I am very keen to discuss new technical writing and/or software engineering opportunities. Please contact me via any of the platforms linked at the top right of this page.
I have extensive experience in technical writing and editing, having identified, developed and produced a wide range of content, covering software development and hardware design, language and API references, application notes and support material, process documentation, and tooling usage guidance. My work has always targeted developers and has covered software development, hardware design and production management.
Until recently, I was a Senior Software Engineer with IoT communications company KORE Wireless for its Device Builder division. Previously, I spent three years as a Developer Educator at Twilio and six as Senior Tech Writer at IoT platform-as-a-service company Electric Imp, which Twilio acquired in 2020.
I am currently working as a contract software engineer and consultant. This work is currently confidential but I can say it has centred on the integration and extension of the use of BLE communications in shipping IoT products.
Find out more about my work in the IT industry
in my tech portfolio.
In a previous life, I was a technology journalist, 15 out of 25 years spent in senior roles on the website The Register. I have also contributed to a wide array of publications and news organisations, including The Times, The Guardian, The Independent, the BBC and CNN. You can view samples of my work for these and other publications in my journalism portfolio.
This site is focused my own open source commercial and non-commercial programming projects (see below) and technical documentation. If you’re looking for my blog posts, you’ll find them at Smittytone Messes with Micros.
iOS Apps
An iPhone and iPad app that lets you install high-quality open-licence fonts.
Updated 12 November 2024
macOS Apps, Tools and Libraries
A customisable menu bar utility that provides easy access to macOS features and scripts you use every day. New Version
Updated 02 May 2025An app that provides QuickLook support for source code files under macOS Catalina and above. New Version
Updated 13 April 2025An app that provides QuickLook support for JSON files under macOS Catalina and above. New Version
Updated 13 April 2025An app that provides QuickLook support for textual files under macOS Catalina and above. New Version
Updated 13 April 2025An app that provides QuickLook support for YAML files under macOS Catalina and above. New Version
Updated 13 April 2025Icon design tool for 8x8 matrix LED-based electronics projects.
Updated 24 March 2025A command line tool that combines multiple JPEG images into a single PDF file, or extracts images from PDF files.
Updated 05 January 2025An app that provides QuickLook support for Markdown files under macOS Catalina and above.
Updated 07 September 2024A Swift wrapper for the popular Highlight.js syntax highlighter.
Updated 30 August 2024A command line tool for batch-processing — crop, scale, pad, reformat — image files.
Updated 10 August 2023Multi-bus adaptor firmware, plus client apps and libraries for macOS and Linux.
Updated 23 April 2023A macOS command line tool to reveal files’ Uniform Type Identifiers (UTIs).
Updated 23 July 2021A development tool to manage application code and library files for projects based on the Electric Imp IoT Platform.
Updated 18 November 2020
Raspberry Pi Pico Apps and Tools
RP2040 FreeRTOS Template 1.5.0
Templates and demos for FreeRTOS on the Pico’s RP2040 microcontroller.
Updated 06 August 2024Explore a mysterious and dangerous cave to locate a fiendish monster.
Updated 20 August 2023Multi-bus adaptor firmware, plus client apps and libraries for macOS and Linux.
Updated 23 April 2023Sample code and demos for ARM assembly programs written for the Pico’s RP2040 MCU.
Updated 10 July 2022Retro fast 3D maze shooting action coded in C.
Updated 06 April 2021
Python Apps and Libraries
A driver library for a range of Holtek HT16K33-based LED displays.
Updated 08 March 2025A compact clock project written in MicroPython
Updated 24 January 2023A driver library for Solomon SSD1306-based displays.
Updated 16 September 2022An assembler/disassembler for the Motorola 6809 8-bit microprocessor.
Updated 02 September 2021Some Python silliness: 8-bit retro ‘arcade’ action via ncurses...
Updated 07 January 2021
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