{"id":10,"date":"2022-11-15T14:20:59","date_gmt":"2022-11-15T14:20:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pauldavison.com\/wordpress\/?page_id=10"},"modified":"2026-01-05T09:44:53","modified_gmt":"2026-01-05T09:44:53","slug":"paul-davison","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/pauldavison.com\/","title":{"rendered":"Paul Davison"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"10\" class=\"elementor elementor-10\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-4ec4b28 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"4ec4b28\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-fb4a4a2\" data-id=\"fb4a4a2\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-91f111f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"91f111f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Hello, I&#8217;m Paul Davison. I live in Hertford, UK, with my wife and 2 cats.<\/p>\n<p>I have been involved in computers pretty much all my life. My career in software has ranged from my very first job at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.qmul.ac.uk\/\">Queen Mary College<\/a> (as it was known then), through working at a small London based software house for many years, a period of self-employment, then various stints at networking companies like Juniper Networks, then a period working on smart street lighting and smart cities at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.telensa.com\/\">Telensa<\/a>, then at Ocado working on warehouse automation projects. As I work towards retirement I&#8217;m doing a little portfolio work.<\/p>\n<p>In my non-work life I am the walking stereotype of a computer scientist, enjoying reading\/watching Science Fiction, brewing and consuming beer, playing games (online RPGs and in-person ones like D&amp;D and Call of Cthulhu), and music with a particular slant towards <a href=\"https:\/\/porcupinetree.com\/\">prog<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>I am left-leaning in political outlook, utterly despairing of both the Tories and Brexit in equal measure.<\/p>\n<p>I can be found on <a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/pauldavison.com\">Bluesky here<\/a> if you want to keep in contact.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hello, I&#8217;m Paul Davison. I live in Hertford, UK, with my wife and 2 cats. I have been involved in computers pretty much all my life. 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