I recently attended /Dev/World in Melbourne this week. This is Australia’s only iOS developer conference. Here is my summary of the conference. Themes There were a few themes that gleaned from the talks. These were; Swift is the most talked about language in this space People are still using Objective-C Cross platform remains a hot… Continue reading DevWorld 2019
Right To Left design considerations for mobile apps
We truly live in a global and inter connected society. But have you tested your app using a Right to Left (RTL) language such as Arabic? This blog post is a reflection on some of the design considerations to keep in mind when accomodating this. Why does this matter? Arabic is one of the top… Continue reading Right To Left design considerations for mobile apps
Serverless Days Sydney 2019
I attended Serverless Days in Sydney Today. Overall it had a good sense of community, the venue and food was top notch. This is a community run conference and there’s always good representation from the main serverless cloud providers here. *Cough* Google/AWS/Microsoft *Cough*. Alibaba made an appearance too. Are we at a serverless tipping point?… Continue reading Serverless Days Sydney 2019
Getting started with Google Cloud server less functions
Do you know how many lines of code you need to deploy a google cloud server less function? Short Answer – 4 exports.helloWorld = (req, res) => { let message = req.query.message || req.body.message || ‘Hello World!’; res.status(200).send(message);}; https://cloud.google.com/functions/docs/quickstart-nodejs Wait, what’s a server less function? Have you heard of micro services? This is like that… Continue reading Getting started with Google Cloud server less functions
A Mobile App Test Strategy
Test strategy, what a funny concept. Now this strategy isn’t going to help you win any battles (this is where the word strategy comes from after all) but for lack of a better well understood term, this blog post is a reflection on what I imagine will work for my team*. *disclaimer: what might work… Continue reading A Mobile App Test Strategy
How I ended up in my current job
Let me tell you a story of how I got my role at one of Australia’s big four banks. Back when I was last job hunting, I had a few different leads come about from networking at meetup events and this bank wasn’t my first choice. I had another Job Offer My trip up to… Continue reading How I ended up in my current job
Turning 30
I’m turning 30 next week and I’m actually looking forward to it. A lot of people say, “life is all downhill after 21” but I reckon the next decade of my life is going to be pretty awesome. Age is nothing to be ashamed of. It’s a measure of how many revolutions around the sun… Continue reading Turning 30
Evolution of my CV
My CV has evolved a bit over the years. But there have also been a few constants too. I’ve always tried to keep my CV under 2 pages, my most recent one is 1 page with embedded links, it’s a little experimental and it’s more like a portfolio. 2020-06-26 Update: My 2014 to 2017 resume’s… Continue reading Evolution of my CV
Personal Branding: The Business Card
I had my second iteration of my business cards turn up today. I’m extremely pleased with how they turned out. The first iteration is the white one at the top, it’s functional but plain. The second iteration is 80% recycled paper and is more on brand. This blog post is a reflection on all of… Continue reading Personal Branding: The Business Card
70 days into #100DaysOfLinkedIn
Wow, I’m two thirds of the way through my #100DaysOfLinkedIn marketing campaign. Here is an update of how I’ve adapted and grown over that time. You can read up on the launch of the campaign and a halfway through update too. 2200 connections Before starting this campaign, I had 1400 connections. I’ve now see this… Continue reading 70 days into #100DaysOfLinkedIn