Author and Webmaster

My name is Mhammad Hassan. I'm a multimedia designer based in the Netherlands. I grew up in a small town called Makeni in Sierra Leone. I fled Sierra Leone and arrived in the Netherlands in the year 2000 because of war. My parents are from Lebanese origin, but migrated many years ago and spent most of their life in that part of Africa.

My passion for design started at a very young age. I loved to draw things that were of interest to me and that was (I think) the basis for my present creativity; My passion does not seem to come from my family, because I'm the only one in my entire family that is creative in design. They are engaged in other aspects of life, but not design ;).

I have recently found another passion that I'm willing to explore (Photography). I used take photos just for fun and now that has started to change and its like the next best thing I love to do. I've already started my business as a web designer and photographer

Studies and Jobs

I studied both in Makeni, Sierra Leone and Groningen, The Netherlands. I graduated and received my diploma on July 7, 2004 as an ICT- SYSTEMS ADMINISTRATOR. This was a study on Computer science and had little to do with web design. In fact, only the very basics of web design was taught. During these classes I developed a real passion for web design, so I started surfing the web and buying books to help me improve my techniques and knowledge on web designing. I later started doing research on WEB STANDARDS, COMPATIBILITY AND LIABILITY and also how to combine XHTML, CSS and PHP semantically.

I have been a freelance webmaster for almost 7 years and have since, designed lots of templates, logos, menus, header images and a few complete websites for companies here in the Netherlands and abroad. During this period, I worked as an ICT- SPECIALIST and HELPDESK SUPPORT at the IB- Groep in the Netherlands on a full time basis. Before that I worked in at the Winkler Prins (school) as a HELPDESK ASSISTANT on site.

Hobbies

My favorite hobby is football (soccer). I played top level football with (Wusum Stars of Bombali) in Sierra Leone for 2 years. 1995 till 1997 and have been playing 2nd class football here in the Netherlands with respectively; (v.v. Hoogezand) and recently (v.v. kwiek). I also like swimming, fishing, table tennis, basketball, listening to music, watch TV, going to the movies, taking photos of almost anything and most of all web design.

Recent News

I started to work as a Web Developer with a company (TXO) in Grou, The Netherlands since May 1, 2008. My contract was not renewed after a six months period because the company was almost broke. It took me 2 months to get a new job as a web designer with another company (Conjunct Marketing) and presently, I'm back to freelancing & I've recently started my own company I.D. Xposed.