HELLO WORLD!
I hope that you find something of interest in these pages.Everything on this website is created by me, including the website, videos and software.
The common thread is that I like to invent things, discover new things and try my hand at a wide range of activities.
If you want to know more or have any ideas then let me know.
ABOUT ME
I started programming in the 80s with my ZX Spectrum. I studied physics at university where I did a first year course in Computer Science. In the mid 90s, I was looking for a cheap compiler when I came across Java which was a brand new language invented for the internet age. Crucially, you could send away for a free CD with Java 1.1 on it. In fact there were 6 discs which arrived by post and I still have them.I enjoy coding apps and games as a hobby and have made a countless number over the years, some better than others. I always have the drive to learn something new, so the games and apps are often a way to explore new functionality, like serial comms, or using C native code in Java or how to send emails or web scrap programmatically
I did my phd in non-linear optics at the university of St Andrews and then worked as a researcher there continuing more work into broadly tunable optical parametric oscillators. From there I went to Strathclyde University to work on ultrafast optical parametris oscillators and there applications. There I worked on multi-photon fluorescence microscopy for the first time.
Seven years ago I co-founded my own company (PXYL -see the Technology Tab) based on my day job lasers, to develop a novel laser scanning microscope. The emphisis quickly shifted to developing the software to run it. I didnt need any encouragement to switch to that. Seven years on and three versions later, my PXYL Advantage Software has been praised by the likes of Nikon, researchers at Cancer Research UK and Glasgow University.
