Jay Hollingum - Works in IT

Finally I've updated my own little piece of internet real estate. It's only taken 7 years to get round to it. As fun a project as it was, developing my own ActionScript 1.0 3D engine all those years ago, the old site ( www.uk79.com ) is a little dated now to say the least, with an entrance page, recommendations for processors and screen resolution, total neglect for accessibility and search engines, so on and so forth. It was all so cutting edge in the early 21st century, at a time when Flash and animation was going to rule the www, but it was definitely time to revamp and update. jayhollingum.com still needs a bit of work and a few tweaks to it, but it's going to be a hell of a lot easier to maintain and develop further.

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