Andy Fitzsimon

Seeking employment worldwide

Andy Fitzsimon — Thu, 21 May 2009 07:14:52 +0000

Hi everyone, After a long stint in closed doors contract-land, I’m now on the chase for a fulltime job. I’m looking anywhere in the world* *except for UAE and central Africa And i’d really appreciate you promoting the site below.

We all know the world needs more open source designers, so lets start by getting them paid

LGM talk

Andy Fitzsimon — Mon, 18 May 2009 07:27:46 +0000

Incase you missed it, the Libre Graphics Meeting happened last week.
Thanks to the always awesome Dr. Kaveh Bazargan, many of the talks were recorded and put online for the enjoyment of others.

I actually wasn’t able to attend for the first time, so at 3:00am GMT+8, I recorded a talk to be played at the conference and answered questions via phone and IRC.
It was a great experience. Here’s the full video.

Elements & Principles of Design – Free Software from Andy Fitzsimon on Vimeo.

Dear Lazyweb: #compiz

Andy Fitzsimon — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 08:19:16 +0000

How can I make the compiz “ADD Helper” plugin apply its effect for all windows of the active window process and not just active window by itself?

This plugin really does help me concentrate on the tasks at hand, but if i dare undock any inkscape dialogs, or need to see my colour palette in the gimp, it’s useless.

From example

Andy moves to Hong Kong

Andy Fitzsimon — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 05:27:11 +0000

It looks like HK will be my home for the next 1-2 years. Drop me a line if you live in the area!

a few people have asked me why I’ve left Singapore. To be honest, I had no reason.
Singapore is a beautiful city. In business it punches higher than its weight and for my lifestyle, I loved everything about it; The climate, my friend and the region.

My girlfriend Brenda has followed her career to HK and I’m here to support that. We both tried to make it work in Singers and after 6 months we’ve realised the best opportunities were further north. A hard pill to swallow when you’re so comfortable with such a lovely area.

But living in Hong Kong changes the perspective a little. The proximity to mainland china presents insight into what i saw growing 2 years ago, a furiously scalable resource pool, something I should be paying attention to. Plus, the tech and design communities here seem more grass-roots and enterprising (most design magazines I read growing up featured HK artists) it’ll be exiting to be a part of that culture.

This is an exciting move, thanks for letting me share the news. I’ll keep you posted.