On being a good employee

Sep. 20, 2017 by

I’ve just finished reading The 59-Second Employee. It’s about taking ownership of your employment, specifically in response to the now-dead 1-minute-manager technique. I read a lot of books on management.

Elastic Stack X-Pack Machine Learning

Sep. 13, 2017 by

I’ve just finished Elastic‘s X-Pack Machine Learning course. Elastic’s X-pack machine learning is a fabulous technology that automates not merely anomaly detection in near-real-time, but also the construction and continuous

Passed my AWS Certified Big Data Specialty exam

Aug. 4, 2017 by

Having passed my exam this morning, I’m now certified by Amazon Web Services (AWS) as a Big Data Specialist! Amazon has a strong offering of services that greatly simplify analytics,

Govhack 2017

Jul. 30, 2017 by

I had the great pleasure of spending the weekend using open government data for public good, at Wellington GovHack 2017. I worked on the welly.space team. We investigated data on

Data between siloes: thoughts on Tech Week and Privacy Week

May. 13, 2017 by

I’ve had a busy week of networking, with the Privacy Commissioner‘s Privacy Week overlapping Tech Week, and an interesting Government Information Group presentation from the Social Investment Unit as well.