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oh hai, I'm Thom!!

A Gen-X/Millennial cusp (Xennial), I'm old enough to remember life before the internet but not (quite) old enough to have seen Nirvana live. Or, as my wife puts it, I adapt to technology like a Millennial but get angry about it like a Boomer.

I am not the restaurant chain in Liverpool, the champion Triathlete from Chorley, or the high sheriff of Lancashire.

Me, a white man with short dark hair and ear piercings. I am wearing glasses, a beanie, and a short-sleeved dark t-shirt. I am lit with dramatic lighting with high contrast exacerbated by black and white treatment.
Canon EOS 550D
ƒ8 · 1/60 · 11mm · ISO400

I am a creative technologist at Havas Lynx CX but I haven't always been. I help craft innovative digital solutions with large pharmaceutical companies like Sanofi, GSK, and Merck.

I have been making things for the web for more than 14 years. I am an enthusiastic code janitor and a proud 1x engineer.

I love to build websites that work for everyone; I put a lot of focus on accessibility and performance.

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When I'm not building things for the internet, I take photos of stuff.

Often found wandering, camera in hand, through the Cheshire countryside or local markets and charity shops with my wife, kids, and dog.

I have been reading a lot of books about "fantasy" lately. I'm currently reading "Before the Coffee Gets Cold" by Toshikazu Kawaguchi. There are 346 books on my To Be Read list. I just added "The Graveyard Book" by Neil Gaiman & Dave McKean. You can see more of my reading on my dedicated Reading page.

I have also enjoyed reading "🍂 moonbow 15 zine" on hidden (veronique) via Veronique and "Third time's the charm" on [email protected] (Ruben Verweij) via Kedara.eu by Ruben Verweij. There are more on my Postroll.

I listened to Roxanne de Bastion and The Dying Seconds this week. I've been slightly obsessed with "Molecules" by Roxanne de Bastion.

Recently, I've been watching "Wonder Park" (Dylan Brown, 2019) and I'm hoping to start "Alice" (Nick Willing, 2009) soon. I've watched a lot of stuff tagged “animation” and there are 90 things left on my Want To Watch list.

If you would like to talk to me about websites, books, killing plants, food, photography, food photography, music, having cats, or anything else; you can mostly find me hanging around here on the interwebs.

If you would like to talk about me, you can use he/him/his pronouns. If you want or need to know how to pronounce my name - How to Pronounce has got your back!

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