Colin
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Writing
an online biography always seemed like a neat idea, but it soon dawned on me just
how difficult it was. What approach should I take.
- Bright and breezy - Hi I'm Colin, welcome one and all.
- Formal and precise - Welcome to my web page. Colin Meeks is a thoroughly nice bloke
- Strange and weird - Greetings webling. You may assimilate this notice.
Anyway I dismissed these approaches, a) because I couldn't have kept up the style of writing for very long, without the need to bang my head against a large wall; b) as ideas they suck the big egg.
So here in all it's glory is the story of Me :-) I was born in the East End of London 32 years ago, which yes does make me a pucker Cockney (born within the sound of Bow Bells). Spent my schooling days at Moorfields Primary School and then onto Central Foundation School for Boys. Wasn't interested in the slightest in an academic career.
Discovered computers in the school library in the middle of 1980 and from that point the rest of my life was mapped out. My first computer was a Sinclair ZX81, resplendent with it's 1K of memory, no graphics and no sounds, but it was mine and I loved it. Over the years went from machine to machine and enjoyed every minute.
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| Cartoon of me drawn by May whilst I was working at Loot |
I left Camden Itec after they managed to secure me a job at a small software/marketing company and my working career just snowballed from there. I've been very lucky to get in on the ground floor in many technologies including desktop publishing, windows development and the Internet.
On a personal level, after spending 32 years of my life in my home country I moved to Canada to be with my then girl friend and now wife. You can read all about this soon, here .
My interest are many, but mainly it would be computers, music and books. I've always got a book on the go and am always listening to music of one kind or another.
Well that my friends about wraps it up. I don't want to ramble incessantly, so I'll bid you goodbye and hope to hear from you soon. Please remember to sign our guest book .
