Alex Elliott

About The Author

The author of this site is me, Alex Elliott. I'm a 22 year old student currently at the University of York studying for a MEng in Computer Systems and Software Engineering. I've been interested in developing software for a fair few years, originally through a combination of interest in Web Development and my experience of Open Source software when I migrated to Linux (specifically Slackware Linux, which is my favourite distribution to this day). Over the years I've found a lot of interesting topics within the realm of technology, and the ones in which I have specific interest are:

• Open source software
• Usability in UI design
• Software Engineering - in particular the people management in large software projects
• Cross-platform software and toolkits
• Formal methods of programming

Most of the work I've done so far has been in web development. Mainly working on markup (HTML/CSS) and server-side web applications (PHP/MySQL). However, I like to experiment in other areas, and would like to expand my skillset outwards into other languages, platforms and paradigms. A specific example being my interest in developing C++/Qt GUI applications.

About This Site

This site is intended to act as an ongoing log for my thoughts and processes as I work on projects. This is largely for my own benefit, as it helps to focus my thoughts and explaining concepts I've learned helps to embed them in my memory, but it's also partly in the hope that others might find it interesting, or find something new somewhere. The site is also a platform I can use to relate some of my projects together, to keep a log of the projects I've completed, and to launch any projects I wish to distribute.

I hope you enjoy reading the content on here, and if you have any comments, corrections or other input then please do comment on the blog, or send me an email via the contact page.