Profile

Work

I am a Full-Stack Web & Software Developer with over fifteen years of experience. Over countless hours I have discovered that I have a passion and talent for creating works that are both highly functional and technically sound.

I have also discovered that I have a knack for understanding new theories & concepts – I am an adamant perfectionist when it comes to just about anything I do.

Current Skill set

Web
  • Responsive Mobile first HTML & CSS3 – Bootstrap, SASS
  • JavaScript (Vanilla JS, JQuery, Angular)
  • PHP (Web Server & CRON)
  • CRM / CMS packages – WordPress, OsCommerce, Marketo
  • MySQL
  • Git
  • SEO & PPC
Applications
  • Java
  • Python
Legacy Technology
  • ASP (classic)
  • Visual Basic
  • Adobe Flash
Software Packages
  • Adobe Photoshop
  • MySQL
  • Jet Brains Web Suite
  • Microsoft Word
  • Microsoft Excel
  • Microsoft Access
  • Maya 3d
  • and more…

Study

At the start of 2019, I am entering my 4th year of a 6 year course Studying a Bachelor of
Computer Science with gaming specialisation at Charles Sturt University

Hobbies

Pyrotechnic

A license Pyrotechnician in the state of N.S.W. Australia for over twenty years, performing
professional grade pyrotechnic shows ranging from from Chinese String Crackers, Indoor Close
Proximity Fireworks, Aerial Shells up to 125mm and Aerial Salutes up to 75mm.

A founding member of the Pyrotechnics Industry Association of Australia (PIAA), Based in Sydney
but have performing shows all over NSW for all types of events.

Car Enthusiast

An active member in the Skylines Australia NSW car club I regularly volunteer to help run events.

Social Media

You can connect with me professionally on LinkedIn,
or stalk me through Twitter

Portfolio

Employment

Wizardry Fireworks

PRODOCOM Australia

Hannover Fairs Australia

E-Web Marketing

Freelance Websites

Personal Projects

Tipping Comp

cruizen’

National Pyrotechnics

iblott accessories

Blog

MS Excel: TRIM() Function

Microsoft’s Excel has a function called TRIM(), this function can be used to Prune leading and trailing spacing from a string

Understanding the way Excel uses TRIM()

This formula required 1 input; STRING.

The formula is as follows:

TRIM(STRING)

Using TRIM()

If I had the string ” Ian Blott, Web Developer, Sydney Australia ” in cell A1 and I wanted to remove the spaces at the start and end of the string

TRIM(A1)

This would return the value “Ian Blott, Web Developer, Sydney Australia”

This post is going somewhere, Dont worry about that. A week or so ago I posted about the SEARCH() function in MS Excel and I was searching for the locations of commas in a string.

As the english language works, there is almost allways a space after a comma in a string of text. When I was using the fancy part of the SEARCH() to do saerches within a search I was getting returning strings that would contain preceeding spaces ” Web Developer, Sydney Australia”. This is where the TRIM() function came in handly.

Getting Fancy

Ultimately the TRIM() function really only lends itself to one basic task. So getting fancy isn’t really something this guy can do.

Side note:

As with all my posts, quite often they are going somewhere and require 2,3 or even 4 different functions to perform the final task. Bellow are the related posts that tell an overall story

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February 21, 2011 10:21 am

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Creative

I studied Digital Media for 12 months at Mt Druitt TAFE. While  doing so we studied The 3D Modeling Program ‘Maya’. During the course I produced a number of 3D scenes and a couple of 3D animated movies.

I have also played in other programs such as Bryce 3D, 3D Studio Max, Lightwave, Vue D’esprit and a few others. However, i have always returned to Maya as a personal preference.

Bellow are a number of works that i have produced from these various programs.

Bryce 3D: Balls

Vue D’esprit: Sulfuric

Maya: Living Room

Maya: Gauntlet

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