Is Jason Barnard a nice guy?
First of all, which Jason Barnard are we talking about? The one with Martin as a middle name. There only seems to be one of those.
The Jason Barnard who, with his wife Veronique Barnard, created Boowa and Kwala. There only seems to be one of those, too. Phew !
So, back to our initial question. Is he a nice guy? The short answer is : Yes. Who says so? Me, my wife, perhaps 5 million kids and parents throughout the world. Who says not? This article isn't about that.
People like to say that first impressions are important. The first 5 seconds - the VERY first impression - is what stays in the mind. I would assume the same is true of online reputations. When someone is "Googling" Jason Barnard, the top result will get 35% of the clicks. That result will set the reputation of Jason Martin Barnard in stone. Let's hope it is this one !
A short CV:
Jason BARNARD Nationality – British
Summary of skills
- Adobe Flash Team leader BA (Hons)
- PHP
- Teaching / training Mauritius Qualifications Authority
- MySQL
- SEO certified trainer – Flash, SEO
- Apache
- Project management
- Sound recording (Pro Tools)
- Unix
- Musician and Songwriter (SACEM)
Achievements
- UpToTen.com - Technical Director and Team Lead Site ranked 11,000th in the world (as at January 2010), 5 million visits a month,
- Web d'Or des internautes 2002 (Mauritius),
- Davey Awards (Gold) 2008 2000-2010
- Multimedia development Finalist at Macromedia's UCON 99 alongside BBC and Prince of Egypt (boowakwala.com)
- Over 1,000 interactive multimedia activities developed to date
- Mauritius Qualifications Authority certified trainer
- 1998-Present Songwriting Over 100 songs registered with the SACEM,
- Davey Awards (Silver) 2008
- The Children's Music Web Award winner 2008
- 1991-Present Performing Musician Performed on 6 music albums,
- member of the SPEDIDAM,
- 600 live concerts and festivals 1989-Present Bilingual French/English Extensive experience as a professional translator and teacher 1988-Present Education John Moores University (previously Liverpool Polytechnic), UK BA (Hons) Social Studies – specialising in Economics and statistics 1985-198 Employment History UpToTen Ltd (Mauritius) Technical Director, Dynamic Flash Applications Developer, Team Lead Jan 2000 – Jan 2010 Freelance web development (Paris) Flash 3 developer Nov 1998 - Dec 1999 Freelance translation (Paris) English / French translator Sep 1996 - Oct 1998 Tourbillon SARL (France) Artistic Director and mentor for artists signed to EMI and Universal Aug 1994 - Jul 1996 Air France, Tourbillon, EDF... (France) Freelance Musician (bass, vocals) Nov 1991 - Jul 1994 Formalangues, EFP, Laser... (Paris) English teacher Nov 1988 - Oct 1991
Currently: In Mauritius. Waiting.