At 16 I left school, and joined the British Army as an electronics techie, but I couldn't handle being told what to do, so I left just before they sent half the army off to the Falklands (I exaggerate slightly…there are a few more than that in the British Army)

At 18, I learned how to take care of myself in Glasgow, at 19 I went to London to seek my fortune, and after almost a whole year in one job (as a casino dealer, no less), my girlfriend at the time broke my heart and I sold all my worldly possessions and left with a rucksack to go hitchhiking…I ended up in South of France where I hopped on a French boat going to the Maldives, ran out of money when I got there and lived in Sri Lanka for a while.

So…after a few years of traveling and working around the world (you don't want to hear the details…), I started in business doing typesetting and graphic design, discovered the Macintosh, went on to start a computer dealer and training company, went bust, and then started again making computer software training CDs and online training, which is what I am doing now. The company is based in California (Silicon Valley) and in Wales, UK…the office over there is run by my mother, who is a whizzkid, and the company has been going for just over 2 years…not doing too badly either.

My short-term ambition is to sell the company, buy a catamaran and sail off…long term ambitions, when I'm old and crinkly, is to make robots, a la Asimov. (well, we all dream no?…)

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