About

Overthink – the blog and website of me, Robbie Scourou, a freelance web developer/programmer/sysadmin who currently lives in Norwich, Norfolk.

Contact me

If you would like to get in touch with me, please send me an email: (robbie [at] overthink.co.uk).

The gory details

I’ve been developing for the internet since 1998, most recently as a Senior Developer at Norwich/London based Digital Agency Soup, predominantly working on the server side functionality (PHP) on a range of client websites over the past 2 years.

Currently I am embarking on a scary trip into the life of a freelancer. One of the things I hope to be blogging about is this process of setting up and running my own freelance business.

My main skill set can broadly be described as anything web. I’m highly experienced in:

  • PHP (both procedural, and object oriented) – both bespoke and framework builds (MVC or other)
  • MySQL
  • Javascript/Ajax – including most popular frameworks such as jQuery and MooTools
  • CSS
  • Server administration (having spent 3+ years as either an IT manager or Head of IT)

As well as having exposure to other technologies such as Ruby, C#, Java, .NET, Adobe Flex + AS3. I’d like to think that I have reached the point in my career where I am fairly technology neutral and can pick up and run with most things that come my way. If you’d like the full CV, please send me an email at robbie [at] overthink.co.uk.

Other subjects that are sure to be brought up are writing, the occasional film, and more often web programming and philosophy. Monkeys may or may not be involved.