Email : paul@drupalr.org
Skype : paul.booker
Mobile +4407912682193
Find me on drupal.org @ http://drupal.org/user/25892
Objective
To find contractible work to develop drupal modules and manage drupal websites . (Salary Requirement £15 / hour)
More information
Drupal module development will be managed transparently and securely through either "projectlocker" who provide services such as Subversion & Trac to manage development or these services and others will be hosted on a company VPS server.
Profile
I am very knowledgeable in all aspects of php development and have provided an excellent service to my current company and its clients . I have also played a primary role in advising best working practices. I am a very organised individual who can work on my own and with others and will enjoy challenging and demanding work.
Current Employment
Glaxstar (Shareholder)
LAMP / Drupal Developer & Systems Administrator September 2000 - Present
I also have incorporated a private limited company Drupalr which will be used for the purpose of managing all contractible work (currently dormant) .
What i am doing this month (July)
Migrating OG Forum to D6 after some prerequisite work for D5
Release an official version of the del.icio.us / OG Block Visibility modules for Drupal 6 .. WORK IN PROGRESS
Look over the idea of a delicious api abstraction layer for Jeff @ Lullabot .. WORK IN PROGRESS
Assisting Mozilla with revamping the spreadfirefox program .. WORK IN PROGRESS
Start the migration of Spreadfirefox to Drupal 6 ( Spam / Notify modules to upgrade ).. WORK IN PROGRESS
Review the book "Learning Drupal 6 - Module Development" for Packt Publishing
What i have been doing recently ..
Migrating work done on Flickr module @ Drupal 5 and suggestions from the drupal community to Drupal 6 (Assessing the work to be done , Please see http://drupal.org/node/124403) .. DONE
Working on the flickr modules for spreadfirefox.com .. DONE
Migrate OG Block Visibility module to Drupal 6 .. DONE
Looking for some drupal projects to work on @ http://groups.drupal.org/jobs N.A
Migrating lots of contributed modules twitter , taxonomy_role , tellafriend ,..
Responsibilities
# Drupal developer for the Spreadfirefox marketing web site (3 years)
# Writing PHP/MYSQL/Javascript/HTML code.
# Installing and maintaining open source web applications on our
servers such as Drupal, Wordpress ,Mediawiki, Bugzilla ,OpenID ,..
# Maintaining stage/production domains for each public web site / api
and setting up a subversion repositories for each domain
# Proactive monitoring of all of our servers .
# Dealing with all requests from project managers / developers ie installing pki keys,installing configuring sites, ..
# Communicating ideas to the project managers / developers ie keeping passwords safe ,..
# Taking remote archives of web assets alongside managed backups
Achievements
-Programming
# (Mozilla) Developed the new Groups/Events oriented spreadfirefox.com website which involved writing
drupal modules and working with other members of the drupal community and companies such as Raincity Studios.
# (Segala) Wrote an RDF/XML label Generator in PHP/MYSQL which asks questions
about your website and generates a label that can be uploaded to your website
and which can later or perhaps now be read by a firefox extension so that content can be tailored to the end users specification
# (Metal Processes) Wrote a bespoke intranet package (javascript/php/mysql) with internal mail , calendar and other features tailored to the business and which has been running/maintained for 5 years .
# Built prototype web services to attract venture capital eg a local
worldwide searchable site for businesses and a homepage site which could be
themed and store bookmarks online
# Wrote secure PHP code eg shopping pages that interface with credit card
clearance sites , BT Click & Buy ,Paypal , .. and interfaced with other
online services such as ip2location , postcoder,..
# As an active drupal developer i develop and maintain the delicious / og_visibilty_block modules and have recently written some improvements to the flickr module which will rolled out in the coming weeks. I also help out fixing bugs with other modules that i need fixed for whatever reason.
-None Programming
# Figuring out how best to get a system of developers located around
the world working on writing the glubble extension for firefox and giving
instruction / guidance. In particular...
1.Working out how to setup a server on a local machine for offline development
so that changes can be commited to subversion on our online server later
2.Setting up administrative page so that designated developers can checkout
web pages from subversion to a stage domains for further testing .
3.Setting up the production domains and allowing these to be synchronised with
stage domains again this all being managed via an administrative page
# (Yahoo/Delicious) Setting up Subversion, Mailing Lists , Bugzilla ,..
so that a team of Glaxstar/Yahoo developers could work together to deliver the
Delicious extension for firefox and responding to any concerns.
Programming skills
PHP MySQL Javascript HTML XML RDF RSS XML XML-RPC, CSS
Platforms Drupal / Mozilla
Investigating Ruby on rails
System administrative skills
Monitoring servers performance
Installing server applications
Maintaining firewall access records
Setting up primary / secondary DNS records
Installing and maintaining open source web applications
Maintaining company code / databases
Higher Education –
1997 University of Birmingham, England
Physics with Theoretical Physics 2i (BSc Hons.)
Did a course on Mathematical modeling which involved writing programs in Fortran
to investigate physical problems such as quantum tunneling and entropy.
1999 University of Wolverhampton
PGCE Mathematics (Completed and passed first half of course only)
Computer courses -
1999 Birmingham City University
Advanced courses in C /C++ .
Previous Jobs (Not IT)
1999 - 2000 Civil Servant (1 year) Birmingham City Council, England
1997 - 1998 Private Tutor Abbey Tutorial College , Birmingham
1997 - Freelance Mathematics/Physics Tutor
Current Interests
Drupal, spreadfirefox, theoretical physics, buddhism, meditation, green politics, music
Driving license
No. I have now plans to learn to drive at the present time as i work largely from home and use public transport
Status
Married with two girls age 8 and 3 years old.
Claim to fame
Find me on the Firefox browser credits
http://lxr.mozilla.org/mozilla1.8/source/browser/base/content/credits.xhtml
Last updated : 7th July 2008
