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About me

Welcome to my tech site, an independent multi-platform site including software for Palm OS & Windows. Loftcat.org.uk is my new site encompassing all the areas of computing I'm interested in.

Early background

Way back in my school days I began writing games and utilities for the Amstrad CPC and Acorn Electron until eventually upgrading to Amigas in the early 1990s. I studied computing at university and along side that released several games and education programs into the Amiga public domain. Along side programming I ran a popular Amstrad Public Domain software library called Data PD from 1990 to 1992. Several of my Amstrad and Spectrum games enjoyed modest success though 'homebrew' distributors The Guild and The Adventure Workshop. One of my Amiga releases Top of the League went on to do better, making the 17-Bit Shareware top 10 titles.

Recent past

I have now worked in the IT industry for a number of years in support roles as well as working closely with software developers. Away from my day job I successfully programmed and distributed Top of the League for Palm OS in 2003 with on-going updates right up until 2008. The game was well received, including a favourable write-up in UK high street publication PDA Essentials as well as being distributed on the cover CD-Rom several times in 2004 and 2005. It also made the PDA 247 Top 5 PDA Sports Games in October 2007. 

Current activity

I try to divide my precious spare time outside of work between further study and programming new software. Although still involved in mobile development recently I've been learning more about the .Net Framework and the Ruby programming language in the desktop environments. QReplace and Password Inventor were recent projects for Windows. Top of the League has also been released on the Symbian platform, giving it a new lease of life.

You can drop me a line at:-   mail (at) tonykingsmill (dot) co (dot) uk

Thanks for visiting!

Tony Kingsmill
February 2009
Last Updated January 2010