About

I'm an indie software developer. Previously a staff software engineer at Duolingo. Creator of Readlang and Duolingo Stories.

Software Projects

Readlang

A web app for reading and learning foreign languages. Over 300,000 users. Sold to Duolingo in 2017.

Active development: 2012 - 2016

Notepad Calculator

A Soulver-like notepad with calculation support

2015

Mongo Object Time

Converts MongoDB ObjectIDs to timestamps and vice versa

2013

Be The Camera

An interactive camera simulator to help people learn the basics of exposure and depth of field.

2012

CSL Editor

Open source web app for editing the Citation Style Language. Funded by the Sloan foundation and managed by Mendeley and Columbia University. I was the lead developer.

2012

Mendeley

I was on the desktop team and developed the Word and OpenOffice plugins.

2008 - 2012

LCD Simulator

LCD Simulator, C# Windows application for predicting light propagation through an LCD stack.

University of Greenwich, 2008

ROMARA

ROMARA, Risk Analysis and Design of Experiments software.

University of Greenwich, 2008

Ape Invasion

Flash game with custom 2D tile and physics engine.

2008

FATMAN (Finite-element Analysis Tool, Multi-physics And Nonlinear)

FORTRAN 90 code for simulating elastic stress and strain, and non-linear plasticity and damage in three dimensional structures. Created as part of my PhD thesis titled "Modelling to predict the reliability of solder joints".

University of Greenwich, 2005 - 2007

Other Creations

Zbampq (short film)

I wrote and directed this surreal short film.

2010

Music

Half baked attempts to start two bands with friends in London.

2007 - 2010

Old Blog

Mainly travelling stories.

2009 - 2010

Contact