Jonnya of Photoshop Ninja & Ramada Birmingham Oldbury sites

Tell Us About You And Your Blog(s)

Hi! I’m Jonnya, I’m a freelance graphic designer and web consultant based in Birmingham, West Midlands. I have been freelancing for over 6 years and work for a range of ad agencies and independent clients, previous to which I worked at an ad agency for nearly 3 years.

The site I have entered under the ‘Content’ category is Photoshop Ninja - a blog that’s full of tips, tricks and downloads for Photoshop.

I also designed the Ramada Birmingham Oldbury website entered into the ‘Design’ category for a West Midlands based marketing agency called Tango Marketing Communications.

How Long Have You Been Blogging?

I have been creating websites for around 10 years and began working with content management systems around 5 years ago. When blogs started developing, I began looking at them as a CMS platform - and when I tried WordPress out in 2005 (with the launch of Photoshop Ninja) I realised straight away I had found the perfect CMS (or blog if you prefer!). Since then I have developed all my CMS based sites using WordPress.

Why Do You Blog?

I write content for Photoshop Ninja because enjoy sharing my knowledge with people - it’s my way of giving a-little back to the Internet design community, from whom I’ve learned a-lot from over the years! I tend not to write stuff on getting wacky effects (which the net is full of), concentrating on the expert studio techniques I use day in day out. It also gives me a good platform to try out new WordPress plugins and script modifications on a site with a fair amount of content and traffic!

What Are You Hoping To Get From WordCamp UK?

I’m looking forward to hearing the presentations and meeting some like-minded WordPress developers. I’d like to see how other people are using WordPress, in particular SEO, user interaction and community development.

It may also give me the chance to make some useful freelance developer contacts to assist me with more time consuming tasks or tricky tasks in WordPress in the future - I am always on the look out for skilled coders as I’m responsible for web project management at a marketing company based in the West Midlands, in addition to my own projects of-course!

Got A Picture So We Can Recognise You At WordCamp UK?

I don’t normally do pictures… but here’s a rare moment caught on film March 2008 whilst on holiday - I wear slightly different glasses now and tend to not look quite as chilled out! For further reference I wear my hair in a shoulder-length ponytail, which is kinda tricky to see in the pic!
Jonnya

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