Robert Cederholm, webdesigner

Greetings!

My name is Robert Cederholm and I am the one running the company EagleOwl. I've been into graphic form and design since way back in school where I was known as "that guy who can draw". I've been doodling and illustrating just about as far back as I can remember, and I also play around with other creative outlets like photography and oil painting.

My big strength and passion however, is computer based graphic design. I first started fiddling around with computer graphics on my very first computer, a Commodore 64, in the mid-80's and I also started getting into some basic programming on the same computer at the same time. When I eventually traded in my fourth C64 for an Amiga 500 I had developed quite a lot of little games and programs, that I had also done the graphics for.

These weren't any "big bestsellers" of course, but they worked, and left me with a taste for more. They laid the foundation for the knowledge I possess today. I soon started getting into some more serious projects, developing many little word processors, graphics editors and games along the way.

Eventually I developed an interest in artificial intelligence (Watching too much Terminator perhaps ;o) and was soon writing a wide array of self learning programs that could "think" fairly independantly. I've written tons of the classic "chatter bots", but also a lot more intricately complex Alife systems, something best described as a digital eco system where individuals interact with their surroundings and must choose between teaming up with others or going their own way, to try to survive and progress in their everyday "life". I also applied my knowledge in this field onto a few self-made and highly adaptive experimental operating systems.

Today, I have pretty much left software development behind for good, and the only programming I do now is on the web. I find the web much more appealing due to the immediate accessibility web pages have compared to traditional software that first have to be bought, and I also like the fact that, as a site owner, you can communicate much more directly with your visitors, have them participate in things, and get instant feedback.

I do of course benefit greatly in my everyday work from my soon-25 years experience in both programming and computer graphics, and with the firm foundation I stand on I practically never run into a problem I cannot quickly find a solution for. I also work very fast and cost-efficient since, almost no matter what the task at hand is, I've been there and done that before.

When not on the computer I thoroughly enjoy the great outdoors and things like wilderness survival, and spend a great deal of my time in the "wild", or what's left of it anyway. I try to find time to do a little snowboarding in the winter, and am often seen on a mountainbike in the summer.

Anything else you might want to know about my background or me as a person, feel free to just drop me an e-mail :o)