About Brian

Brian Lyttle - portrait photo by Sarah Gray ;)I’m a Northern Irish expatriate living in the western suburbs of Philadelphia, PA. I was born in Londonderry and moved to England for university. I’ve been running this site on and off since October 1999. Someday I might get time to write a script to import a lot of old content.

Shortly after moving to the US in November 2004 I met the love of my life. Sarah is absolutely wonderful. So wonderful in fact, that we got married in October 2008!

To pay the bills I lend my skills and experience to clients of LiquidHub, where I’m a senior associate in their collaboration technology group. I’ve spent a lot of time writing software for Microsoft platforms like SharePoint or Windows Mobile; but I’m also working with Cloud technology like Amazon EC2, and Rich Internet Applications using Flex and Silverlight. For the past couple of years my personal projects have been hacked out in Python. New languages and technologies are emerging every day, why not explore a little?

Before joining LiquidHub, I founded a small consultancy called Source Foundry. It was a fun affair, just me and the occasional contractor when I needed some heavy lifting done. Running my own company was a great but exhausting experience.

When I’m not working I enjoy photography, helping out at a local theatre company, and cycling with the Kindle Hill crew. After our wedding Sarah and I took up Kettlebell. It makes for a strenuous yet enjoyable workout. Give Phil a shout if you want to try it out in the Philadelphia area.

This site runs on WordPress. It is hosted by Joyent on their Accelerator platform, and runs a version of Apache that I built myself. Putting it together has been a fun experience.

Places I’ve lived

I should really write about my experiences in some of these places, but here is a list for now.

  • Ardmore, Pennsylvania (May 2006 to Present)
  • Wilmington, Delaware (November 2004 to April 2006)
  • Macclesfield, England (September 2004 to October 2004)
  • Manchester, England (September 1999 to September 2004)
  • Londonderry, Northern Ireland (September 1980 to August 1999)