Sam's World Of No

Hi, I’m Sam. I’m a web professional, and I am Head of Development at Setfire Media, a fast-growing web development and digital marketing agency, based in Stockport, England. My day-to-day job involves managing a busy development department working on large e-commerce projects, which often involves drawing on my technical specialities of *nix based-languages (Ruby, Perl, PHP), client-side languages and database administration. When it comes down to it, I write what needs writing, on whatever platform, to get the job done.

I hold an MA (with Distinction) in Modern European History, and a BA (with First Class Honours) in History from the University of Manchester, specialising in 19th Century European history, particularly the cultural history of medicine and mental health, and even more specifically in the classification and treatment of suicide. If I’ve had a few drinks, be careful not to ask me how all this relates to the work I currently do. I have a somewhat lengthy explanation!I live in South Manchester. When I’m not at work I do more work, write for this site, engage in copious amounts of social networking, and write and record music in my home studio.

The origins of this site’s name aren’t complicated but are fairly tricky to explain, so I’ll leave that for another time. Just know for now that I just wish there was support for apostrophes in domain names!