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Use Your Inside Voice 5 Aug 2013 | 03:53 pm
There’s something about Twitter that brings out the troll in me. I’m not sure what it is, but it feels like more often than not I’m responding to public figures with ranting negativity. http://www.fl...
The Morality of Metadata 31 Jul 2013 | 04:16 am
Once upon a time a phone call was transient. Triggered by a series of clicks from a rotary dial, mechanical switches at the exchange would route your call to its destination. Perhaps Peter Dunne and A...
An Open Letter to Judith Collins 30 Jul 2013 | 04:39 am
To Hon. Judith Collins, MP Hello Judith I was interested to read your recent twitter posting regarding this morning’s “Anonymous” attacks on National Party websites: So anti-GSCB hackers have close...
Moving On 25 Jul 2013 | 04:54 am
Life is change. I’m moving on from Marker Metro. To where? Who knows! The opportunity to pull an Ian Livingstone and Choose My Own Adventure* is just too exciting to pass up. The last few days have ju...
Gather Talk 19 Jul 2013 | 09:36 am
I gave a talk at Gather last weekend. It seemed to hit a couple of nerves. Here are my slides, which are mostly pointless without my words. I’ve included my notes to help, but they just give a weird ...
Grandroids: Samsung Galaxy S4, Sony Xperia Z, HTC One 15 May 2013 | 03:23 pm
It's bloody hard to pick a winner from this bunch. They each have their upsides and some very minor downs. The HTC One camera is a disappointment but it looks smashing; the Samsung feels cheesy but is...
Fixing Novopay (and other “Big IT” projects) 29 Mar 2013 | 09:53 pm
The key issue with Novopay, and the school payroll system, and many other huge black-box IT projects (yeah, I'm looking at you, $1.5bn IRD replacement system), is the approach of replacing the system ...
Novopay Technical Review for Dummies 20 Mar 2013 | 05:06 am
I’ve worked on “enterprise grade” software for a large chunk of my career. Do not get me wrong: I could not build a payroll system capable of running the NZ School payroll without error, but I do know...
Thoughts: Samsung Galaxy S4 16 Mar 2013 | 03:53 am
I'm not sure when it was decided that electronic product launches had to be a) gaudy affairs in major event theatres and b) completely devoid of availability information; but nonetheless this is the c...
Double Review: Samsung DA-E750 and Logitech UE Boombox 4 Mar 2013 | 11:28 pm
These devices are definitely aimed at different markets and uses, but for me personally (not being a Lotto winner), the Logitech would be my choice if I was forced to select between the two. It's easi...
