Posts from 2016
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Halloween in Marrickville
Big night in Marrickville. Our area keeps getting bigger and bigger every year. We had a bunch of mates around for the festivities, quick barbecue then out onto the streets to scrounge sweets. Lots of…
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Open Australia are doing amazing stuff
I've been hovering around the open data movement for a while. I lived in London through the early development of what ended up becoming They Work For You around the amazing NTK -driven London tech sce…
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Hot damn this tune will get your toe tapping
John Peel famously took the needle off The Undertones' Teenage Kicks and immediately played it again, it was such a perfect pop song. He was, of course, absolutely right. I had the same reaction heari…
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The Cure: still going strong
I've been to four gigs by The Cure now: The great set but terrible seats in terrible venue for the Wish tour at Sydney Entertainment Centre. Incredible epic set in Hyde Park in London on a warm Summer…
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Couple of interviews I've done recently
I did an interview a while back for CMO magazine about the emerging "Chief Data Officer" role. It's out now and you can read it online here. Seems I'm on IDG's radar this year as someone who likes the…
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MeasureCamp Melbourne March 2016
On the weekend I went to MeasureCamp Melbourne and it was amazing. The idea with an UnConference is that the agenda gets worked out on the day. Everyone shows up, throws some things they'd like to do…
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Passata Day 2016
In which we turn 215kg of tomatoes into delicious bottled tomato pulp Yesterday we did what has become an annual tradition, turning a bunch of tomatoes into passata, a tomato pulp with the seeds and s…