About

My name is Paul Dixon, I’m 36 years old and I live 30 miles north of London, UK.

I’m not a real lord *, but you could probably guess that. The “LordElph” moniker is derived from Elphin Ltd, the name of my company. When I started it 8 years ago friends began calling me Lord Elphin of Elphinshire - I logged into so many things as “LordElph” it became my online nickname of choice. (*Edit! My rather wonderful better half made me a Scottish “laird” through the purchase of a square foot of land near Fort William, so I am a lord now. I have a very nice certificate, so it must be true).

I’ve been a software developer since graduating with a BSc in Computer Science from UMIST in 1992. I’ve worked for a variety of multimedia / Internet companies such as Granada Media before setting up my own company Elphin Ltd in 1998.

At the moment I am primarily developing music and video streaming products for Alexander Street Press, but I still carry out software/web development contract work through Elphin.

A lot of my spare time is spent developing and maintaining Geograph British Isles,which as well as being my first major open source project, is also my first foray into the application of Creative Commons licences. Through the use of the GPL and CC licences, we’ve hopefully created a useful online photographic resource which can remain freely accessible forever.

When I’m not in front of computer, I like to spend my time geocaching, as it lends some purpose to me being outdoors. I’m married with two young children, and they keep me pretty occupied too…

Contact

  • email: lordelph at gmail.com
  • skype: lordelph
  • msn im: lordelph at hotmail.com
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