Hi there 👋

My name is Kev, I'm the DFIR (Digital Forensics & Incident Response) lead for Bank of America across Europe. Aside from Information Security, I also enjoy web design so this GitHub account lists the personal projects that I'm involved in.

My projects

I really enjoy web design and learning new stuff, but I'm not a professional web developer (far from it, actually). Here's some of my personal projects for you to peruse.

Simple.css

Simple.css is a classless CSS framework that is designed to create good looking websites from plain old HTML. You can see a full demo of what Simple.css can accomplish on a site here.

I've also written a very verbose guide on how to setup a Jekyll site using Simple.css. You can find that post right here.

Quirky WordPress

Quirky is a no-frills WordPress theme that has a brutalist design to it, with a bit of whimsy. It's the theme that I'm currently using on my personal website.

It's also one of the very few WordPress sites that qualifies for the The 512KB Club. Speaking of which...

The 512KB Club

The 512KB Club is a collection of performance-focused web pages from across the Internet. The one and only rule for a web page to qualify as a member is...

Your total UNCOMPRESSED web resources must not exceed 512KB.

The internet has become a bloated mess. Massive JavaScript libraries, countless client-side queries and overly complex frontend frameworks are par for the course these days.

When online newspapers like The Guardian are over 4MB in size, you know there's a problem. Why does an online newspaper need to be over 4MB in size? It's crazy.

But we can make a difference - all it takes is some optimisation. Do you really need that extra piece of JavaScript? Does your WordPress site need a theme that adds lots of functionality you're never going to use? Are those huge custom fonts really needed? Are your images optimised for the web?

Latest from my blog

Here are the latest posts from my blog:

• I’m a Fire Starter!
• Is Twitter Done Yet?
• The Time My Nan Bought Me a Baby-G Watch
• It’s all Gone Quiet Over Here
• The Casio F-91W Is the Best Smartwatch

▶ ...more blog articles

Some stats

We all love stats, right? I know I do! Here's some interesting stats that are pulled from my GitHub activity: