GanderCom Web Solutions

an image of Julia wearing a top hat and purple goggles with a shower of steampunk cogs coming down around her

About me!

I made my first website in 1995 after discovering The Internet. My love of the web encouraged me to head back to uni and complete a Grad Dip in Computer Science. Rather a departure from my undergrad BA in Politics and History.

In 2000 I moved to London (for the weather, naturally) and began my web career in earnest. Working on sites for eJay, British Gas, Sainsburys and Hanson I found a passion for Accessibility and moved my focus from coding to testing sites with disabled users to ensure they worked with Assistive technology.

I missed coding though and headed back into a front end dev role where I worked on sites for Canon, BP, National Rail Enquiries (to name a few) bringing in all my experience in Accessibility to the role.

Scroll on to now - I’ve moved to Tassie (for the weather, naturally) and had tons of fun completing a Diploma in Graphic Design (see the image!). I'm now working for Design Tasmania in a combined Administration and Graphic Design capacity, helping get collateral together for exhibitions, running events, managing the team of volunteers and keeping the office side of things ticking over. I'm also working with local companies - big and small - to get online and realise their online dreams.