Andy Hume

Current

• Lead Software Development Engineer at Microsoft
• Web Development Lead at Multimap.com
• Writer / Columnist at Freelance (Self-employed)

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Past

• Web Developer at Multimap
• Owner at Artist Logs (Self-employed)

Education

• Guildhall School of Music and Drama

Recommended

4 people have recommended Andy

Connections

123 connections

Industry

Internet

Websites

• My Company
• My Website

Andy Hume’s Summary

As lead front-end engineer at Multimap.com, I am a long-time advocate of standards based and accessible web development.

I have contributed to numerous industry publications both on and off-line, most notably feature articles for Computer Arts Projects Magazine, .net Magazine and Sitepoint.com. I write regularly at my website/blog usabletype.com, which is required reading for web development and interface design courses across the world, and have guest lectured at the Arts Institute of Atlanta.

I am a member of the W3C HTML Working Group.

Andy Hume’s Specialties:

Experienced web application developer and architect. Core skills include front-end development, Object Oriented Javscript Programming, DOM Scripting, Web accessibility, user experience/interface design. Also professional experience with PHP, Perl, Python, MySQL, and Apache Web Server.

Andy Hume’s Experience

• Lead Software Development Engineer

  Microsoft

  (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; MSFT; Computer Software industry)

  May 2008 — Present (1 month)

• Web Development Lead

  Multimap.com

  (Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Internet industry)

  September 2006 — Present (1 year 9 months)

  The Web Development Team at Multimap is responsible for all front-end engineering within the Software Team, including the Multimap JavaScript API, and the Multimap.com website built on the API. I currently lead this team of 8 spread across offices in London and Istanbul, working closely with design and user experience teams, functional testing teams, project managers, and senior management.

• Writer / Columnist

  Freelance (Self-employed)

  (Self-Employed; 1-10 employees; Internet industry)

  August 2004 — Present (3 years 10 months)

  Writer and columnist for various industry publications:
  
  Computer Arts Projects Magazine tutorial, "Type on the Web".
  .net Magazine, "HTML 5".
  MUSO Magazine feature, "How to Get Ahead on the Web".
  SitePoint feature article, "The Anatomy of Web Fonts".
  Bite Size Standards article, "Understanding Any Order Columns".

• Web Developer

  Multimap

  (Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Internet industry)

  April 2005 — September 2006 (1 year 6 months)

• Owner

  Artist Logs (Self-employed)

  (Self-Employed; Myself Only; Internet industry)

  February 2002 — April 2005 (3 years 3 months)

  I founded and developed a freelance business providing design, development, and content strategy for artists and musicians. With experience in both the web development and music industries I strived to provide an outlet for artists to communicate with their fans and potential audience via the web.

Andy Hume’s Education

• Guildhall School of Music and Drama

  BMus, Music, 1998 — 2002

Additional Information

Andy Hume’s Websites:

• My Company
• My Website

Andy Hume’s Groups:

UK Web Design Association,
Web Standards Group,

Andy Hume’s Contact Settings

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