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==My Background== | ==My Background== | ||
I have been 'interested' in wildlife since I was 4 years old but my interest did not become 'serious' until I reached 30 when I joined the Lancashire and Cheshire Entomological Society. | I have been 'interested' in wildlife since I was 4 years old but my interest did not become 'serious' until I reached 30 when I joined the [http://www.consult-eco.ndirect.co.uk/entomol/lces/ Lancashire and Cheshire Entomological Society]. | ||
Work wise - I started in the lab of a hospital and then moved to chemical research. Following this I worked with the Department of Employment as a programmer for 25 years (much of it managing IT projects for the Dept.) - it was virtually all mainframe in Cobol, Plan, Fortran, Filetab and a few other languages. | Work wise - I started in the lab of a hospital and then moved to chemical research. Following this I worked with the Department of Employment as a programmer for 25 years (much of it managing IT projects for the Dept.) - it was virtually all mainframe in Cobol, Plan, Fortran, Filetab and a few other languages. | ||
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Home IT interest led me into music and graphics programming for fun and thence to developing the initial website for the Cheshire Wildlife Trust during a boring Xmas period in 1996. | Home IT interest led me into music and graphics programming for fun and thence to developing the initial website for the Cheshire Wildlife Trust during a boring Xmas period in 1996. | ||
Since October 2000 I have managed the local biodiversity records centre for the Cheshire region - [http://www.rECOrd-LRC.co.uk/ rECOrd]. As at | Since October 2000 I have managed the local biodiversity records centre for the Cheshire region - [http://www.rECOrd-LRC.co.uk/ rECOrd]. As at October 2006 we have 1.6 million species records available online for the public to search and map. | ||
Who knows what will happen for/to me from here on in ?? | Who knows what will happen for/to me from here on in ?? | ||
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My Background
I have been 'interested' in wildlife since I was 4 years old but my interest did not become 'serious' until I reached 30 when I joined the Lancashire and Cheshire Entomological Society.
Work wise - I started in the lab of a hospital and then moved to chemical research. Following this I worked with the Department of Employment as a programmer for 25 years (much of it managing IT projects for the Dept.) - it was virtually all mainframe in Cobol, Plan, Fortran, Filetab and a few other languages.
Home IT interest led me into music and graphics programming for fun and thence to developing the initial website for the Cheshire Wildlife Trust during a boring Xmas period in 1996.
Since October 2000 I have managed the local biodiversity records centre for the Cheshire region - rECOrd. As at October 2006 we have 1.6 million species records available online for the public to search and map.
Who knows what will happen for/to me from here on in ??