Hi, I'm Olly
I'm a creative technologist based in London. I can design and build accessible, beautiful user experiences for the web. If you want to discuss a project, get in touch below.
🏡 I'm currently working on a new project management tool for Resi, a modern architecture practice, and learning Ruby on Rails
Commercial Projects
Resi -
Customer App
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Bass Cycle
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Yahlive
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Framestore Life
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LandTech
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BaySentry
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SuperHi Projects
I built these sites during courses created by SuperHi, an online creative and technology education startup. They represent some of the skills I have developed and technologies I’m interested in.
01/23
Experimental Typography for the Web
Caroline Wade
Experimental Typography for the Web
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Experimental Typography for the Web
Fifty Festival
Advanced CSS & JS
MapBox Search
React.js
Photo Search
Ajax & APIs
Plant Life
JavaScript for Designers
Rose Culver
Advanced CSS & JS
Super Shapes
Advanced CSS & JS
Words of Womxn
JavaScript for Designers
About Me
Who am I?
My name is Olly Robinson, and I’m a Front-end Developer based in London. I have worked in Front-end development for just over a year now, but I don’t come from a computing or even a STEM background. I studied English Literature at university and taught myself to code with a little help from SuperHi.
Why Front-end?
Growing up, the web could be quite ugly. The 00’s saw massive growth in internet-based entertainment and the birth of social networking but pages were cluttered, text was small, forms were innavigable and the dominance of skeuomorphism made interfaces feel heavy and exhausting to operate. With that in mind, I am drawn to front-end development as a means to build a clear, well-designed web that makes services accessible for a heteronomous cohort of users.
Who am I inspired by?
I have recently become interested in the intersection of user experience and web accessibility. Smashing Magazine’s recent focus on accessible forms has been a regular source of inspiration on how to tackle a notoriously difficult area of front-end development. I’m also intrigued by Andy Bell and Heydon Pickering’s programmatic (and opinionated) approach in their book Every Layout and have been attempting to implement some of these snippets in my own work.
What can I do for you?
I can build performant, maintainable user interfaces, I can troubleshoot and solve bugs in existing sites, I can bring an ambitious, forward-thinking attitude to your development process, but most importantly I can evangelise about public transport.
Core Languages
- HTML
- SCSS/CSS
- JavaScript ES6
Additionally
- Git
- TailwindCSS
- BEM Method
- React
- APIs
- Agile working
- Gulp
- Jekyll/Liquid
- WordPress/ACF/PHP
- Drupal/Twig
- Ruby on Rails
I'm currently learning...
💎 The basics of Ruby on Rails.
⚛️ Fullstack web applications using React and GraphQL