About
I’m Robert Beal, a developer living and working in London, UK.
I was based at the BBC as a Lead Developer primarily working with .Net, but regularly dabbling in Ruby and JavaScript. I have since left to cycle from London to Melbourne (or at least try!). I’m a strong follower of Agile process, typically swaying towards the Lean methodology mixed with XP practises. I use Windows, but favour Linux!
Outside of work my main interest is anything to do with cycling, on or off road. Riding them, breaking them, fixing them. I also regularly play football preferring 5-aside (think my 11-aside days are over), enjoy training in kung fu and have an interest in photography. As a post sport activity I’m a big food lover. Mainly the eating phase, and less so the creation phase (although I do try). Usually something spicy, Indian and Thai food being my favourites.