Contact
Contact information for David Dorward
There are a number of ways that I can be contacted.
Please don't contact me about...
In the past I have received emails from strangers wanting help with websites, linux and other things. Running a website that talks about these topics qualifies me as 'someone to ask for help' in some people's eyes. If you want help with something I'm already involved in (such as problems with code examples on this site) then feel free to get in touch, but please don't approach me with other problems.
I am currently in full time employment and am not presently accepting contacts for one off jobs. There are, however, technology experts who do as well as mailing lists that might be able to help.
Email 
My email address is david@dorward.me.uk
My Twitter identity is dorward and the system is configured to send direct messages to my phone. If you don't have my phone number then this is usually the fastest way to contact me.
Due to disruption from moving jobs and cities, I'm not currently set up to handle encrypted mail. This may come back at some point.Encryption
For added security you can send me encrypted email using GPG or PGP.
My public key is available from this site, or you can retrieve it from key servers with the information below.
pub 1024D/C76087A5 2005-08-28 [expires: 2008-08-27]
Key fingerprint = FE2E 76DD 8F24 9ABA A65D B707 4A86 3821 C760 87A5
uid David Dorward (http://dorward.me.uk/) <david@dorward.me.uk>
sub 2048g/695077A7 2005-08-28 [expires: 2008-08-27]
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Removed for the time being.
The data coming back from here is not nicely formatted so it is a pain to use, and is mostly spam anyway.
HTML Form
<-->FOAF 
Friend of a Friend is an XML format that describes relationships between a person, other people and projects. My data is a little out of date, I plan to give it a good cleaning in early 2008, but you can access my FOAF details or see pretty formatted FOAF. FOAFer provides a different pretty format. Foaf-a-matic and these Foaf Examples can help you get quick start if you wish to create your own FOAF file.
Instant Messaging
I use a number of Instant Messaging networks, but automatically block messages from people who are not on my contact list. If I'm unlikely to recognise your identity on IM, then you should probably use a different communications channel to get in touch.
| Network | Username | |
|---|---|---|
| Yahoo |  |
dorward |
| MSN Messenger |  |
passport@david.us-lot.org |
IRC
When I'm online, I can usually be contacted as Dorward on Freenode and Perl.org.