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Alexander Ward
Username: alexward1981
Location: Leeds, United Kingdom
Alex Ward is a Web Developer from Leeds, Yorkshire, he has an odd passion for PHP and has spent the last few years developing the SOCKET CMS (which this site runs on!)
Outside of work he is a self-confessed 'media geek', if he's not watching a movie or cult TV show he his improving upon his already impressive Home Theatre.
He is also obsessed with home automation and believes that it will be a common occurance in most homes in the very near future.
Favourite Software
EventGhost, XBMC, Adobe Creative Suite, Spotify and TweetDeck
Favourite Websites
Lifehacker, Digg, Twitter, Least I could do, Gizmodo, io9
You can view more of Alex's work by visiting his personal website at alexward.me.uk
Last 5 posts by Alexander Ward
Getting paid: The freelancers woesThe life of a freelancer can be wonderful,
you get to work from home, how and when you like, you have no boss breathing
over your shoulder or telling you how things should be done and you can spend
the day working in your dressing gown.Of course, that’s only if you
are getting paid.... ( View full article )
What type of Twitter user are you?Twitter has risen
quite quickly over past few the years into something of a social phenomenon. Its
attraction is mysterious to some and obvious to others, however we all have our
own ideas on what Twitter is useful for. ... ( View full article )
Welcome to my blogA few minutes ago we did a sneaky update. It added two features, comment
reply notifications and a facility for our writers to put their own
private thoughts on the site. These are mine. Enter at your peril.... ( View full article )
Five months later: A (disgruntled) re-review of the Motorola Milestone.As you may remember, back in March I did a review of the
Motorola Milestone.
This was the non-US equivalent of the popular Motorola Droid. Five months later
and I am not happy...... ( View full article )
Last 10 comments by Alexander Ward
On article: What type of Twitter user are you?Keep an eye out for a special follow friday on twitter this week as I will be themeing it to this post.... ( View full comment )
On article: Are freelance job portals ruining industries?I think point 1 is a great idea, I don't see why other bidders should see the bid anyway, point 5 is good as well... keep it British :)... ( View full comment )
On article: REVIEW - Motorola Milestone (UK)Look what our swanky site does :)... ( View full comment )
On article: Are freelance job portals ruining industries?"I always tell my clients to do their homework. Go and find sites that they like..try to find out who designed the site and find out their rates. A lot of the time they just say "Oh, I didn't know... ( View full comment )
On article: Are freelance job portals ruining industries?"this is what they are, deal with it. if you don't like it, do better", which is essentially what you're saying, but if we all took that stance then progress would not happen.
The 'if you don't like it,... ( View full comment )
On article: The Fully Automated Media Centre (Windows Only)I'm proud to announce that not only did Lifehacker feature this article a few months ago but it's version of it has just passed a quarter of a million views! :)... ( View full comment )
On article: The Fully Automated Media Centre (Windows Only)I have actually had the exact same issue myself and I'm sorry to tell you I've not found a fix for it yet.
I'm glad to hear I've managed to talk you into going down the HTPC route, you'll... ( View full comment )
On article: The Fully Automated Media Centre (Windows Only)I've actually set it up on Windows 7 at home but I've set the same thing up for a friend on XP and it was the same.... ( View full comment )
On article: The Fully Automated Media Centre (Windows Only)Ember Media Manager is the app I suggest for movies, it does a great job, there is a tutorial for Ember further down in this article :)... ( View full comment )
On article: The Rise and Fall (and rise again?) of Classic 2D Adventure Games.I miss playing Discworld. I might install it for old times sake :)... ( View full comment )
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