Author: Alex
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AlcoWiki.com
For my AlcoWiki application for the Windows Phone I wanted to created a promotional website which would allow me to better present its features and capabilities. I feel AlcoWiki.com gives off a strong, professional and slick approach to promoting AlcoWiki. You can view the website here: www.AlcoWiki.com Along with the site I have also created…
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AlexanderHoughton.co.uk
For the website you are currently viewing I have solely created all of the content, assets and documents which it features. Though careful PHP editing and HTML tweaking I was able to adapt the WordPress theme I used as a foundation to create a great place to showcase my creative and technical work over the…
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Weather Phone 8 (C#, PHP, SQL)
One of my latest software development venture was Weather Phone 8, combining the skills of all my previous applications together, allowing me to create something truly powerful. Weather Phone 8 Product Description: “Keep up to date with all your weather locations and even pin a special live tile which will always update weather for your…
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AlcoWiki (C#, SQL, PHP, XAML)
[quote]AlcoWiki is a comprehensive and detailed alcoholic drink database for the Windows Phone OS. Through the use of Windows Phone magnificent user interface integration and brilliant graphics, AlcoWiki presents a fantastic way to discover new drinks and learn loads about the ones you already love. Whether you love nursing a nice cold pint or downing…
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First Windows Phone Apps (5 Different Apps)
After becoming well acquainted with the C++ programming language at university I was eager to being creating applications which could be used in the real world and I could publish. I took it upon my self to teach myself everything I needed to know about the Windows Phone OS, C# and XNA to make it…
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Cloud Breaker (C++ & Allegro)
Bournemouth University Software Programming: Assignment 2 Cloud Breaker was my first ever game I created for my University Assignments at Bournemouth, it taught me the fundamentals of how to draw images to buffers and screens and all the fundamentals for future games. Cloud Breaker was created using the open source Allegro API and C++; Since…
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Creative Writing
At the start of September I was offered the chance to start writing technology articles for my nextdoor neighbour, head of the company EMR Digital. “Entertainment Media Research was founded in 1997 by Peter Ruppert, formerly Head of Music Information at MTV Europe in anticipation of the digital entertainment revolution. Today, Entertainment Media Research is…
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C++ Programming
After finishing my A Levels and was about to begin studying Games Technology at Bournemouth University I knew I would have to start learning a completely new programming langauge to Visual Basic: C++. I’d heard a lot about C++ and knew it wasn’t going to be as simple and straight forward as learning VB as…
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Visual Basic.NET
I first started learning the Visual Basic.NET programming at the beginning of my A Levels. Visual Basic.NET opened the world of programming to me and taught me all the fundamentals I needed to know. We started off learning console programming and basic loops and ended up creating full, form based programmes using Object Oriented Programming…
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Showcase: Adobe Photoshop
Again around the time of my GCSE’s and early into my A levels I started playing around with Adobe Photoshop, having heard of it before I always wanted to see what the buzz was all about and what the software was capable of. Having no prior knowledge to the tool I joined a small online…
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Showcase: Premiere Pro music videos
Towards the end of my GCSE’s I started experimenting with the extremely powerful Adobe Premiere Pro video editing software, learning how it worked all through experimentation and self teaching I started creating karaoke style DVD’s for my Dad for his social gatherings. My Dad also created his own music songs which I created the videos…