The Mindgym
Developer / DBA / Systems Architect
This was an exellent job - interesting work, lovely people, a fun environment.
Over the space of about two years, I wrote the backends (and quite a lot of the front-ends) for two public sites and an intranet which ran out of bespoke application/plugin frameworks.
The bulk of the interactive modules are in the logged in section - these included :
- multi-dimensional quizzes
- 360 quizzes
- a variety of questionnaires
- a flash/HTML fronted forum
- flash/html-fronted blogs
- myspace style buddy-system
- complex permission systems
- instant messaging
- automated emails
- extensive administration systems for all content
- bug-tracking software
- traffic monitoring software
- database synchronisation
- user feedback collection and reporting
- graph rendering
- invoicing
- todo list tracking
- event-calendaring
- mail-shot software
- booking systems
- ecommerce
- recurring subscriptions
- reporting and management tools
- work flow / todo lists with email reminders
- client login / extranet
There were about 30 staff using the CRM system / feedback / invoicing system daily, and about 50,000 registered users for the web-site.
I wrote the entire back-end of all of these systems, and most of the HTML/CSS. All graphics and overall design were done by an in-house design team. In 2006 all development was brought on-site/in-house.
The technologies used :
- PHP
- MySql
- Apache
- Linux and Windows
- XML / XSLT
- Flash Integration
- HTML / CSS
- Javascript