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Compl33t

Also known as Albert Cornelissen.
From Stellenbosch, South Africa.
A Web Developer at GivenGain.
A bit of a Tech Addict.
An all round nice guy.



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  • March 10, 07:35 AM

    This happens too damn often.


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  • March 04, 03:59 PM

    The neglected Hero...not!

    If you've been following the right people on Twitter, you'd know by know that a (mostly) fully working leak of Android 2.1 for the Droid Eris (with HTC's SenseUI) has been leaked. Seeing as they're basically the same phone, it's already been ported to the Hero.

    I've installed Benocharm's BeHero for now, and so far I'm quite impressed. The speed is amazing. Everything that I care about works (there are issues with MMS, but it should be fixed soon, and the SuperUser app - that's already been fixed). If this ROM is any indication of what HTC's final product will be like, there's much to be excited about (especially once Paul from Modaco gets his hands on it).

    For now, if you'd like to play around, the two big release can be found here, and here.

    I'd recommend you do a full wipe. If you were running MCR, it would probably be best to wipe the ext partition as well.

    Update: The Superuser app now works as it should, and MMS settings can be applied with a seperate app called MMSZap. My GPS not working has also been fixed. Right now, BeHero is, in my opinion, as close as you'll get to a fully functioning, production-ready 2.1 SenseUI ROM for the HTC Hero. In short: everything, and I do mean everything, works!

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  • March 04, 04:34 AM

    What's all this, then?

    So, you might have come here expecting something else entirely. You may have expected to find an enormous, comprehensive web space for me. The truth is, life changes and priorities shift.

    Here are the steps I'm planning take (or have taken) concerning my online presence:

    • Move my e-mail accounts on compl33t.com to Google Apps for Domains
    • Move compl33t.com itself to flavors.me.
    • Create two Posterous accounts, one for casual blogging (blog.compl33t.com), and one for posting stuff from my phone (onthego.compl33t.com).You're reading the first one, and the second one has existed for some time.
    • Take my current Wordpress-powered site at compl33t.com offline. I'm not scrapping it, just taking it offline for now, as it has some valuable information on it concerning past projects, as well as my music. I'm still investigating a few possible solutions to hosting my projects and music.
    • Use Flickr exclusively for my Photography.
    • Align the look and feel of all these sources.
    • Acquire one or two extra domains, just for the hell of it (this is done too: compl33t.me *chuckle*, and cornelissen.me).

    There are a couple of reasons I'm doing all this. Most of all being that I don't want to waste time on maintaining two or three servers and the software on it. It's distracting and I've got better things to spend my time on. Time is actually what it all boils down to. My priorities, as mentioned, have radically changed. During the day I'd like to focus on my job one-hundred-and-ten-percent, especially now. After hours I'd like to spend with my girlfriend, outdoors, or working on a new side-project. I'll also be saving a little bit of money, as soon as I get to stop one or two hosting accounts.

    So yeah, this will be my space where I'll be verbose and talk about things from now on. Sometime in the future, compl33t.com may be restored to its former glory (I am a web-developer by trade, after all), but for now it's in my best interests to have all my stuff on hosted solutions.

    To the future! Pröst! ;)

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Albert Cornelissen

Web Developer at GivenGain
Information Technology and Services | Cape Town Area, South Africa, ZA

Summary

The broad field of information technology interests me immensely. I have experience in the fields of web development, hardware and networking, system administration, programming and a few other areas. I enjoy the analysis and design side of things, and am passionate about user interaction design. At the moment I'm a web developer for GivenGain holdings.
Specialties: Information Architecture (Junior): User Experience, Usability, User Interface, Sitemaps, Wireframes, Navigation, Use Cases, etc. Ontologies/Thesauri. Web Technologies. MS Visio. Web Development (Intermediate-High): Database Design and Implementation, XHTML, CSS, PHP, MySQL, SQL, JavaScript, Graphic Design, Graphic Manipulation. Technical (Intermediate-High): Network Design, Implementation and Maintenance. Windows, Linux, Unix (Sun Solaris).

Experience

  • Jul 2009 - Present

    Web Developer / GivenGain

    I help to maintain and enhance the GivenGain and PayProp platforms. Technologies: Perl/MySQL, Javascript/jQuery, XHTML/CSS.
  • Nov 2008 - Jun 2009

    Global Controlled Vocabularies Service - Technical Consultant / PricewaterhouseCoopers

    I was involved with the new Controlled Vocabularies Publishing Web Application. This position covered a broad spectrum of responsibilities: Project Liaison/Management, Database Design, User Interface Design / Implementation, User Testing, Documentation, Deployment. Technologies used: C# ASP.Net, Prototype/Scriptaculous, MonoRail Framework, SQL Server 2005.
  • Mar 2008 - Oct 2008

    Assistant Lecturer / University of Stellenbosch

    I was a demi giving class on Microsoft Office 2007 for the Information Skills 172 course.
  • 1998 - 2008

    Web Developer / Freelance

    I have been doing freelance web development since I was in high school. I am passionate about design trends and new technology and keep up with the latest developments. I am usually involved in the entire life-cycle of a project, from start to finish, and I have gained quite a lot of experience in a lot of areas (DB design/implementation, layout & design, actually coding the site, setting things up on the server, etc). Experience: Design of systems/applications - processes, layout, navigation, user interfaces, etc; HTML/XHTML, CSS, JavaScript/AJAX, PHP, SQL.
  • May 2003 - Jun 2003

    Technician / Compunet Services

    This was a holiday job I did while I was doing my A+, N+ and MCSE. I did all round technician work, building, servicing and repairing computers as well as designing, implementing and maintaining networks.

Education

  • 2008 - 2008

    Stellenbosch University/Universiteit Stellenbosch

    Hons BA in Socio-Informatics
  • 2005 - 2007

    Stellenbosch University/Universiteit Stellenbosch

    BA (Socio-Informatics) in Socio-Informatics, Decision Making and Value Studies, English
  • 2003 - 2003

    CSS IT

    Comptia A+ in Computer Technician
  • 2003 - 2003

    CSS IT

    Comptia N+ in Network Technician
  • 2003 - 2003

    CSS IT

    MCSA in Microsoft Certified System Administrator - Windows 2000

Additional information

Websites:
My Website, My Blog
Interests:
Photography, Composition/Production of Electronic Music, Music in General, Gadgets, Popular Design Trends, Information Architecture, Web Technologies, Good food and good wine, Geocaching and Hiking.
Assoc.:
Present: Twine, Golden Key Honour Society, ISOC, The Knowledge Management Institute, Interaction Design Association Past: IEEE, IEEE Information Theory Society, IEEE Communications Society, The Information Architecture Institute
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