James Acres

It's Mental Health Awareness Week, so I thought I'd get involved and share some of my own thoughts and resources I find interesting. I've experienced both burnout and anxiety, mainly back in 2014/2015, and have found various things which help with both of these, and what doesn't help too.

This post follows on from my introduction about the innovative approach taken by Lumina Learning to Augmenting its paper based psychometric reports with mobile apps. In this post I share technical detail about how this can be achieved without relying on authenticating with an online database. In learning environments personalised

Tl;dr2017 was a year where lots of things came together for me, including launching this new blog. I now live with my boyfriend in Somerset, South West of England - which is ideal for saving for the future while enjoying the fresh air, beautiful countryside and a more relaxed

Two years ago I was with Lumina Learning's partners and investors in the most beautiful setting you can imagine - Bali, Indonesia! I had just spent the past year and a half developing Lumina Splash for iOS, Android and Web. It was now time to unveil the soft launch of

In this post I aim to give a high level overview of things I have found useful balancing work and life while working as a lead software developer, which is no easy task! A new side, becoming a tech leadIt seems the more senior developers like me get, the more

Hey, this is my first blog post, welcome! I am starting to write about things I find interesting personally, as well as what I am up to professionally. I hope to contribute something useful for those who are in a similar situation in the future. I am currently working as

Welcome to my blog, please check out my projects and more via the menu. More on the way soon :)