I'm a friendly digital native who helps businesses achieve technical excellence.
I have launched planes from space, built nationwide WiFi networks and even helped keep Google secure.
I deliver performant technical solutions tailored to your big idea.
I work primarily in the digital advertising and consumer connectivity industries.
My work has been featured in the following publications. You can view the companies I have created work for here.
You can contact me by email (hello@cr3ation.co.uk), linkedin (www.linkedin.com/in/paulwcurry), twitter (@cr3) or by phone - (+44) 7515 93 8765.
Paul Curry - born 1989, 175cm tall. Brightoner turned Londonite.
When I'm not on the web, I enjoy cycling, rock climbing and electronic tinkering.
I've been known to explore nuclear wastelands, but I promise I don't glow green at night.
If you suspect your problem has a technical solution, I can help.
For my clients and current work status, flip to the commercial tab.
For other business-related information, check my LinkedIn.
Sickpedia (Previously)
An online dictionary of rude jokes, the owner of which has released a bestselling book.
Sickipedia has enjoyed continual growth since its initial launch.
I built the Sickipedia v1.0 from the ground up to launch the community, with v2.0 being a collaborative effort with my team.
By the time v3 launched, the site was handling thousands of visitors at a time. We were continually updating and tweaking the code, scalability being paramount - the highly optimised software was handling tens of thousands of users at once.
The Sickipedia platform was built on a Linux platform serving via nginx, with a memcache cluster on self-managed ESXi systems.
A digital arts community which has gained fame and notoriety over the years.
I update the code behind the scenes, with more notable improvements including building the new homepage and revamping the administration tools.
Music Search Plus (Now retired)
Instant music and video searchers. Coded and maintained until July 2009. I spoke publically about my experiences with Music Search Plus at In The City 2009.
I am proud to have been the first music search service which checked downloads for validity and offered direct download links in realtime. Referred to (by some!) as "The start of Web 3.0", the service took the web by storm, and provided me with a sharp introduction to the world of scalability.
Within a week, the service was experiencing a considerable traffic surge (4m+ hits per week at peak), having been featured on a majority of the popular social networking sites of the time, such as Digg and Reddit. The success of this service was largely due to the stability of the infrastructure behind it, such as the API connectivity and distributed processing.
I was approached by a handful of companies interested in purchasing and commercialising MSP, but I chose to focus on developing less controversial services.
At the time of retiring the site, it had delivered in excess of 450 million MP3 downloads.
I am currently Technical Project Lead for LetsJoin.
Details of my work in this role are available on request due to project confidentiality.
I am not seeking recruiter input on this situation.
I have produced work for Blackberry, Motorola, PepsiCo, Red Bull, Skype, BBC London, Fiat, Shell, Diesel, Philips, Paramount, Activison, Samsung, Odeon, Cineworld, Vue, GAME and many others.
In my role at The Viral Factory, I advised on projects of a technical nature.
This has resulted in me being directly involved with the filming of content, such as:
Project Space Planes Technical Engineer: Responsible for on-project assistance, tracking and retrieval of camera rig travelling in near-space.
Samsung SSD Awesomeness Talent, Concept, Execution: Led the project from idea conception, execution and an industry-first advertising strategy.
