Jan Škoda
I am experienced in leveraging agile frameworks to provide a robust synopsis for high level overviews. Iterative approaches to corporate strategy foster collaborative thinking to further the overall value proposition.
Projects
Hry Pro dva
One of my first bigger projects. It is a webpage for multiplayer games such as Cards, Chess, Quiz or the most popular game Words Soccer. It has a huge fan base with thousands registered accounts and thousands of unique daily visits. www.hryprodva.cz
Lost Monsters
It is based on old game called Lost Vikings. There are three playable characters with different abilities. You have to switch between them and cooperate to pass trhough various levels by solving the logic quest. The game is still in BETA stage and it is planned to be released on Android and PCs Lost Monsters homepage
PSL - CMS
Written in PHP and HTML. It is really simple, just to handle publishing news and images. The main purpose was to have absolutely lightweight CMS, which is able to run anywhere and to be set up in seconds. It works with SQLite database, so there is no need to have running external database server. It is also incredibly easy to transfer the system with all the content between hosting just by copying the containing folder. about and download
Hobbies
Model railroad
It is one of my oldest hobbies. I liked everything connected with trains since i was kid. Later i started making my own models. Nowadays i am building modular railroad controlled by my own pcbs. It is going to be controlled throught WiFi. I am making lot of building and also cars using 3D printing. I am sharing my models at printables.com to be available for everyone interested in model railroading
Lego minifigures collection
It started by getting some fake LEGO-like star wars minifigures. Then i started to buy more of them, also marvel minifigures collection started to grow, and now i have to buy every new limited collection the LEGO releases. I have hundreds of them.
Vingate notebooks
I have about 20 vintage notebooks, all of them working. The oldest one is monochromatic i386 laptop, but also i have some thinkapds capable of running Windows XP which is nowadays also relatively retro. As i am repairing them, i am always trying to use the period components, to keep them authentic
Photography
I got into photography when my colleague was getting rid of his equipment and an old Canon 400D. At that point I absolutely fell for it and since then my technical equipment has been practically all replaced, I'm still trying to learn and discover the right techniques, but I'm really enjoying photography.
Programming skills
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HTML
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CSS
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JS
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Node JS
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PHP
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Java
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XML
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C
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C++
Photography
I recently started taking pictures. As i like being outdoors, so i prefer taking pictures of nature. I started with Canon 400D and i soon discovered that i really like it so i bought Canon 2000D and actualy i am still using both.
Here is couple of images i took
Locomotive 556.0
railway depot in Jaroměř
LEGO zombie
hungry zombie and fridge
Harachov
Mumlavské vodopády
T 435.0 „Hektor“
in railway depot Kořenov
Railway station
On my model railway station
Ski and bike resort
Peklovec hill in Česká Třebová
Blog
3D acceleration on N210
Yes, it works !
It wasn't as hard as I expected. It was just really annoying having to reinstall the OS. However, I then just used the Windows XP driver, which had failed before because of a conflict with a newer driver that had been previously installed.
Now, ...
Netbook Samgung N210
A few weeks ago, my colleague asked me to reinstall his wife's Ultrabook, which had become sluggish and unstable. It took a few tries, as I initially attempted to perform a recovery from the recovery partition, but this failed and resulted in a BSOD bootloop. Then I had to set ...
READ MORESwype keyboard
During an online discussion about typing on a touchscreen phone, I discovered something very interesting. It's a function that everyone probably knows about, but I had no idea it existed. It's a Swype keyboard. To be clear, I am familiar with the Swype keyboard on Symbian phones, but I was ...
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