User:Benjie

Benjie Gillam AKA Benjie

An entrepreneur, and co-founder of web/mobile app consultancy BrainBakery Ltd. Father of two and husband of Jem Gillam. YCombinator alumni (Winter 2011) and graduate of Southampton University (First, BSc Maths with Physics).

Quick info

• Blog: BenjieGillam.com
• Email: [email protected]
• GitHub: @Benjie
• Twitter: @Benjie

At So Make It

• Is currently participating in these projects: 433MHz, Dalek, Members Area, Mindful Music, Nature Box, Orbiter CCTV Camera, The Door, WhiteBoard Plotter
• Is not planning to attend any events.
• Has not attended any events yet.
• Attended or plans to attend a total of 0 events.

Current projects

• So Make It - this and SoutHACKton receive most of my spare time
• 433MHz - I plan to make a device to cheaply allow you to control 433MHz devices throughout your home.
• Home automation - building the software to control my house
• Tivo remote - just need the password for the client side SSL certificate, but GDB keeps crashing
• 4WD Robot - have a Lipo battery for it, but not the cables I need.
• MSP430 - figure out where these are useful - the 3v3 dependence is annoying

Knowledge

• Programming - most of my life has been spent doing this...
• Maths - degree
• Network/protocols - have been dabbling with these since shortly after I started programming
• System administration - have ran various large services online, have learned a lot from this the hard way!
• Business - I run a few...