A big hello! What should a first post consist of? Well, to avoid it becoming a rambling wall of text I guess I can boil it down to 3 main questions that I should provide answers to:

Who are you?

My name is Mark Young, I’m a 26 year old web developer who also dabbles in design. I live in a town called St. Helens in England which is roughly between Liverpool and Manchester. For those of you that have the time or inclination you can learn about more about me here.

What will you be blogging about?

Well, my topics of choice will, for the most part, revolve around web development and design. In terms of development I focus mostly on PHP and MySQL, however, I have previously and will most likely in the future venture into other territories.

What is the reason you are blogging?

I was hesitant for the longest of times to start my own blog because I felt it was a mite narcissistic. What can I offer that isn’t already available on the seemingly infinite number of existing blogs on my chosen subject matter.

As time passed I realised that perhaps it could be viewed as more of an exercise in my own personal and professional development. As I work to improve my own skills I can keep track of and discuss them here; Think of this as my own little sandbox. Although I profess to be no master of my craft perhaps anyone reading can learn something through my own experiences at the same time.

As with most blogs you are of course invited to comment on any posts I make using the comment functionality found at the bottom of any article. All friendly discussion, compliments and constructive criticism are openly welcome. Please be aware that currently the site does not support IE6 fully as this, along with a number of other things are going to be ongoing tasks I will be dealing with over the coming days and weeks. With that said, let’s get on with the show!