{"id":225,"date":"2011-10-24T15:48:47","date_gmt":"2011-10-24T14:48:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/webdev\/?page_id=225"},"modified":"2021-08-27T16:50:23","modified_gmt":"2021-08-27T15:50:23","slug":"team","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/webdev\/team\/","title":{"rendered":"Team"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Justice Addison\u00a0&#8211; Web Developer<\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/webdev\/files\/2011\/10\/IMG_2060.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft\" style=\"border: 0px;\" title=\"Justice\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/webdev\/files\/2011\/10\/IMG_2060-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><\/h3>\n<p>I assumed this position in the Webdev team after completing an MSC Computer Security degree at the University of Kent. Prior to this I also attained a BSC in Computer Science here and went on to work as a .NET developer for a year.<\/p>\n<p>Having had prior enthusiasm for programming (particularly in Java, C++ and VB), I started web development when I was asked to build a website by a family friend having very little knowledge of how the web worked (pre-university days). There my journey of exploring the never ending maze of the web began, and what do you know, I\u2019m still doing it, and indeed loving it!<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019ve thoroughly enjoyed my time in the webdev team so far and look forward to more growth and productivity to come.<\/p>\n<h2><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/webdev\/author\/mb324\/\">Matthew Bull<\/a> &#8211; UX Developer<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/webdev\/files\/2011\/10\/photo-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-1261\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/webdev\/files\/2011\/10\/photo-1-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"photo-1\" width=\"210\" height=\"210\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/webdev\/files\/2011\/10\/photo-1-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/webdev\/files\/2011\/10\/photo-1-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/webdev\/files\/2011\/10\/photo-1.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 210px) 100vw, 210px\" \/><\/a>I&#8217;ve been in the web development team since 2007, and have worked as a web developer since 2004. My first web site was built in the heady days of 1995. It used frames. It was a long time ago&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>I have a PhD in Linguistics from Edinburgh University and a degree in Linguistics and AI from Sussex, but I haven&#8217;t done any linguistics for quite a while now. I got my MSc in Computing at Kent Uni.<\/p>\n<p>I take a lot of photos, some of which you can see at\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/matthewbullphoto.com\/\">matthewbullphoto.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2>Christian Cable &#8211; Web Developer<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/webdev\/files\/2018\/04\/christian-cable.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-3270\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/webdev\/files\/2018\/04\/christian-cable-298x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"298\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/webdev\/files\/2018\/04\/christian-cable-298x300.jpg 298w, https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/webdev\/files\/2018\/04\/christian-cable-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/webdev\/files\/2018\/04\/christian-cable.jpg 481w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 298px) 100vw, 298px\" \/><\/a>I&#8217;ve loved computers ever since receiving a <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/ZX81\">Sinclair ZX81\u00a0<\/a>one joyous Christmas morning. I went on to spend far too much of my childhood making sense of the BASIC listings from the backs of <a href=\"http:\/\/live.worldofspectrum.org\/infoseek\/magazines\/sinclair-projects\">computer magazines<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019m a Computing graduate of the <a href=\"https:\/\/uclan.ac.uk\">University of Central Lancashire<\/a>\u00a0in Preston and have worked my entire career in education.<\/p>\n<p>Before moving to _The South_, I spent most of my 20s and 30s at <a href=\"http:\/\/lancaster.ac.uk\">Lancaster University<\/a>\u00a0bouncing between <a href=\"http:\/\/lancaster.ac.uk\/maths\">systems administration<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/lancaster.ac.uk\/careers\">e-learning<\/a>\u00a0and <a href=\"http:\/\/lancaster.ac.uk\/iss\">development<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>My most recent post was part of Lancaster University&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lancaster.ac.uk\/current-staff\/communications-and-marketing\/web-team\/\">Web Team<\/a>; working across the university to transform a maze of confusing and different websites into a single, useful, mobile-friendly website. We launched one of the UK&#8217;s first responsively designed sites in HE.<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019m excited to be part of the web development team here at Kent. After spending many years wrestling with various systems to help manage large university websites I&#8217;m really pleased to be working to build our own <a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/unikent\/astro\">open-source CMS<\/a>. Making something geared around the unique challenges faced by HE in the UK is a dream project for me. I can\u2019t wait to see it power the next generation of websites here at Kent.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Mark Fendley &#8211; Web Development Team Manager<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/webdev\/files\/2018\/04\/mark-fendley.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-3271\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/webdev\/files\/2018\/04\/mark-fendley.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"165\" height=\"205\" \/><\/a>I started my love affair with technological things (mostly with a multicoloured Apple logo attached) back when they were magical, mystical items that I didn&#8217;t fully understand. I then started using them to express my artistic side, and they were still magical and mystical. A stint in the print industry honing my Photoshop, Illustrator, Quark and printing technologies (traditional offset and digital presses) skills followed. Next was a BSc in Computer Science from the University of Kent, which gave me a far better understanding of how hardware and software worked, taking away some of the mystique. I then embarked upon a journey starting at Ford Motor Company as a Business Analyst and then Systems Engineer, going through running my own small IT consultancy providing services to SMEs (web, desktop support, business process change), then returning to Kent as a Web Developer, originally concentrating on SharePoint.<\/p>\n<p>Since being at Kent I have enjoyed contributing to a number of projects across a broad range of products. Over the past few years we have all embarked on fine-tuning Scrum for our specific environment, a process which has been particularly interesting. I find the Scrum process genuinely fascinating.<\/p>\n<p>Outside of work I enjoy flying aeroplanes, appreciate finely engineered automobiles, Formula 1, attempts at gardening, and at the moment, a potentially expensive attempt to collect 90s-era Apple Macintoshes. I think it&#8217;s nostalgia&#8230;<\/p>\n<h2>Jonathan Thirlwell &#8211; UX developer<\/h2>\n<div><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/webdev\/files\/2011\/10\/jonathan.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-875\" style=\"border: 0px;\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/webdev\/files\/2011\/10\/jonathan-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"jonathan\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/webdev\/files\/2011\/10\/jonathan-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/webdev\/files\/2011\/10\/jonathan-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/webdev\/files\/2011\/10\/jonathan-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/webdev\/files\/2011\/10\/jonathan.jpg 1041w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>I studied Art Direction and Design in South Africa &#8211; I have a passion for innovative, creative solutions and a love of technology which has drawn me naturally towards web design and development and now I\u2019m now excited to be the UX Developer for the team.<\/div>\n<p>I aim to instil the concepts of user-centred design into developments at Kent and to bring consistency and unity to digital products improving the student experience. I want to make things simple, beautiful and easy to use for everyone by focussing design solutions on user needs.<\/p>\n<p>In my spare time I run, read, garden and tend my allotment.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Sam Yapp &#8211; Web Developer<\/h2>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Justice Addison\u00a0&#8211; Web Developer &nbsp; I assumed this position in the Webdev team after completing an MSC Computer Security degree at the University of Kent. &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/webdev\/team\/\">Read&nbsp;more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/webdev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/225"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/webdev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/webdev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/webdev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/webdev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=225"}],"version-history":[{"count":66,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/webdev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/225\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4128,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/webdev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/225\/revisions\/4128"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/webdev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=225"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}