Stadler rail needed an easy to use system for keeping track of the running condition, defects and cleanliness of their rolling stock.

Using my OnSight reporting system as a base, I developed a bespoke PWA and SaaS system that allows the client to keep track of all their rolling stock in one digital place. This gives the employees a very user-friendly way to input data as they repair and clean the rolling stock. It gives management a clear overview, along with graphed KPIs and historical tabled data, of the state of each carriage. The system also gives some BI perception of where potential bottlenecks occur over single carriages and the whole stock.

The system is fully responsive and works on all devices, including iOS and Android for the front end reporting and any higher resolution displays for the admin backend. The system has been running for over 3 years now without any hick-ups or complaints and we are excited to further develop it's remit in the future.

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To help streamline the the day to day business for its employees, Merseyrail tasked me with designing and building an Android app for phonebook look up. There were a few complications to be considered; namely phones don't always have data connections underground where a fair amount of employers are. I solved this problem by running a local couch database on the device. Each month (and first-run) the app checks if it has a data connection and if it does, it will sync with the latest contact data and update it's local database ready for off-line use again. I wrote the API for this and also the backend PHP to query Merseyrail's Active Directory/LDAP employee directory to make sure we had up to date information.

The client also needed bespoke lists of extra contact details beyond the bulk Active Directory numbers, list of station phone numbers, emergency numbers etc. For these I employed a bespoke database for quick access and fed this into the API so all the data came from the single source as far as the app was concerned.

The app utilises 2 factor authentication for added security of the senstive data; utilsing Google Authenticator API as well as generating QR codes for quick scanning. Administering the day-to-day contact details was done via Microsoft Active Directory. But the client needed a bespoke web-based admin interface to curate and update the bespoke lists of contacts. For this I designed and built a the CMS as a single page web app (using mostly HTML5, javascript/jQuery, php & mySQL) with a focus on an easy to use UI to help avoid training costs for the client.

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I produced a cross device mobile application for the nice people in the fashion and textiles dept. of The School of Arts and Digital Industries of The University of East London.

The app scales to fit any screen on iOS and android devices. We have lots of video and PDF content, which is browsable via the app, along with database of FAQs. I also created the CMS and database that powers this app and allows management of the videos, PDFs and FAQ items. The web service chooses the most relevant video size for the device, so we don't waste bandwidth.

The app was designed to be used offline too. Allowing the students to download the content they need, while they are on the Uni's wifi, for later use. So no more having to reply on decent wifi (now there is no excuse to not work on the tube too).

I also built the accompanying support website (no longer online).

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Working alongside the chaps and chapesses at Tangent90 once again, I built an iPad application for an undisclosed pharma company (hence the really blurry thumbnails). I developed a front end iOS application to work with Tangent 90's document vending system. The user logs in, at which point the app goes and checks the server for the documents they have access to and then the iPad application downloads all these docs ready (so we can work offline just as well). The documents (pdfs, videos, sounds clip etc.) can be viewed on the app but can also be selected to be emailed the user for further reading on their desktop.

The app handles portrait and landscape happily, relaying out the content to suit and also scales the graphics to suit the retina iPad3 or the iPad1&2.

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