Earlier this year I picked up what was supposed to be a very short contract with DuckDuckGo. However DuckDuckGo was no ordinary client. They do incredible privacy work and I found their vision genuinely inspiring. DuckDuckGo has big mobile plans and when the topic of permanent employment came up, I realised that I wanted stay on and help make those plans a reality. I accepted a full-time job in June!

So after years of consulting, it’s time to wind down Subsymbolic Software Ltd and move on. It’s been fun, I’ve learned a ton and worked with some incredible people. A special thank you goes out to Mike Ritchie from 13coders who was the Software Development Manager at my first big contract and fostered a culture of collaboration and clean code which I will carry through my career.

I created Emotive, a fun android app to tell you how emotional your text is. Check it out on the Google Play store.

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The Edinburgh International Science Festival is always an exciting event. This year it was particularly exciting for me as I was contracted to develop an iPad app exploring Auditory Illusions for the interactive Carnival of the Mind display at the City Arts Centre. We will be submitting the app to Apple’s store soon. In the meantime here is a video sneak peak of the user interface.

Charities and health organisations, do you need help bringing an exciting app idea to life? If your idea can help improve people’s lives, get in touch via my contact page. I am looking for a project!