About Me

If it isn't already obvious my name is Brian Kidney. I was born and raised in Cork, Ireland.
I attended University College Cork (UCC) where I graduated with a first class honour degree (BSc.) in Computer Science.

I currently work as a software engineer in Dublin, Ireland.
I specialise in the development of Java (J2SE), Java Enterprise programming (J2EE), Oracle, XML and translation technologies.
I also work extensively with Unix (Sun Solaris) and Linux and have a very strong interest in web technologies such as JSP, Java Servlets, PHP, Perl, MySQL, Apache, etc.

My interests include cycling, reading, socialising, movies (Cinema and DVD), exercising, music, computer games, tech gadgets and computers (list in no particular order).

I am a member of IrelandOffLine, a consumer organisiation figthing for affordable internet (broadband and narrowband) internet access in Ireland.