2022
Open Source virtual conference platform
2021
Project website for Digital Citizens Centre
2021
Personal utilities for Nova.app
2021
Open Nova projects in GitFox
2021
Prisma syntax highlighting & LSP for Nova.app
2021
XML validation and formatting for Nova.app
2021
Group website and publication aggregator
2021
Virtual climate conference hosted by the Red Cross
2021
Minimalistic macOS menu based pomadoro app
2021
Interactive workshops through the metaphore of a virtual airline journey
2021
36 hour climate conference hosted by the Red Cross
2020
Operations dashboard for Open Lab infrastructure
2019
Project-matching app powered by Trello and Google Forms
2019
My personal blog about app, web and iot tech
2019
My personal website and project portfolio
2019
Classroom-based interactive activity dashboard linked to smart bands
2019
Microscopic poll app
2019
Future forcasting game run for Red Cross volunteers
2019
Interview recording, annotation and reporting app
2018
Personal search engine
2018
Trello-powered website and CMS
2018
SMS donation platform for Greek solidarity movements
2018
A no-framework web game of snake
2018
Geograhpical mapping platform
2017
RESTful API docs generator based on YAML definitions
2017
Newcastle metro online consultation
2016