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# About John Henry Donovan

John Henry is a web developer from Cork, Ireland. This website is my personal space for ideas, articles, photography and work-related items. This is its 3rd iteration in the last decade. All opinions are my own.

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John Henry Donovan has always had an interest in computers and began working with them centuries ago on his very first machine, a Sinclair Spectrum 48k. Based in Cork, Ireland, John Henry is known in the web community for his depth of experience with ExpressionEngine and Craft CMS. He was previously employed as a Technical Support Specialist for EllisLab (the creators of ExpressionEngine). John Henry, originally a graduate in Industrial Design, is a self-taught full-stack developer and designer. He lives in the Irish countryside with his continuously upbeat wife and fights for office space with 4 children in his busy house.

John Henry works as a developer for [Solspace](https://solspace.com/) but is often free to take on freelance projects. His strengths are site performance upgrades, troubleshooting complex website problems and Craft CMS.

## Colophon

johnhenry​.ie is hosted on [Arcustech](https://www.arcustech.com/) and published using [Craft CMS](/craft-cms) with a sprinkle of Cloudflare. It was created with the help of [Tailwind CSS](https://tailwindcss.com/). The fonts used on the site are O*bjektiv Mk1* and *Roca.*

## Speaking

- ExpressionEngine Coilpack — [Part 2](https://solspace.com/podcast/expressionengine-coilpack-part-2)
- ExpressionEngine Coilpack — [Part 1](https://solspace.com/podcast/expressionengine-coilpack-part-1)
- 2022 craftentries​.io Podcast — [Surviving a web development career](https://craftentries.io/podcast/surviving-a-web-development-career)
- Dot All 2022 — [Bending the Craft CMS Control Panel](https://craftcms.com/events/sessions/bending-the-craft-control-panel)
- ExpressionEngine Conference 2016 — [Image Workflow & Management for ExpressionEngine](https://johnhenry.ie/blog/2016/10/image-workflow-management-for-expressionengine)
- EEUK 2013 — [Bending the ExpressionEngine Control Panel](https://johnhenry.ie/blog/2013/05/bending-the-expressionengine-control-panel)
- EEUK 2011 — [Faceted Navigation in ExpressionEngine](https://johnhenry.ie/blog/2011/08/faceted-navigation-for-expressionengine)
- Engine Summit 2011 — [Count to 10 and Say Yes](https://johnhenry.ie/blog/2011/06/engine-summit-count-to-10-and-say-yes)
- Engine Summit 2010 — [Multi-Language Websites in ExpressionEngine](https://johnhenry.ie/blog/2010/10/multi-language-websites-in-expressionengine)
- EECI 2009 — [Build Amazing Galleries in ExpressionEngine](https://johnhenry.ie/blog/2009/10/build-amazing-galleries-in-expressionengine)

## Contact John Henry

You can use my contact form [here](https://johnhenry.ddev.site/contact).