I'm 29 and I'm a freelance developer based in Kingston upon Hull in the UK. I primarily work with Apache, PHP and MySQL on Linux and develop front-end interfaces using HTML, CSS and JavaScript; I've also been known to dabble in Java Java Java (on the desktop, Android and LEGO Mindstorms - yes, Java for LEGO Mindstorms).

I attended Froebel House, Hymers College and The University of Hull, graduating with a B.Sc. in Internet Computing in 2006.

I've worked at Acknowledgement in London and The Solution Group in Newcastle upon Tyne.

I've been a Mac user for 15 years (starting on a Performa 5400 running Mac OS 7.5.3) and in my free time you'll find me coding, watching films / DVD box sets, playing computer games, making something out of LEGO or reading cyberpunk / steampunk novels (Gibson and Stephenson are my favourite authors). I've also been known to fly power kites and ski on occasion.

You can find me on Twitter, Flickr, Facebook, LinkedIn, Xbox Live, Last.fm and Google+; or you can send me a message.

Tom Holland - Big Tom