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111 <figcaption> 112 <sub>The Great British seaside, 2026. 113 <br> 114 One of my wilder adventures.</sub> 115 </figcaption> 116 </figure> 117 </div> 118 <h1 id="about-2">About</h1> 119 <div class="bio"> 120 <p class="lead-line lead-line-adventure">Hi, I'm Louie Christie. I've had a varied portfolio career including:</p> 121 <ul> 122 <li> 123 <strong> 124 <a href="https://comedy.louiechristie.com/tech-event-host/">hosting tech & immersive events,</a> 125 </strong> 126 but I can't do a forced fun face 127 </li> 128 <li> 129 <strong>beardy sci-fi fantasy film extra</strong>, but blink and you'll miss me 130 </li> 131 <li> 132 <strong>user-friendly tech consultant</strong> 133 on a beautiful 134 <a href="https://www.slomotherapy.co.uk/">mental health app</a> 135 to slow down paranoid thinking 136 <sup> 137 <a href="#evidence-based">[1]</a> 138 </sup>, which is literally the opposite to what most apps do 139 <div id="evidence-based" "=""> 140 <sub>[1] more 141 <a href="https://bpspsychub.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/papt.12377">evidence based</a> 142 than Theranos<!-- no space --><a id="theranos-trailer-link" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wtDaP18OGfw"><!-- no space --><sup>[2]</sup> 143 </a> 144</sub> 145</div> 146 147 </li> 148 <li> 149 <strong> 150 <a href="/tech/">developing apps & websites</a> 151 </strong> 152 almost as fast as tech startups can go bust 153 </li> 154 <li> 155 <strong>developing software</strong> 156 to fight financial crime 157 </li> 158 <li> 159 <strong> 160 <a href="https://www.musicnatters.com">podcast host</a> 161 </strong>mostly as an excuse to have a laugh with my mates 162 </li> 163 <li> 164 <strong> 165 <a href="https://www.youtube.com/embed/videoseries?start=138&list=PLKhdPqmp9xC9pYNnlu7sn6RG5X2UfweG7&rel=0"> 166 panellist<!-- no space --></a> 167 </strong> 168 on a YouTube quiz show about video games 169 </li> 170 <li> 171 <strong>coaching coding</strong> 172 to French students while half expecting the guillotine 173 </li> 174 <li> 175 <strong>IT support</strong> 176 mostly telling people to 'switch it off-and-on again' 177 </li> 178 <li> 179 <strong>programming</strong> 180 <a href="/blog/2021/02/19/you-computer-geeks-are-all-the-same/#cobol">mainframe</a> 181 computers older and more decrepid than myself 182 </li> 183 <li> 184 waiting tables, <strong>snowboarding</strong>, and dodging bears in Canada 185 </li> 186 <li> 187 <strong>leading youth camps</strong> 188 on Kangaroo Island 189 </li> 190 <li>pig farming in the desert</li> 191</ul> 192 193 <p class="lead-line lead-line-coding">I have a masters degree in human-centred computer systems.</p> 194 <p>No, I'm not sure what that means either.</p> 195 <p>Think it's something to do with making computers user-friendly.</p> 196 <p>And goodness knows, we could all do with a bit of that.</p> 197 <p class="lead-line lead-line-comedy">When I'm not coding...</p> 198 <p> 199 I can be found in London performing questionable quality 200 <strong> 201 <a href="https://www.louiechristie.com/comedy/">stand-up comedy</a><!-- no space --></strong>. 202 </p> 203 <p> 204 In small dark basements in rooms above pubs. (And 205 <a href="https://comedy.louiechristie.com/vr-comedy/">virtual reality</a>.) 206 </p> 207 <p class="lead-line">Want to hire me?</p> 208 <p> 209 <a href="/contact/">Contact me.</a> 210 </p> 211 </div> 212 </section> 213 214 </main> 215 216 <footer> 217 218 <header> 219 <nav> 220 <h2 class="visually-hidden" id="top-level-navigation-menu-2">Top level navigation menu</h2> 221 <ul class="nav top-nav"> 222 <li> 223 <a href="/"> 224 <picture><source type="image/avif" srcset="/img/jXnxKIP1Wc-400.avif 400w, /img/jXnxKIP1Wc-600.avif 600w" sizes="(min-width: 1024px) 400px, 100vw"><source type="image/webp" srcset="/img/jXnxKIP1Wc-400.webp 400w, /img/jXnxKIP1Wc-600.webp 600w" sizes="(min-width: 1024px) 400px, 100vw"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" src="/img/jXnxKIP1Wc-400.jpeg" class="logo" alt="Louie Christie" title="Louie Christie (handwritten logo)" width="600" height="220" srcset="/img/jXnxKIP1Wc-400.jpeg 400w, /img/jXnxKIP1Wc-600.jpeg 600w" sizes="(min-width: 1024px) 400px, 100vw"></picture> 225 </a> 226 </li> 227 <li class="nav-item Home"> 228 <a href="/"> 229
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