This page links through to some of the other things I'm involved with and passionate about. Some are commercial, others are not, but they're all close to my heart and are things that I believe in and work towards. I hope you'll take the time to explore them and to contact me if you want to know anything more.
BiteStats: Bite-sized Website Reporting
The BiteStats project is aimed at delivering easily-digestible data from Google Analytics straight into your inbox in a useful summary format every month. For people who forget to check their stats, or don't really know which bits are important, this is a no-configuration tool to simply round up some key elements and present it in a management-friendly manner.
What began as a hobby project has turned into a personal product and will eventually become a commercial one. For now, it is free to use and we're seeking feedback on all aspects of it. Once we've had a chance to respond to some of that and we know the product is stable, we'll eventually charge for it. If you're interested, do feel free to pop over and sign up.
PHPNW: Community Conference
PHP North West is a community-driven conference running in Manchester, UK, every year. I've been involved with organising three out of the four events so far (and keynoted at the other one!) and have seen the event grow from an idea to "we need a bigger venue!" and beyond. I'm a regular speaker (and occasional organiser) at other events, but this one is absolutely special. For the standard of the schedule, for the affordable prices, and (perhaps as a result of the two) for the fantastic atmosphere at the event! Best of all - it's a cracking conference and brings great knowledge and collaboration to everyone who becomes part of it.
Joind.in: Open Source Event Feedback
I'm a project lead on this open source project. The aim of the site is to make it easy to collect feedback from attendees to any event regarding the talks and the event itself. Using this site, conference organisers get feedback, speakers get feedback, and attendees can see what everyone else thought too - and it's all open and happening in real time.
In particular I've taken on aspects of community management and code quality in this project - and replaced the existing API with a newer, more robust and flexible version. Joind.in was actually the first open source project I contributed code to; seeing others take their first steps here is an aspect of the project that I find really rewarding.
