HELLO! Welcome to my personal homepage.
About me
This page is intended to contain any interesting information and downloads associated with my, far too many, hobbies. It may also include information about my long, and expanding, education, my experience in computer technologies or my ambitions. I have a beautiful wife, and wonderful parents.
Music
My main hobby revolves around my love of listening to and playing music. I own many instruments and love to learn. My main instruments are keyboard and guitar. I run Instrument World website - a constantly evolving encyclopedia of world instruments. I compose music, which is available for download here. In the future I hope to start making musical instruments.
Photography
Photography has been a hobby for me since I borrowed my brother-in-law's 35mm SLR camera, in the mid 90s. I don't think I'm very good, but you can judge for yourself (and as a blog). More personal 'snappy' photos are available here. I also love to do video work, and have produced a number of bespoke videos, including wedding videos, and event documentaries.
Computers
Despite being considered "work", I also like to use computers in my spare time. I sometimes program them (Windows, Java, Pocket PC), but mainly use them as recording devices for my music, digital image tweaking devices for my photography, or editing devices for my videography. You can download stuff like themes from my Pocket PC page.
Work
I currently work at the University of Southampton, where I've been for quite a while now. I am a research fellow working on various projects which involve the creation of user interfaces, architectures and other such exciting stuff. My current work homepage can be found here:
http://www.ecs.soton.ac.uk/~dpd/

I have set up my own web design company, called Helpful Design and you can see a list of websites I've done previously on my web design page.

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Made 2003