I have had a keen interest in programming from a young age, and take great pleasure in developing software for the web and for the desktop. As evidenced in my skill list, I have worked with many programming languages and software tools, but I believe one of my key strengths to be my ability to pick up and master new tools and languages very quickly, thanks to my background in Computer Science enabling me to understand software at a low level. Another key strength is that I am not solely a programmer - I have a great passion for creative work, mostly digital, including graphics (2D and 3D), video/animation and audio editing and composition - and am therefore very competent in using the associated tools (e.g. Photoshop, Illustrator, Flash, Cubase). I have good design skills and a strong interest in understanding usability and user interaction, so I aim to produce work which not only does the job, but does so in an aesthetically pleasing, easy to use manner, which has led to my pass