Coupde.com is a collage of the online life of James Darling. Hopefully, it will let you know a little of who I am and what I've done past, present and future. In case you were interested.
I'm James, and I make things on the internet for fun and profit.
Currently living in London, I work as a freelance web developer and consultant type person.
I have a load of interests, from raving to Government digital strategy. Have a look at some of the things I can do.
I'm trying to write weekly articles at my tumblr powered tumblog.
My tumblog is at tumble.coupde.com
Twitter is a site where I post micro updates and snippets of life. I've been a religious user since 2006.
I occasionally play make music when I'm in the mood, which means either drunk or commuting. Or both.
I have an MP3 store at People's Music Store, where I recommend the music that gets me through life.
Check out Coup De Tunes
Coupde.com is a bit fun as it uses no server side code. It uses only Unobtrusive JavaScript, using JSONP to pull in external data.
Here are the other tools I used.
I occasionally upload photos of my life to flickr.
All my photos are under abscond on flickr.
Experienced, creative and fast learning Ruby on Rails and front-end web developer, organiser and entrepreneur.
Founder & Managing Director 2009-Present
I founded Rewired State to create stronger connections between how Government and web developer's think about technology projects. The initiative was launched with an event named "National Hack The Government Day" where 85 developers created 30 working projects using public data, of which 7 were offered further interest in funding further development.
Lead Developer 2008-09
People's Music Store are at the forefront of developing new methods of music discovery and delivery by creating a social network for music fans.
Developer 2007-08
CitySafe's pioneering and user-friendly approach defined and filled a market for integrated emergency response. CitySafe provided not only London's emergency notification systems, but also the incident response and co-ordination application in use by all 33 of her boroughs.
I was asked to join on short notice to help with the large and growing demand the company was facing. In my year as part of the 5 person team, we completed and delivered a necessary re-write of the flagship product in Ruby on Rails, enabling the company to add two additional products to it's offering.
Project lead and developer 2006-07
I was approached to help Sure Start gain better access and communication for providing assistance to remote Cornish young families.
Woodbridge High School, London:
10 GCSEs: 2 As, 5 Bs and 3 Cs
Penwith College, Cornwall:
AS Levels: Computing A, Economics B, Music Technology B
After consideration and consultation, I left my second year of A levels to meet the growing demand of my business.
References are available on request, alternatively please feel free to contact the organisations listed.
Since I've started freelancing again in 2009, I've been cataloguing all the pieces of work I do, including the bits too small to put on my CV. If you have the time, feel free to browse the catalogue.
Abscond was the predecessor to coupde. It got me through my teens.