feat: update about me

darraghoriordan · Sep 18, 2023 · abf6bbd · abf6bbd
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diff --git a/apps/frontend/src/components/Header.tsx b/apps/frontend/src/components/Header.tsx
@@ -271,6 +271,7 @@ export function Header({
                                 </Popover.Panel>
                             </Transition>
                         </Popover>
+                        <NavLink href={"/about"}>About Miller</NavLink>
                         <div className="hidden md:block">
                             {(isLoading || !user) && (
                                 <>

diff --git a/apps/frontend/src/marketing-pages/index-home/Hero.tsx b/apps/frontend/src/marketing-pages/index-home/Hero.tsx
@@ -104,10 +104,21 @@ export function Hero({ user }: { user: UserDto }) {
                                     Code Safer. <br></br>Code Faster.
                                 </h1>
                                 <p className="mx-auto mt-12 max-w-2xl text-left text-lg text-gray-400 md:mx-0">
-                                    Hi! I'm Darragh, I make dev tools based on
-                                    my 20 years of experience that save you time
-                                    so you can focus on building your product
-                                    and helping your customers.
+                                    Hi! I'm Darragh 👋, I've been a professional
+                                    software dev (and manager){" "}
+                                    <a
+                                        className="hover:underline"
+                                        href="https://www.darraghoriordan.com"
+                                    >
+                                        for the last 15 years
+                                    </a>{" "}
+                                    .
+                                </p>
+                                <p className="mx-auto mt-4 max-w-2xl text-left text-lg text-gray-400 md:mx-0">
+                                    Miller is a collection of tools and services
+                                    I provide so you can save time, focus on
+                                    building your products and help your
+                                    customers faster.
                                 </p>
                             </div>
                             <div className="intro-image-rotation md:relative w-1/2 md:w-full mt-20 md:mt-0 md:mb-0 hidden md:block">

diff --git a/apps/frontend/src/pages/about.tsx b/apps/frontend/src/pages/about.tsx
@@ -14,49 +14,77 @@ export default function Home() {
             <Container>
                 <article className="prose prose-lg prose-invert mx-auto">
                     <h1>About Miller</h1>
-                    <p>Hi! Thanks for checking out the Miller products. </p>
+                    <p className="text-3xl py-8">
+                        Hi! Thanks for checking out the Miller products.{" "}
+                    </p>
                     <div className="md:flex gap-x-8">
-                        <div className="text-justify">
+                        <div className="">
                             <p>
                                 I'm Darragh ORiordan, I make all the tools that
                                 are available here. I'm a software engineer and
                                 people leader. I currently live in sunny Sydney,
                                 Australia.
                             </p>
                             <p>
-                                You can read more about me on my main website{" "}
-                                <a href="https://www.darraghoriordan.com/about/">
-                                    https://www.darraghoriordan.com/about/
-                                </a>
-                                .
-                            </p>
-                            <p>
-                                You can always reach me on{" "}
-                                <a href="https://twitter.com/darraghor">
-                                    Twitter
-                                </a>{" "}
-                                or{" "}
-                                <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/darraghoriordan/">
-                                    LinkedIn
-                                </a>
-                                . My email address is darragh.oriordan (AT)
-                                gmail.{" "}
+                                I have decades of experience building things on
+                                the web. I've worked with large complex teams,
+                                and teams of one.
                             </p>
                         </div>
 
                         <Image
                             src={portraitImage}
                             alt="portrait image of darragh oriordan"
                             sizes="(max-width: 768px) 100vw, (max-width: 1200px) 50vw, 33vw"
-                            className="aspect-w-16 aspect-h-9 rounded-lg bg-zinc-100 object-cover dark:bg-zinc-800 md:w-1/2"
+                            className="aspect-w-8 aspect-h-8 rounded-lg bg-zinc-100 object-cover dark:bg-zinc-800 md:w-1/3"
                         />
                     </div>
 
+                    <p>
+                        I've been trusted to deliver products for companies like
+                        <ul>
+                            <li>Blackberry (Mobile phones)</li>
+                            <li>
+                                Trade Me Ltd (Online Auctions and e-commerce)
+                            </li>
+                            <li>Cin7 (Inventory Management Software)</li>
+                            <li>IAG (Insurance)</li>
+                            <li>X15 Ventures (FinTech)</li>
+                        </ul>
+                        and many more in industries like Pharmaceutical
+                        Automation, HR Software, Sport analytics, Credit card
+                        activation, Medical records processing and Internet of
+                        Things.
+                    </p>
+                    <p>
+                        I've spent the last 10 years building and running teams.
+                        I love to help people grow and learn as engineers and
+                        help people have fulfilling careers.
+                    </p>
+                    <p>
+                        You can read more about me on my main website{" "}
+                        <a href="https://www.darraghoriordan.com/about/">
+                            https://www.darraghoriordan.com/about/
+                        </a>
+                        .
+                    </p>
+                    <p>
+                        You can always reach me on{" "}
+                        <a href="https://twitter.com/darraghor">Twitter</a> or{" "}
+                        <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/darraghoriordan/">
+                            LinkedIn
+                        </a>
+                        . My email address is darragh.oriordan (AT) gmail.{" "}
+                    </p>
                     <p>
                         I live in Sydney, Australia so my timezone is Australian
-                        Eastern Standard Time. There is some cross over with
-                        west-coast USA but not much wih East and Europe. I aim
-                        to respond to you within 24 hours.
+                        Eastern Standard Time (AEST). There is some cross over
+                        with West-coast USA but not much wih East-coast US and
+                        Europe.
+                    </p>
+                    <p>
+                        I have customers from all over the world and I do aim to
+                        respond to you within 24 hours.
                     </p>
                 </article>
             </Container>