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akingdom/README.md

"Hello, World" 👋

Cartoon of me

Areas of Expertise: Language, Software, Technology, Other (See Interests)

Work

  • Freelancer for hire
  • Advice and help with any IT issue, large or small.
  • Tutor in programming, electronics and English language (for non-native speakers).
  • Maintain mobile apps
  • Translate programs between computer languages
  • Build data transformation pipelines
  • Much else

I've been fortunate to have experience in most areas of computing, working in IT Support and Development since the 1980s, primarily servicing the education market.

Gists

Current Programming and Markup Languages

  • Objective-C
  • Java
  • C# (C-Sharp)
  • Swift
  • HTML, JavaScript, CSS

The above are the current main languages, of about 300 languages and dialects I've used. Here are language statistics of my current public GitHub repositories:

Language statistics of my public repositories.

Platforms

  • Cloud (AWS, Azure, Google, local),
  • Servers (Windows, Linux, VMS, multi-site, web, file, other)
  • Desktop (MacOS, Windows, Linux, Unix, other)
  • Mobile (iOS, Android, Bada, other)
  • Embedded (MicroChip, Raspberry Pi, other)

Interests

  • Nature on Earth (inc. biology, geology), big things (cosmology), little things (physics)
  • Practical Thinking (inc. philosophy, religion, neurology, psychology, mathematics, epistemology, metaphysics, information science)
  • Technology (too many to name, most branches, everything; I've helped design and build simple computers, websites, small data centres, networks, software, mobile apps, servers, websites, IOT, embedded systems, much much more)
  • History (including archaeology, philology, etymology, genealogy, living history)
  • Language (I'm learning a few languages, including modern Greek, and help people practice English, I watch more foreign movies and TV than English, including-but-not-limited-to: Mandarin, Korean, Hindi, German)
  • Food (cooking and how not to burn water)
  • Reading and writing... (music, stories, software, legal, much more)
  • Everything else

Quotes

A movie is never really finished, just released. - Bonnie Arnold, a producer of the 'How to Train Your Dragon' movies.

If you're not embarassed by your early work, you spent too long on it. - Attributed to Neil Gaiman

Where possible, focus on things that are worthwhile. - Andrew Kingdom

Writer's Block? Think about things differently by: Adding a new communication; add in random text from any source at hand; take time to relax, help a stranger, rewrite in a different format (e.g. story as a screenplay), don't get bogged down, put down the basics and move on. -- Andrew Kingdom

Even experts know less than 1% of everything that can be known about life, the universe and everything. To think otherwise is to not even be aware of your own ignorance. — Andrew Kingdom

Being an expert in one field does not guarantee expertise in another field. For example, understanding the science of combustion doesn't automatically make me good at cooking food on a fire. — Andrew Kingdom

No work is ever worth a divorce — Andrew Kingdom

You can't truly love others if you're not caring for yourself. It's like how airlines say, 'Put on your own mask first, then help others.' — Andrew Kingdom

A.I. is a tool made by humans to assist humans; don't confuse it with actual intelligence, the two are not the same and will never be so. — Andrew Kingdom

Un-deception is the successful resolution of misapprehension, that is, the changing of your mind concerning a misbelief. This is not the same as trying to change someone's mind.

The Role of Emotional Context in Effective Decision-Making and Communication:

  • Understanding context when making informed decisions enhances relationships and communication (acknowledging emotions is part of the context).
  • Managing emotions in the bigger picture improves decision-making and reduces excessive conflict, leading to clearer perspectives and rational choices.
  • Communicating decisions clearly positively impacts circumstances and strengthens emotional well-being. — Andrew Kingdom

Footnotes

  • My GitHub user icon: Quantum Computing with an artistic twist.
  • (C) Copyright 2024 Andrew Kingdom. All rights reserved.

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