Online CV’s are common - so this isn’t one of those! A kind of combination of lists of programs/languages/things that may come in useful or I have personally used over the last few years and my opinions of them!.

Ok so its pretty random - but if your looking for something specific it might help - will update as I remember/encounter!

Web-Interest

• Wired - paranoid Americans, but interesting
• Forbes.com - goals are a great thing to have
• Funny funny stuff - cats lolz
• Hack-a-day - an old bookmark but always fun to read
• Hacked-gadgets - same applies

Web-SEO

• Hit-Tail - Excellent site, sign up and use their code - best bit is suggestions.
• Google Analytics - If you ignore them taking over the world you kinda don’t worry as much
• Feedburner - stick your blog on it for easy additions such as html feeds and automatic pinging
• Ping-o-matic - does what it says on the tin
• Garythescubaguy - infinitely useful site for seo
• Oscommerce - simple, free out of the box cart - best bit is contributions community
• RSStop55 - got half an hour to spend? push your rss then…
• Spider-food - good reading
• SEO Chat

Things to learn Before building a website (I mean practice - but to compete, the following are key.)

• HTML
• PHP
• SQL/mySQL
• Basic Javascript
• CSS
• How to install/use blogging tools (wordpress specifically)
• Basic SEO
• .Htaccess basics - mod-re-write is good, file access, custom error pages etc.
• RSS feeds - about them and how to make them

Windows Environment Database/Related

• Crystal Reports - easy to master, once you have your a valuable asset.
• SQL Decrypter - a microsoft encryption was never so easy to crack
• PyCRON - run regular tasks on mysql in windows (python cron basically)

Windows Environment General

•  Remote Desktops - windows remote desktop (type ‘mstsc’ from run) is a good start - would highly recommend gotomypc.com - so insanely simple and universally applicable - for people that want to work out of the office this is the idea solution -worth the £17.99 a month.

Random things I have learnt

• Access accounts
• XML
• Computer Graphic Design/3D (including Photoshop, Quark, Corel, Macromedia Flash and Freehand, some cad, 3dsmax, world hammer, source sdk and a ton more)
• Custom PBX, installed, configured, maintained
• Visual Basic and Visual Studio
• Mental amount of SQL
• Studied Business - still learning today