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One of my first breaks in IT was freelance work on the Science Museum website back when they didn't know anyone who could make web sites. I was in my early 20s
by andybak 6y ago
One of my first breaks in IT was freelance work on the Science Museum website back when they didn't know anyone who could make web sites. I was in my early 20s and someone I knew from the pub had a mum who was a curator. She asked her son if he knew anyone because "web developer" was a fairly uncommon skill!
I eventually got crowded out by a proper agency but I've still got clients in the culture sector that I got from word of mouth from that. My company is still doing stuff as a direct result of that contact.
(I'm 49 so do the maths yourself)
- dmje 6y agoWe might know each other. I was head of web at The Science Museum from 2000-2007 :-)
- andybak 6y agoHa! We might have just missed each other. I built the original "Collections" section and then CogApps took over in about 1999. This is the last version I could find on the Internet Archive: https://web.archive.org/web/19981205004229/http://www.nmsi.ac.uk/collections/ https://web.archive.org/web/19981205004229/http://www.nmsi.a... I worked on Collections, a couple of special topic sections (Fusion and Science Museum in Japan), Exhiblets... I later helped with the touchscreens for the opening of the Wellcome Wing and then I started working with the NMDC - who are still a (hopefully happy) client.
- andybak 6y agoThis page survived into your tenure: https://web.archive.org/web/20010427104747/http://www.sciencemuseum.org.uk/on-line/fusion/index.asp https://web.archive.org/web/20010427104747/http://www.scienc... God. Left aligned, fixed width at about 800px. Headings as gifs... Oh how things were different then...
- dmje 6y agoI like it. Those days of simplistic charm... ~sigh~