Projects

Welcome to Projects

Welcome to my online portfolio. My name is Ben Bradshaw and I'm a website developer. If you have followed a credit link on another website to reach this page then you have seen some of my work already.

I mostly write php-based websites, however I also have Java and C/C++ programming experience. I am comfortable working with Windows and Linux (Debian and Ubuntu).

I currently work for Catalyst IT as a Developer and used to work for State Services Commission as a Technical Consultant on the NZ Government Web Standards. I have a keen interest in accessibility, particularly for blind users.

What have I worked on?

Before I started developing professionally I was a Content Administrator for the Ministry of Economic Development. I was part of the team that handled the transition from their old table based layout to their new CSS layout, which was developed on EpiServer by Intergen.

Following that I took my current job at Catalyst, during which I worked as part of a team on the Podclass website, which runs a highly customised Moodle installation. My other efforts at Catalyst have been in the maintenance of websites for Telecom New Zealand. These sites are mostly WAP (Mobile Phone) sites with an HTML administration interface.

Most recently I have been involved in further development of Podclass, and in upgrading sites from php4 to php5 and the setup of the new platform to host these sites.

Accessibility

I have a keen interest in Accessibility. My time at MED taught me that accessibility standards exist and that they are useful. I then researched the current NZ Government Web Standards and Recommendations v1.0 as part of my honours study at Victoria University.

After presenting my research to the NZCS I was invited to present my findings to the New Zealand State Services Commission. I now contract to SSC as a Technical Analyst in the Web Standards Team.