William
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Making things slowly, thinking things through

These days I’m mostly interested in travel, reading, photography, and making things in the workshop. I’m drawn to work that rewards patience, attention to detail and where the final product feels larger than the parts that make it up.

A long-running interest of mine has been the pursuit of a simpler life through natural health, growing food, and making things yourself rather than buying everything.

Before retiring, I spent many years working in IT. I began as an electronics technician working on communications gear and mini computers, then moved into software development and later into software architecture and leadership. I was lucky that I had a natural curiosity that aligned with the much work that came my way.

This site is a place to bring some of these interests and influences together. It’s a place for notes on books, places, photographs, tools, making, and themes that stay with me for a while.

This Site

Writing holds the notes and essays, Reading keeps track of books that have stayed with me, and the Gallery gathers photographs from travels, walks, and quieter observations.

Built with Ruby, then exported as static HTML. Tinderbox design inspiration from Mark Bernstein, Dave Rogers & Jack Baty while the visual design elements have drawn inspiration from Carlos de Toro & Meandering Passage & Henry Desroches to name a few.

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