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Jumping on the Introductions boat, I'm Andy Coulson. I'm a freelance writer, copy-editor, proofreader and photographer. I have previously worked as a primary teacher and, for several years before that, as a an engineering project manager principally in the engineering field. My writing and editing work covers my fairly diverse range of interests. To give you a flavour I am currently writing about Ted Hughes and Mytholmroyd; the Theory of Relativity; 4G Mobile phones; reviewing training courses and helping edit legal material and XML markup.
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<br /> I turned my back on Windows about 8 years ago when I was spending more time fixing my PC than using it. Since then I have been working mostly on Ubuntu, although recently I've been using Mint and experimenting with both the Mate and Cinnamon desktops. It's a long time since I've done any serious programming - I think the last thing I did was assembler on various micro-controllers back in the 80's. I do a bit of web work - HTML and CSS, and am trying to get to grips with the WordPress. I use OSS because I can experiment and tinker to get the right workflow, and If something doesn't work I've not lost anything and because i think the community ethos is such a good model for running things.
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<span class="signature"><font size="4">Andrew Coulson</font><br /> email: <a href="mailto:coulson.andy@gmail.com" onclick="return false;" target="_blank">coulson.andy@gmail.com</a> | tel: 07834 269850<br /> <b>Ryburn TextWorks</b> - <font size="1">Proofreading, Copy-editing, Writing</font><br /> <a href="http://www.RyburnImageWorks.co.uk" target="_blank"><b>Ryburn ImageWorks</b></a> -<font size="1"> Landscape and Nature Photography</font></span>
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<span style="font-size: 12px;"><em>Sent from my <a href="http://goo.gl/EWViH" target="_blank"><span style="font-weight: bold">IQTELL</span></a> Virtual Workspace</em></span>
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