Working history
Afterwards I worked at New Media Architects as a web developer/programmer from mid-1999 until 2002. At NMA I worked on a number of web sites ranging from internet start-ups to established clients including the Heart and Stroke foundation. As well I worked as part of a team on an in-house database-driven content system, ActiveApps developing various parts as part of the team.
In 2002 I became a developer for the Amiga Inc.'s AmigaDE multimedia OS (build on U.K.-based TaoGroup's IntentOS). While an excellent operating system, Intent never achieved the popularity it might have. Never-less, I did have the opportunity to return to design work, creating in-game graphics and mock-ups for a few games mobile games including a boxing and a space-combat game among others. As well, along the way I continued to work as a web developer for a number of Toronto-based clients.
In 2003 I began as a contract programmer for an internet services company, Galazio (which later transformed into Dine.TO, a restaurant search engine and marketing company) , developing various parts of their websites, including a template system (PTTemplates), that powered most of Galazio's websites and the first version of Dine.TO's search-engine. The projects at Galazio involved a number of challenges including:
Some of the notable challenges included:
- One of the first dating/club events site with a mobile-phone version (visitors could check events, view form posts on their phone/PDA)
- Various e-commerce websites with a variety of payment processing system including PayPal and Moneris
- A search-engine usable on a phone (Dine.TO 1)
- Various database-driven event, calendar and photo-galleries systems with back-ends
- a mass-mailer, statistics and member management systems including opt-in mailing lists
- A search-engine geared to restaurants
- second-generation search based on a weighted-tags system as used in many “web2.0” sites
- API for Dine.TO allowing 3rd party websites to include search of Dine.TO's listings. Created for EyeWeekly.com's website
In 2005 I started YYZtech.ca, a niche technology news website that focused on Toronto and it's internet cafe scene. It continues to this day.
2008? More websites, a book?