Master Invictus

Online since 1999

Master Invictus

Builder of what isn't there yet.

Since the dial-up days, this has been the late-night signal: the room where the lights stay on long after they should be off. My hypomania runs hot, so it gets release valves, sometimes several open at once: a recording booth, a darkroom, a server room, a notebook full of fiction, poetry and lyrics. Some call me a poet, but the poems do the talking. Coaching lives here too, and the books are open. Tune in and stay a while.

A field, still being drawn

About me

One restless imagination, several outlets: words, sound, image, and code, all answering to the same stubborn muse.

01

Creator

“I pull things out of the dark that didn’t exist at dawn — ideas given edges, nothing turned into something you can hold.”

02

Rebel

“I test the fence before I climb it, and ask who built it and why. Rules are a first draft; I keep a red pen.”

03

Non-conformist

“I’d rather walk my own crooked line than march someone else’s straight one. The off-ramp is where it gets interesting.”

04

Developer

“I speak to machines in patient logic, and they answer in systems — quiet architectures that wake up and work.”

05

Artist

“Everything I make is a little bit painting: color, rhythm, negative space. Function is the canvas; beauty is not optional.”

06

Seeker of new solutions

“Show me a wall and I’ll look for the window, the tunnel, the ladder — or a reason the wall should move.”

07

Lover of art, music, movies & much more

“A frame that stops time, a chord that bends it, a story that rewires me. I collect the moments that make the world feel larger.”

08

Functional introvert

“I recharge in the quiet, then step out and get things done. Solitude is my workshop; the world gets the finished work.”

09

Biohacker

“My body is an experiment I run with care — tuning sleep, chemistry and energy, chasing a sharper, longer, better version of me.”

Music & Video

My original songs and videos, written, made and released here first. No covers, no borrowed voices.

Music & Inspiration

Borrowed fire: songs by others that lit something, or burned something down, and earned a permanent spot in rotation.

Software & Services

Engineering for people who want their systems boring in production and brilliant on paper.

A dark room with a glowing workstation and cool light on the desk, no logos.
01

Windows desktop apps

Desktop applications for Windows. Clear interfaces, local files, and software that can stand on its own.

Luminous figures of light passing threads between them in a dark haze, faces not shown.
02

AI agent crews

Teams of AI agents that split a task, review one another, and return work a person can use.

A night city under clouds, with teal and violet routes of light between towers, no logos.
03

Azure and Cloudflare platforms

Web platforms on Azure and Cloudflare: public sites, private homes, and the routes between them.

Dark gears and lines of light moving on their own, with no people present.
04

Automation

Automation that joins tools you already use, so repeat work runs without someone watching it.

A dark phone standing on a desk, its screen a field of teal and violet light, with no logos.
05

Mobile Apps

Apps with opinions, sized for a pocket. Small glass, loud point of view, quiet chrome.

Glowing rectangles of teal and violet light arranged like a screen, with no readable letters.
06

UI/UX

Pixels that behave, and layouts that plot. The finest interface is the one that steps aside.

An empty conference room and one chair above a night city, with no people.
07

IT Leadership Support

A senior pair of hands on business applications, enterprise services, and the joinery when two IT estates become one.

Coaching

For people already doing well who suspect they could be dangerous.

Not taking new clients. Referrals only.

01

Biohacking

The biological clock, argued with. Sleep, focus, and training as a personal practice — not medical care, diagnosis, or treatment.

02

Professional

The chair outweighs the title. Calm judgment for new directors, and the rooms that suddenly listen.

03

Health

Strength, supper, and sleep in the same conversation. A practice for vigor — not medical care or treatment.

Writing

Words before the music, or instead of it. Quiet on the page, loud in the head.

01

Fiction

Stories with a crooked grin and a clean landing. A voice, a bend, a last line that was waiting.

02

Lyrics

Lines hired to sing for their supper. If the melody will not carry it, the line stays home.

03

Poetry

Short poems, long echo. They leave, and the quiet stays louder.

Shop

Tools to help simplify your life, so you can enjoy more of it.

A renewals dashboard in a spreadsheet, with example data and overdue items highlighted.
01

IT Asset & Licence Renewal Tracker (English)

Software renewals, notice deadlines, seat counts and device warranties live on one spreadsheet instead of in somebody's memory. The dashboard shows what is overdue and what renews in the next 30, 60 or 90 days, so a renewal date never springs a surprise auto-renewal. No macros; it opens in Excel 2010+ and Google Sheets.

Coming soon

A bilingual English and French renewals dashboard with example data.
02

IT Asset & Licence Renewal Tracker (English/French)

The same renewal tracker, now fully bilingue. Every sheet name, header, dropdown, status and instruction is in English and French, starting from a bilingual Start Here sheet. A notice deadline is easy to miss in any language, and this keeps it from being missed in either.

Coming soon

A cutover runbook with phases, owners, planned times and go/no-go checkpoints, filled with example data.
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Cutover & Hypercare Kit

A cutover runbook in Excel that does its own arithmetic: timings calculate from durations and predecessors. Go/no-go checkpoints, rollback steps, a hypercare tracker, a one-page daily status and a contacts and comms plan are all included. Go-live weekend gets a plan, and the plan gets a plan B.

Coming soon

A RAID log of risks, assumptions, issues and dependencies, filled with example data.
04

RAID Log & Governance Kit

Risks, assumptions, issues and dependencies go in one log instead of four inboxes. A 5x5 heat map counts the ratings entered but doesn't score risk or make the call. Action, decision and change logs, a RACI, a stakeholder register and a lessons log come along for the RAID.

Coming soon

A steering committee executive summary slide with an amber status chip and example key messages.
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SteerCo & Weekly Status Decks

A steering committee deck (9 slides) and a weekly status deck (7 slides) that keep the steer in SteerCo. RAG chips are set by hand against a colour-key slide, the milestone timeline has a movable Today line, and a minutes template catches the decisions before they drift off. Calibri throughout, no stock images.

Coming soon

An overview of the Cutover, RAID and SteerCo kits side by side.
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IT Project Template Bundle

Cutover & Hypercare, RAID & Governance and SteerCo all come in one box, dressed in one neutral style. Each folder has its own quick start, and nothing hides a macro. It takes a project from go-live plan to governance to Friday status without a scavenger hunt for templates.

Coming soon

Contact

Pen pals, collaborators, and the gloriously curious are welcome. Recruiters with a 'quick question' may queue behind them.

support@masterinvictus.com