About Me

Hi there. My name is Chris.

I live in the U.K. with my partner and 2 stepchildren.

I perform various roles in my day-to-day life.

I'm a Developer

Sometimes I'm a software developer, creating web-based apps using my own programming language, Vortex, running in my own IDE, StormChaser, creating complex and useful applications using just an iPad - no PC required.

I'm a Teacher

Other times I am a teacher, with over 14 years experience teaching computing to students from GCSE / Level 2 BTEC Qualifications all the way up to HND.

Many people over the years have said some nice things about me. Below are some of the testimonials that have been written about me by colleagues and students.

I have spent the past five years at [College], with three of those being spent in the computing department. I can without a shadow of a doubt say that I would not be where I am today without the excellent support and teaching from Chris Lewis. He has gone above and beyond what's required of him on multiple occasions and has left a life changing impact on me in both an academic field as well as an individual.
     
Chris Lewis is a fantastic teacher who has a broad range of knowledge, with a very current mind-set which he often applies by using relevant and current situation for examples to aid in his explanations. He is more than happy to help students with their side projects in his own time and is the best teacher I could ever have hoped for. He was the reason I chose to do the HND at [College].
          
- SCH

I'm an Assessor

I am an assessor with City and Guilds, Grading Level 4 Apprentice Software Developers for their End Point Assessments.

I'm a Creator

My YouTube Channel has online courses on programming and web development, and examples of some of my work in VR.

You can access the channel here!

Alternatively, you can check out some of my playlists from here!

I'm an Author

I have written a number of articles on Medium about my experiences with all sorts of technical things. If you would like to take a look, Just click here and see what you think!

I have self published two books, have started writing countless others, and have another few left in me still. I can consider myself a "proper author" as one of the books was pirated! Shows it may actually be worth reading!

I'm a Musician

Okay, this one is pushing it a bit, but I did create a whole album during lockdown of instrumental music that personally I like to listen to still!

I'm a Human

I am an inclusion advocate, passionate about the use of technology to create a level playing field for everyone, no matter what your situation or circumstance. To this end I have built apps to help with Dyslexia and other Special Educational Needs. You can download them both from Tornado Design

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Why History Begins?

Every day is a new day, and is when a new history begins.