Hi, I’m Alex.
I’ve put a bunch of things on the Internet, including:
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My personal blog, which covers a range of topics, from programming to photography, from colour theory to Chinese dictionaries. I’ve been writing at this domain for over a decade, and I post new articles several times a month.
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Everything I do for Wellcome Collection, a museum and library in London. I’m a software engineer, and I’m part of a team that builds the public website, the online collections search, and our cloud-based preservation storage.
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A bunch of open-source tools and utilities. I’ve contributed fixes and patches to dozens of projects, and I’ve shared a few of my own, including my tool for managing my scanned files and a way to find the dominant colours in an image.
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Fun and amusing art projects, like measuring data by shelf space in floppy disks, or controlling a rocket with the <marquee> tag.
When I’m not online, I can often be found with needle in hand, working on some cross-stitch or embroidery, or with shoes on feet, tapping away to a funky jazz number at a swing dance class. I have two left feet, but what I lack in skill I make up for in enthusiasm.
I’m trans, and I loosely describe as a genderfluid shapeshifter (which may mean more to me than anyone else). My pronouns vary; on the web, either “they” or “she” are safe choices.
This site is a one-stop shop for everything I’ve put online – it’s either here, or linked to from here. If you’re new, you might want to start with my blog or my list of projects.
I hope you enjoy it.
Get in touch
You can email me at alex@alexwlchan.net, or contact me another way.
If you enjoy what I’ve made, perhaps say thanks? I always love hearing from readers! ☺️
Recent blog posts
I write about anything I find interesting or fun – there’s plenty of programming, but lots of other stuff too. Here are some posts I’ve written recently:
If you want to stay up-to-date with new posts, you can subscribe to the RSS feed. You can also find every post I’ve written in the archive.
Some old favourites
Before you read the entire archive, here are a few of my favourite blog posts, which should give you a flavour of my writing:
