Senior Web Developer at Electric Word plc
Guildford, United Kingdom
- Current
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- Consultant Website Developer at Vivid Imagery
- Senior Web Developer at Electric Word plc
- Past
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- Web Developer at Fieldwork Education
- 1st Line Tech Support at Tesco Broadband
- Education
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- University of Essex
- BETHS
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Nicholas Thompson’s Summary
I develop websites using the latest PHP, MySQL, Apache and Linux technologies (commonly referred to as a LAMP setup).
I specialise in development involving Drupal; a very powerful open-source CMS. I tend to use this, not so much as a CMS or blog specifically, but more of a platform or framework to build my websites. I am an active and contributing member of the community and have developed some commonly used modules such as "GlobalRedirect" (an SEO tool to help reduce the number of duplicate pages on a Drupal website) and "Page Title" (a tool to provide granular control over the title of a page in Drupal (the <title> element in the <head> of a document, probably the most important SEO rule in the book!) which isn't normally exposed by Drupal).
I've worked on a range of websites from small blog-like portfolios for music artists up to large, high-traffic community portals for sport professionals.
Nicholas Thompson’s Specialties:
PHP
MySQL
Drupal
Apache
Linux (RedHat ES and Fedora mainly)
Nicholas Thompson’s Experience
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Consultant Website Developer
Vivid Imagery
(Music industry)
January 2007 — Present (1 year 11 months)
About Vivid Imagery...
They are a new breed of record label specialising in Management, Production, Promotion, Publishing, Marketing, Mixing, Filmography, Mastering, Digital Distribution and SEO.
Established in 2006 by Maximus, Riffioso and Kasha, the label now hosts a team of, artists, composers, designers, technicians and administrators.
My Role...
They needed a website done for one of their artsits, Kasha, and so I have been working with them since 2007 on their website - http://www.kashamusic.co.uk/ -
Senior Web Developer
Electric Word plc
(Publishing industry)
July 2005 — Present (3 years 5 months)
I work as one of three web developers, maintaining and developing:
http://www.pponline.co.uk
http://www.sportbusiness.com
http://www.teachingexpertise.com
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Web Developer
Fieldwork Education
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; E-Learning industry)
March 2005 — July 2005 (5 months)
Worked on the Fieldwork Online Training platform
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1st Line Tech Support
Tesco Broadband
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; TSCO; Internet industry)
September 2004 — March 2005 (7 months)
After my degree I worked for Tesco Broadband in a call center whilst looking for permanent employment.
This gave me experience with dealing with people who were often not very technically minded and needed help either setting up their new broadband connection or diagnosing any problems. Solving the problem
was not necessarily the most difficult task; we usually had to help the customer fix the problem over the phone by guiding them step-by-step without being able to see their screen.
Nicholas Thompson’s Education
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University of Essex
2.2 BSc, Computer Science, 2000 — 2004
Covered languages including Java (SE1.4), NQC, C/C++, VRML. Modules taken included Computer Vision, Robitics, Databses, Software Engineering and more.
- Activities and Societies:
- MGSoc
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BETHS
1994 — 2000
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Nicholas Thompson’s Interests:
Web Develoment, Web Design, House MD, Heroes, BTCC, BRDA, Drupal, Programming, Computer Games
Nicholas Thompson’s Groups:
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Drupal Users Group
Nicholas Thompson’s Honors:
BSc Computer Science 2.2 Hons from University of Essex
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