Approaching Software Projects
I worked as a software developer for twenty-five years. I distilled what is required for software project success into this document. It doesn’t say what you must do for success, but rather the pros and cons of missing particular steps and/or asking certain questions. A business is rarely willing or able to follow every step, so at least it will be aware of the risks of missing a step, or the rewards of following it. It’s my small way of giving back to an industry that supported me.  
 
Online Marketplace/Store Site
I built a FULL e-marketplace solution from scratch on a linux server running on a pretty low-power unmanaged VPS. It is live and you can actually use it yourself to buy and sell goods and services. It runs on a USD$9/month server. That’s the ongoing cost.

I’m using A2 Hosting for pcblues.com and the maketplace site - I’ve had good service and reliability for years  
 
Controlling a Lego tank with VR Goggles
I controlled a Lego Mindstorms robot by writing a custom VR app that streams video from an old Winphone strapped to the robot. Fun!  
 
COVID Data Visualisation
This is a demo of using Excel to mash-up open data of COVID infections, postcode to suburb mapping, and geographic mapping.
   
Software Development Resume
Short-form and long-form versions of my resume for professional software development experience. Based on automatic scanning of resumes for key words, I now need to send my longer version in job applications, when I used to send a short version so a human person could see a brief overview of my experience without dredging through numerous pages. Times change.  
 
Paypal Donation
Make a donation if you think spending money on things you like or find useful makes more of those things manifest in your own world (answer: it does, but only do it if I helped you)  
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