{"id":482,"date":"2013-12-08T22:05:25","date_gmt":"2013-12-08T22:05:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/paullferguson.dev\/?page_id=482"},"modified":"2017-02-17T21:40:27","modified_gmt":"2017-02-17T21:40:27","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/paullferguson.com\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote><p>Ola<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>As someone raised on a farm I was always interested in the practical side of life; fixing, tinkering and exploring whats around me often on bikes. In 2004 I left Northamptonshire for Brighton to studying product design, worked for a while in a shed near Lewes as a mad inventor, sorry &#8220;product designer&#8221; designing prototypes, writing patents and machining moulds. All fun but didn&#8217;t last long hence a switch to web design and development around 2009. In 2015 I took a leave of full-time work to go ride a bike across Europe, Brazil and North America, to returned to Brighton to take up freelance work.<\/p>\n<p>I try to get out and about when I can, currently I&#8217;m in <span class=\"whereabouts-swarm-location\"><\/span>.<\/p>\n<p><em>See my <a href=\"http:\/\/paullferguson.com\/work\/\">work page<\/a> for more information.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>My <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/paullferguson\">Linkedin profile<\/a> maintains a list of web buzzwords and formal work history.<\/p>\n<p>Contact me below or via <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/paullferguson\">@paullferguson<\/a> or <a href=\"skype:paullferguson?chat\" title=\"Chat on Skype\">Skype<\/a><\/p>\n\n<div class=\"wpcf7 no-js\" id=\"wpcf7-f468-o1\" lang=\"en-US\" dir=\"ltr\">\n<div class=\"screen-reader-response\"><p role=\"status\" aria-live=\"polite\" aria-atomic=\"true\"><\/p> <ul><\/ul><\/div>\n<form action=\"\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/482?simply_static_page=547#wpcf7-f468-o1\" method=\"post\" class=\"wpcf7-form init\" aria-label=\"Contact form\" novalidate=\"novalidate\" data-status=\"init\">\n<div style=\"display: none;\">\n<input type=\"hidden\" name=\"_wpcf7\" value=\"468\" \/>\n<input type=\"hidden\" name=\"_wpcf7_version\" value=\"5.8.5\" \/>\n<input type=\"hidden\" name=\"_wpcf7_locale\" value=\"en_US\" \/>\n<input type=\"hidden\" name=\"_wpcf7_unit_tag\" value=\"wpcf7-f468-o1\" \/>\n<input type=\"hidden\" name=\"_wpcf7_container_post\" value=\"0\" \/>\n<input type=\"hidden\" name=\"_wpcf7_posted_data_hash\" value=\"\" \/>\n<\/div>\n<ul class=\"form-list hide-on-print\">\n\t<li  class=\"form-item form-item-name\">\n\t\t<p><label for=\"your-name\">Name<\/label><br \/>\n<span class=\"wpcf7-form-control-wrap\" data-name=\"your-name\"><input size=\"40\" class=\"wpcf7-form-control wpcf7-text wpcf7-validates-as-required\" id=\"your-name\" aria-required=\"true\" aria-invalid=\"false\" placeholder=\"Bill Bailey\" value=\"\" type=\"text\" name=\"your-name\" \/><\/span>\n\t\t<\/p>\n\t<\/li>\n\t<li  class=\"form-item form-item-email\">\n\t\t<p><label for=\"your-email\">Email<\/label><br \/>\n<span class=\"wpcf7-form-control-wrap\" data-name=\"your-email\"><input size=\"40\" class=\"wpcf7-form-control wpcf7-text wpcf7-validates-as-required\" id=\"your-email\" aria-required=\"true\" aria-invalid=\"false\" placeholder=\"manny@blackbooks.aol\" value=\"\" type=\"text\" name=\"your-email\" \/><\/span>\n\t\t<\/p>\n\t<\/li>\n\t<li  class=\"form-item form-item-subject\">\n\t\t<p><label for=\"your-subject\">Message<\/label><br \/>\n<span class=\"wpcf7-form-control-wrap\" data-name=\"your-subject\"><textarea cols=\"40\" rows=\"10\" class=\"wpcf7-form-control wpcf7-textarea wpcf7-validates-as-required\" id=\"your-subject\" aria-required=\"true\" aria-invalid=\"false\" placeholder=\"Hello, I was just wondering..\" name=\"your-subject\"><\/textarea><\/span>\n\t\t<\/p>\n\t<\/li>\n\t<li  class=\"form-item form-item-submit\">\n\t\t<p><input class=\"wpcf7-form-control wpcf7-submit has-spinner\" id=\"your-submit\" type=\"submit\" value=\"Send a Message\" \/>\n\t\t<\/p>\n\t<\/li>\n<\/ul><p style=\"display: none !important;\"><label>&#916;<textarea name=\"_wpcf7_ak_hp_textarea\" cols=\"45\" rows=\"8\" maxlength=\"100\"><\/textarea><\/label><input type=\"hidden\" id=\"ak_js_1\" name=\"_wpcf7_ak_js\" value=\"103\"\/><script>document.getElementById( \"ak_js_1\" ).setAttribute( \"value\", ( new Date() ).getTime() );<\/script><\/p><div class=\"wpcf7-response-output\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/div>\n<\/form>\n<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ola As someone raised on a farm I was always interested in the practical side of life; fixing, tinkering and exploring whats around me often on bikes. 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