In the beginning there was light...

I have been meaning to start putting together a blog for many years now. Finally, one quiet day in the office I have finally put this together!

So to start I have prepared a question and answer session with myself. Don't worry I haven't got multiple personalities.

Q. Why as a so called software engineer (SE) have you used the google blogging site rather than create your own site using this or that blogging software?
A. Okay I'm a bit lazy... also on a more serious note I think there is a mindset amongst many SE to always go and reinvent the wheel. If google are providing this (seems to be decent) service free of charge then why should I mess around with my own site :).

Q. What is this blog for? Do we really need to hear the rantings of another person?
A. Well I want to use this to share my experiences of Software Development.. and hopefully these will help other SE solve there issues. Also, I want to add some more real life examples of using analysis and design to build "quality" software. It seems that there is a real lack of blogs that tackle this subject.

Q. Who are you and why should we listen to you?
A. I am a Senior Software Engineer who is currently working for a small expense managment firm in Manchester, UK. Before this role I was working for large firms in the Pharmaceutical sector. I am currently working with C# and ASP.NET and have previous experience working with Delphi and Java. Through all my career (6 years) I have used UML and Oracle Databases. I have also been involved in training SE in UML and Object-Oriented analysis and design.
In answer to the other question... errr... you don't have to listen to me if you don't want to :)