alexwlchan

A selfie! I’m smiling at the camera, wearing a green dress, and sitting in front of a large amount of green foliage. It’s a sunny day and shining both on the side of my face and the plants.

Hi, I’m Alex (or Lexie).

I’ve put a bunch of things on the Internet, including:

My personal writing, 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.
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.
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.
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 queer, 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 writing or my list of projects.

I hope you enjoy it.