From 74b8ad48dcbbe6e886432ad6d6acf9fee89b03f3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: James Ravenscroft Date: Sun, 23 Oct 2022 09:27:16 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] update about page --- brainsteam/content/pages/about.md | 14 +++++++++----- 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) diff --git a/brainsteam/content/pages/about.md b/brainsteam/content/pages/about.md index 34c61c6..6c141b1 100644 --- a/brainsteam/content/pages/about.md +++ b/brainsteam/content/pages/about.md @@ -9,21 +9,25 @@ I'm James, I am a Chief Technology Officer and Software Engineer specialising in - [What I do for work](#what-i-do-for-work) - [What I do for fun](#what-i-do-for-fun) + +## What I'm up to right now + +I keep my [now](/now) page up to date with exactly where I'm at. + ## What I do for work - I've been freelancing and [building websites](https://web.archive.org/web/20051102052726/http://www.simssource.net/) since the mid 00s - I started my full time career at IBM in 2011 in their [CICS transaction processing product](https://www.ibm.com/it-infrastructure/z/cics) before moving over to Watson where I was a customer-facing solutions architect which entailed helping other techies to use Watson APIs and services. - - In 2016 I left IBM to co-found [Filament](https://filament.ai), an AI & ML consultancy where I am currently CTO and Chief Data Scientist. - - I work for Filament 4 days a week, I oversee and manage our technical roadmap and strategy but I also keep my hands dirty and regularly deliver code for customers and for our products. - - I am also wrapping up my part time PhD which I've been working on under the dual supervision of [Prof. Maria Liakata](https://www.turing.ac.uk/people/researchers/maria-liakata) at the [Alan Turing Institute](https://www.turing.ac.uk/) [Dr Amanda Clare](https://users.aber.ac.uk/afc/) at Aberystwth University (where I finished my BSc in 2013). - - My main affiliation is with [University of Warwick](https://warwick.ac.uk/fac/sci/dcs/) but I often crash Turing events and I've been known to visit Aberystwyth to give talks at careers events and departmental seminars. + - In 2016 I left IBM to co-found [Filament AI](https://filament.ai), an AI & ML consultancy where I am currently CTO and Chief Data Scientist. I oversee and manage our technical roadmap and strategy, but I also keep my hands dirty and regularly deliver code for customers and for our products. + - I am also wrapping up my part-time PhD which I've been working on under the dual supervision of [Prof. Maria Liakata](https://www.turing.ac.uk/people/researchers/maria-liakata) at the [Alan Turing Institute](https://www.turing.ac.uk/) [Dr Amanda Clare](https://users.aber.ac.uk/afc/) at Aberystwth University (where I finished my BSc in 2013). + - My main academic affiliation is with [University of Warwick](https://warwick.ac.uk/fac/sci/dcs/) but, I often crash Turing events and, I've been known to visit Aberystwyth to give talks at careers events and departmental seminars. ## What I do for fun - I'm a big fan of food - both cooking and eating it. - I like to tinker with software and hardware (like [this talking moose head](/2016/06/05/blackgangpi-a-raspberry-pi-hack-at-blackgang-chine/)) in my spare time. I'm a big fan of open source culture including efforts to decentralise the web like [indieweb](https://indieweb.org/) and [the fediverse](https://fediverse.party/en/fediverse). - - I like to read, frequently science fiction and fantasy but the occasional pop-sci title or general fiction. I have historically tracked some of my reading over at [Goodreads](https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/4547536-james-ravenscroft) but I plan to start tracking this stuff here via [indiebookclub](https://indiebookclub.biz/) and micropub. + - I like to read, frequently science fiction and fantasy but the occasional pop-sci title or general fiction. I have historically tracked some of my reading over at [Goodreads](https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/4547536-james-ravenscroft) but I now keep track with [Bookwyrm](https://bookwyrm.social/user/jamesravey) and eventually I plan to start tracking this stuff here via [bookwyrm](https://indiebookclub.biz/) and micropub. - I like to watch box sets and movies - my wife and I are [Cineworld Unlimited card](cineworld.co.uk/) holders. - I've been playing saxophone (Alto and Tenor mainly) off-and-on since the early 2000s. I can also play a few chords on a guitar and I'll happily tinker with a piano/keyboard, harmonica and clarinet although don't ask me to play you a full track! - Although I've not had time recently I did really enjoy [Lindyhop](/2015/06/28/bedford-place-vintage-festival/) - a 1920s style swing dance.