My name is Emmanuel Okorie as you would probably guessed by now. I am by profession a web designer who is trying to expand his expertise into other areas of media such as Digital Video, Photography and General Design.
I started using computers at the very early age of 11. Started off at school on a Commodore 64, then progressed to an Amiga where I started to learn different aspects of programming in Basic until I progressed to a 386 PC running Windows 3.1.
Through out my GSCE years, I learnt quite a lot when it came to programming. Visual Basic was mostly used and as my GSCE final year project, I ended up creating my own word processing software. Although pretty rudimentary, it gave me an insight of MDI forms and SDI forms as well as how object oriented programming was required.
This knowledge then progressed unto understanding networks, designing my first website (using Dreamweaver 1.0), learning about C and of course learning how to design in 3D using Cinema4D. Completed my A-Levels at this point after designing a Chemistry Revision software with QuestNet.
I went on to start a course in Computing Science at the Leeds Metropolitan University but ended up changing my mind as I felt the course was not just not right for me.
I then moved to do an HND in Multimedia & Web Development at The Langside College in Glasgow, during which time I learnt how to work with video, CD authoring and designing my first dynamic website in ASP (which I would like to point out was all self taught).
The University of Paisley gave me an opportunity to hone and improve my current skill set. I learnt and bit more about networks, gained some knowledge on CSS as well general web design practices. On days when I was not at university, I was taking the opportunity to learn more about designing database driven websites whether it be in ASP, PHP or Coldfusion.
Aims for the future?
Hmm... to gather as much knowledge as possible. You can never learn too much and I don't see having a lot of knowledge doing me any harm.
About My Website
Although Grafik Kaos was primarily designed to showcase my work, I have always felt that a web site should also be about selling yourself, your personality and hobbies. For this reason, you might find tutorials, blog articles on other topics such as mobile phones (love my mobile phones) and various tidbits on the odd occasion. I am however considering changing that.
Technical Abilities
Operating System
- Windows 7
- Ubuntu Linux (VMWare Mode)
Coding
- XHTML & CSS
- ASP Programming
- PHP Programming
- ActionScript 2.0 / 3.0
- MySQL
Applications
- Microsoft Office
Web
- Adobe Dreamweaver
- Adobe Photoshop
- Adobe Fireworks
- Aptana Studio
- Adobe Illustrator
- Search Engine Optimisation (SEO)
Video
- Adobe Premiere
- Sony Vegas Pro
- Adobe After Effects
- Adobe Encore
Audio
- Adobe Soundbooth
3D
- Maxon Cinema 4D
Interactive Software
- Adobe Director
- Adobe Flash
Currently familiarising myself with: ASP.NET (VB and C#)
My Setup
Hardware
- 22" CIBOX Monitor
- Gigabyte GA-M52S-S3P, 4GB RAM and DualCore AMD Athlon 64 X2
- BFG 8800GTS card
- Epson DX6000 All-In-One Printer
- Sony Ericsson P1i with 8GB storage
Software
XAMPP - probably one of the easiest ways to setup a PHP/MySQL server on a computer system
VMWare Workstation - I have Ubuntu installed in VMWare to specifically test linux only function. Sure I can get some in Windows but there are some things that Linux does way way better Windows.
Navicat - one of the best and easier to use piece of software when it comes to managing your databases. Managing your users is also a snap. Well worth investing in.
Technologies used on Grafik Kaos
Below are some of the techonologies used on my website.
Adobe Fireworks
100% design of this website
Adobe Spry
JQuery
Used with the portolio section of my website and some of the simple effects
CSS
To simply make HTML look its best
ADDT (Adobe Dreamweaver Developer Toolbox)
Use for majority of the backend work as well as some of the work done on the front end of the site.
CodeIgniter
I am so loving this framework... Easy to work with, understand and blazing fast... Things are only going to get better from here on end!
