Head of Front-End Development & Chocolate Fiend
Jean obtained a diploma in software and Web Development through Smartsource before working as a Java Developer for two years. In 2006 Jean discovered Quirk and the rest is history. After a stint as a Java Developer, Jean soon realised his passion lay in building front-end interfaces and has made a switch to this discipline over the last couple years at Quirk.
Jean keeps himself incredibly busy in the Quirk tech department and was integral in ensuring that we created a super slick interface for the launch of BrandsEye Version 2. His clever use of HTML 5 impressed everyone in the office, and also managed to garner us some well-deserved publicity on the interwebs!
When he's not waging war against the evil spam bots or enjoying front-end "adventures" in HTML 5 and mobile for Quirk's lovely clients, he is a dedicated sports fanatic; Jean is always keen to play a game of cricket or rugby.
In the rest of his free time, Jean chooses to relax at the beach. That said, there had better be a TV in the near vicinity as this sports fan can't bear to miss the 'game'.
"When the power of love overcomes the love of power, the world will know peace." - Jimi Hendrix
Jean passed the GAIQ (Google Analytics Individual Qualification)
Blog posts by this author
- HTML5: Are we there yet?
- Cross-browser Support - Be Gone With Pixel Perfection
- Website Usability: Navigation Made Easy
- Website Usability: Show me the Usability
- Website Usability: An Introduction
- Moving to the Cloud
- How We Stop Spam
- Cricket 2.0
- Stopping spam comments gracefully
- Easy Linking
- FNB embraces open source
- Akismet the spam slayer
- The bots are back in town
- Easy come, easy go
- Should it stay, or should it go?
- Creative Commenting
- So how is life without CAPTCHAs?
- An alternative to irritating CAPTCHAs
- The Google brain drain
