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Outlook
I’m not a manager and hence I don’t really do meetings. I’ve never been a manager and I’ve never really done meetings. So when there is a meeting planned and I have eight desktops, 30 applications and 54 windows/tabs open is not really surprising that I miss it. So what I need is an email/SMS…
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Employment
I’ve heard many good stories about REA and know that they have adapted their software development significantly over the past five or so years. Having come from a background of larger corporates and a small startup it will be most interesting to see how the team works and also to once again work with other…
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Homes
For our resident possums the downgrade from fully detached tree to semi detached home is underway. Home 2.0 is now up and running. Larger front door, comfy bedding, new driveway and all fully secured to the side of the main house. I guess it might be my pommy-ness that makes our local ring-tailed possums such…
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Helicopters
When I was a kid my dad was into radio-controlled stuff. At the weekend he would load up the Ford Corsair and we would head the few miles to a field next to the river where we would lug the plane and his specially constructed r/c toolbox that held all the various tools, transmitter, fuel,…
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I Quit Yesterday
Its not the first time I’ve quit and it won’t be the last. Its the very nature of working in the technology sphere that things change and people flow between jobs on a fairly regular basis, but this doesn’t stop me wondering that usual post quit question… ‘Have I done the right thing?’ Looking at…
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Review: Rainex Headlight Restorer
Three years ago we purchased a used BMX X5, even when we got it the headlights were suffering from the extra UV pounding down through the blue, ozone depleted Melbourne skies. Finally after many complaints and comments about ‘new headlamps’, an expensive solution with painful wiring options I decided to have a go at refurbishing…
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Completely Fixed
Shes done. Finally. This was a bit of an epic job, it took almost 16 months but in reality the job of frame papering was the main sticking point. Papering, was mind numbingly boring and extremely time consuming but the finish is a talking point, I’ve even had a couple of people even thought the…
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User Stories Applied
I’ve only scanned a small amount of User Stories Applied by Mike Cohn but I like some bits of this book. Its a symptom of corporate agile to add more to everything. Add more to the story, add more depth and scope, add a tracking system, add more process. In my limited experience the smaller startup…
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Almost Fixed
There is a danger that this thing could be ready for Christmas. Perhaps the end of the year could be seen as a real call to action.. yeah it probably has. So we have The next item item is the chainring. The one sold to me doesn’t fit the chain so I need something that…
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Logs
developer: If we switch on logging then the application will crash.
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Infamous
This is me. In a TV advert. Channel One and Ten. Nationally in Australia.
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Fixing. Assembly.
So that title might be a little inaccurate. Assembly is a little in the future. Since my last report I’ve added a few items to the parts inventory from a little place in Mordialloc. The owner of this little grotto of chaos managed to find me a new headset, brake and gear cable and a very dust laden…