Have you ever heard the quote, “640K[RAM] ought to be enough for anybody”? It’s wrongly attributed to Bill Gates. However as a PC hardware enthusiast I often have to ask myself, how much is enough? Why this post? I picked up myself an Asus chromebook today for $389 from jbhifi. It comes with 6GB of… Continue reading How much compute power do you actually need?
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Tales of fail
Slides for vodQA presentation How I’ve failed I failed school When I started university I enrolled in a combined mechatronics/computer science degree overloaded with a diploma of Japanese. I had graduated high school in the top 3% in my state. I could do anything I wanted at uni. I was always told I was a… Continue reading Tales of fail
boardgames
Here is a list of boardgames in the office and how to play guides. Access Sam’s full list of games here, and the other half’s collection here. Arboretum Azul Bears Vs Babies Carcassone Cat Lady Cat Tower Codenames Ticket to ride
Public Speaking – notes
Here are notes and further reading for the Public Speaking skills workshop. Miro board link Complicated diagram walkthrough Sample code slides Technical presentations blog Sketchnoting Human Cognition most people don’t read (it takes too much energy). Reference: Thinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman: Gestalt Principles How to look good on video calls Testing out… Continue reading Public Speaking – notes
My views on FIRE
Financial Independence Retire Early (AKA FIRE) is a movement that’s been taking the internet and high paid young professionals by storm. The idea is fairly simple: maximize your income today maximize your savings for the near future grow an investment portfolio then draw down 4% of your investment portfolio forever However, I think there’s some… Continue reading My views on FIRE
Tech Twitter dumpster fire
Today, tech twitter is complaining about rocks and interview: And there’s a few people wish for an easier way to find #BadTechTweets
Visual thinking with sketchnotes
I’m a visual learner. I like to draw things as I absorb information. I enjoy doing sketchnotes while I’m at a conference. See YOW! Sydney 2018, Australian Testing days and Agile Australia as examples of these sketch notes in practice. It helps keep me in the moment and focused on the talk material. It’s also a… Continue reading Visual thinking with sketchnotes
The future of work
There was a question at last nights Sydney Testers meetup event with James Bach, “What is the future of software testing with AI and automation?” Have a read of “Weapons on Math destruction“, it’s about how big data is driving inequality. I think testers are in a good position to raise questions around the ethics… Continue reading The future of work
Feeling low today
Dear Diary, I woke up feeling tired and low this morning. My alarm went off at 6:30 but rolled over and snoozed until 7:30. I’m meant to be attending the DDD Sydney conference today but the trains were delayed. By the time I got to central station I needed to have a teary in the… Continue reading Feeling low today
White people can’t experience racism
After seeing Sarah Jeong’s controversy explode over twitter, and reading the general response of white people can’t experience racism, I’m going to attempt to reflect on my own biases and thinking and attempt to use my white privilege to talk about hard things. Australia is pretty racist I have an almost impossible chance of experiencing… Continue reading White people can’t experience racism