Simkin Solutions - Bespoke C++, PHP, Java, Javascript AJAX Software Development for London and the UK

Simon Whiteside

Email: sdw [at] simkin.co.uk
Skype: swhiteside
Second Life: Simon Hagoromo

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I've worked as a professional software developer and team leader for over 20 years on many important projects.

I run my own company Simkin Solutions Limited which offers technical programming services.

I work in a very flexible way and welcome contact from clients and collaborators. Please feel free to contact me through this form.

You can find a list of projects I've worked on recently, here. You can also seem some more detail on particular websites in my portfolio.

You can see a full cv here.

I've worked on a number of interesting projects, including:

Sibelius - the world's best selling music processor for Windows and Mac
TuneTribe - digital music download site
Photobox - digital photo uploaders
The Dating Game Network - online dating site
DTi Government Research Database - database-driven site allowing searching for research programs by criteria
Careers Wales - on-line webpage designer for young job seekers
Interact - an innovative system for producing custom CD's at trade exhibitions
Serviced Office Search - ongoing support and maintenance of a popular serviced-office-search website
Wigmore Hall - an intranet for managing the bookings of international classical musicians
Sunday Times Newspapers - a secure Digital Asset Management System for "The Month" supplement of the Sunday Times Newspaper
AMCC - radio, GPS and EPROM applications
PushTV - an unattended video download service, with a skinnable media player
Genie/Tangozebra - a desktop toy for their Instant Messaging service
Jazz FM - a desktop animation including a media player attached to the radio station
Who Wants To Be A Millionaire - data driven extranet
Simkin - widely used scripting language for games and simulators
Animals of Farthing Wood - a popular adventure game published by BBC Multimedia
Redfig - a convergent media platform used for voting on "Top of The Pops"

I have a particular interest in Language Technology. I have written several languages and development environments (IDE's) including the popular language Simkin.

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