General ramblings of an IC turned Engineering Director

Welcome to a variety of blog posts about the latest language I've been tinkering with, interesting tech projects, commentary on amusing happenings and of course AI... all with a sprinkling of people management and leadership. (because without people, where the heck would we be?!)

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Adventures in IoT

IOT Temperature Sensor Sep 16, 2018 A write up of my raspberry pi home made temperature sensor that logs data to the cloud so that it can be visualised. …reporting live data into a variety of cloud based systems Live Data Here There were many…

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Cat Codes - My First Apple App

My First App - Update First Published Sep 28, 2022 on GitHub (pre-ai revolution) A write up of getting an app into the Apple® App Store®… So, if you’re a keen reader of this blog, you’ll not have failed to notice that I’ve been learning…

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Getting the message

How do you ensure that everyone is on the same page? This is a look into “internal communications”…you know, the “we’ve won new business”, “please clear up in kitchen” or the “we’ve not hit a target” type communications. Photo by Jason Rosewell on Unsplash The broadcast of these…

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Are people more than resources?

"We need additional resource!”… ... how often have you heard (or even said) that? What did you actually mean? Inmy experience, it’s a combination of things; something isn’t happening as quickly as you (or the other stakeholders) would like, or as well as you’d like…

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To manage, or not to manage: that is the question

In my career leading multidisciplinary delivery teams, I’ve often guided people through the choice of remaining technical or pursuing management roles. Some people start a role and clearly state that they want to remain technical. Many ask about career progression and the different directions they…

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