Josh Russell

Current

Co-founder at Dash Labs
Founder / Share Holder/ Consultant at Metranet Communications
Founder / Share Holder/ Consultant at Loose Connection LTD

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Past

User Experience Evangelist at Microsoft
Interactive Developer at Comic Relief
Owner / Creator at Ping Base

In House Freelancer at Vision Design
HTML/CSS Guy at Angry Fish
Web Designer at Meditech Media
Junior Designer at Virtual Brighton

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Josh Russell’s Summary

i run
http://www.dashlabs.com

with
http://www.builtbydave.co.uk

and
http://www.petebarrwatson.com

i founded
http://www.looseconnection.com free wifi

which turned into
http://www.metranet.co.uk

i do work for
http://www.comicrelief.com

i can mostly be found on
http://twitter.com/joshr

and
http://www.flickr.com/photos/joshrussell/

and also less often on pretty much every other webapp
http://www.flickr.com/photos/joshrussell/492364704/

and others (don't make me add my buddies again! aargh!)

and just launched
http://www.sussexdigital.com

Josh Russell’s Specialties:

Wireless (Wi-Fi / WiMax) market development. Web application creator/owner. Adding features to the web. UX.

Josh Russell’s Experience

Co-founder

Dash Labs

(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Internet industry)

January 2007 — Present (1 year 11 months)

Dash Labs is a new company founded by myself, David Stone and Pete Barr-Watson. it's focus is on building web apps.

http://www.dashlabs.com
http://www.builtbydave.co.uk
http://www.petebarrwatson.com
Founder / Share Holder/ Consultant

Metranet Communications

(Public Company; 1-10 employees; Wireless industry)

March 2005 — Present (3 years 9 months)

(AKA Loose Connection)

http://www.looseconnection.com
http://www.metranet.co.uk
Founder / Share Holder/ Consultant

Loose Connection LTD

(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Wireless industry)

March 2003 — Present (5 years 9 months)

Loose Connection started the first commercial free WiFi hotspots, experimented by creating the first WiFi beach in the world in Brighton, UK, and got people out of their offices and into the real world by putting people never more than 10 minutes away from free WiFi access in cafes, bars and public spaces.

Loose Connection has become Metranet Communications and specialises in WiMax and building wireless metropolitan networks.
User Experience Evangelist

Microsoft

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

January 2008 — July 2008 (7 months)

Silverlight is an exciting new web platform comparable to Flash, it's built using open and established languages and provides an opportunity for thousands of developers to re-use their existing skillsets to build RIAs and great media experiences. I'll be working from the ground up with freelancers and agencies to help them to get started, and to network with others for peer support and project collaborations.
Interactive Developer

Comic Relief

(Non-Profit; 51-200 employees; Non-Profit Organization Management industry)

September 2004 — January 2008 (3 years 5 months)

working on the interactive parts of the following projects and some technical planning and management.

http://www.rednoseday.com
http://www.sportrelief.com
http://www.sendmyfriend.org
http://www.makepovertyhistory.org
http://www.live8live.com
Owner / Creator

Ping Base

(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Internet industry)

August 2005 — June 2007 (1 year 11 months)

Ping Base is a website monitoring tool for the Web 2.0 era. Designed and created by myself and Nick Taylor of Tangerine Works.

http://www.pingbase.com
In House Freelancer

Vision Design

(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Internet industry)

March 2002 — May 2003 (1 year 3 months)

consulting on new technology, writing Flash/Actionscript modules, integrating designs into sites, managing email campaigns.
HTML/CSS Guy

Angry Fish

(Wireless industry)

2000 — 2001 (1 year)
Web Designer

Meditech Media

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

September 1998 — August 1999 (1 year)
Junior Designer

Virtual Brighton

(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Internet industry)

August 1996 — September 1997 (1 year 2 months)

www.brighton.co.uk an early community and resource for the seaside town of Brighton. i worked on maintaining the site and filling it with local content