{"id":10,"date":"2006-10-20T09:53:54","date_gmt":"2006-10-20T09:53:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/andyparkes.co.uk\/blog\/?page_id=10"},"modified":"2022-04-09T15:27:55","modified_gmt":"2022-04-09T15:27:55","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/andyparkes.co.uk\/blog\/index.php\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hello, thanks for checking out my blog!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/andyparkes.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/10\/Andy1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"1197\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/andyparkes.co.uk\/blog\/index.php\/about\/andy1\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/andyparkes.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/10\/Andy1.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"647,520\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Andy1\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/andyparkes.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/10\/Andy1.jpg\" class=\" wp-image-1197 alignleft\" style=\"border: 0px; margin: 10px;\" src=\"https:\/\/andyparkes.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/10\/Andy1-300x241.jpg\" alt=\"Andy\" width=\"180\" height=\"145\" srcset=\"https:\/\/andyparkes.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/10\/Andy1-300x241.jpg 300w, https:\/\/andyparkes.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/10\/Andy1.jpg 647w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 180px) 100vw, 180px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m Andy Parkes, I&#8217;m Technical Director at<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ibitsolutions.co.uk\"> IBIT Solutions<\/a>, a small business IT company based in Coventry.<\/p>\n<p>Previously I used to look after <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amitpro.org\" class=\"broken_link\">AMITPRO<\/a>, a peer group for IT Professionals based in the Midlands and was a <a href=\"https:\/\/andyparkes.co.uk\/blog\/index.php\/...\/partner-area-lead-2012\">Microsoft Partner Area Lead for 2012-2013<\/a> what was a role that helped facilitate communication between Microsoft and small UK based partners.<\/p>\n<p>Away from work I love to play football and<a href=\"https:\/\/andyparkes.co.uk\/blog\/index.php\/category\/gaming\/\"> video games<\/a> &#8211; both current and from the past alongside running, lots of running!<\/p>\n<p>This blog is supposed to be about my thoughts and opinions on anything technology based. It&#8217;s main focus is on Microsoft products and technologies as this is what i generally deal with during my work but more recently extends to gadgets, books, gaming and generally things that are of interest to anyone who&#8217;d put themselves in the &#8220;geek&#8221; category. Also running. Lots of running<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hello, thanks for checking out my blog! I&#8217;m Andy Parkes, I&#8217;m Technical Director at IBIT Solutions, a small business IT company based in Coventry. 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