From the title of the posting I’m not quite an ACE, (Adobe Certified Expert) rather I’ve been invited to join the Adobe Community Experts program, along with two others in the UK, who will of course blog in due course. Before I announced this in public I wanted to make sure my name was put up on the site and indeed it is here.

So how did I get this prestige invite well from all the hard work I’ve put into Scotch on the Rocks, UKCFUG and of course other little events that I have been involved in to bring some of the best sessions to the community.

So here I would like to do my Oscars speech:

I would like to thank my parents for all their support from an early stage buying me my first computer at 8 years old (An Amstrad PCW) and then my first Windows, PC at 12 and all the help and support since. sniff sniff I’d also like to mention a few people who have believed in me over my working career in the past, to name a few and shamelessly not all Peter Wren-Hilton, Grant Venter, John Dollin, Gillian Thompson, Gerry Calderhead, Joe Tanti and last but not least, Richard Rosenberg certainly for his understanding and great mentoring over the last 6 years. (Not to mention the rest of the Sky Interactive Development Team) Every person I have ever worked with has had an influence on me. I should also mention Paul Kane who gave me the opportunity to work at Sky and Jim Florence for the challenges he gave me while I fought against him to get things done ;)

Certainly couldn’t get to where I am now without them, and of course for the chance to continuing what I do by my current employer HostelBookers.com

Last but not least I can’t leave out my good friend Andy Allan for the opportunity to help with Scotch on the Rocks.

So over the next few months I hope to be doing more presentations and keeping my blog up to date.

Once Again Thanks All!!!!!!