Greetings… My name is Sam Barnes and I’m a web project management addict.

I’m so passionate about web project management I can often be found making an unwitting victim’s ears bleed within ten minutes as I hammer home my thoughts on running web projects.

Although sometimes victims beg me to stop, out of pure enthusiasm I will continue to talk about the methodologies, techniques and values I sincerely believe in when it comes to web project management.

The workplace and the cheeky face

Currently UK-based and working as a Technology Analyst for Volume, I spent many years before that deep down in the trenches of funky digital agencies, such as Rawnet, as a front-end developer, managing digital accounts for the likes of Nokia and managing the delivery of web projects.

Whether managing small to medium size websites or large web applications – I’m pretty sure any web project management causes your hair to fall out.

Having managed so many web projects and expressed my opinions, perhaps a little too passionately at times, I thought it was time to start writing them down and publishing them online to see what others thought of my ramblings – to my pleasant surprise, some people actually seemed remotely interested and thesambarnes.com was officially born.

The original aim of the blog is the same as it is now, to write about web project management from a ‘real world’ perspective, to talk about what it’s really like on the front-lines of a digital agency and to crowbar in as many Star Wars references as possible into all posts.

Since launching I’ve had the pleasure of writing for Smashing Magazine, being mentioned on the Boagworld Podcast and have met a whole host of great people for which I’m really grateful.

As well as a being a web project management freak, I am also a self-confessed web junkie and when my Internet connection goes down I can often be found adopting the foetal position, whimpering in the corner of the room, a truly broken man, and unable to answer any questions without Google.

Edit: I have since resolved this character flaw with an iPhone purchase, go on – ask me anything!

Want the full life story? If so, go make a nice cup of tea and then read the long version »

Or take a look at some of the web projects I’ve worked on »