Published on: 7/6/2025
I am currently trying to get on top of the WebCenter Portal product, something that has been around for a long time, it does a job, and it does it okay, but really getting to grips with developing within the environment takes some effort.
Published on: 6/22/2025
I'm going to work through a 'what is' article, this time looking at DevOps, where it came from, where it is today and perhaps where it is going tomorrow...
Published on: 6/15/2025
Not Infra in the way I used to mean it, wires and tin, but this is the DevOps version of Infra, the type of things where you can spin up a Virtual environment in a few clicks (hopefully).
Published on: 6/1/2025
As I continue to learn the Oracle Application Stack, it becomes increasingly important to understand the database structure.
Published on: 5/18/2025
I am gladly getting to work with Linux a lot more of late, but sometimes I need a space for sharing files between Operating Systems, so in this post I will describe how to add another drive at boot time so that I don't need to manually mount it at each boot.
Published on: 5/4/2025
I have been asked to give the website for AnotherLevel a bit of a refresh in readiness for some promotion work they plan to do in the coming year. Here we go.
Published on: 4/22/2025
Okay, this is not exactly installing it on the laptop, in fact we're going to try and virtualise the virtualiser...
Published on: 4/6/2025
Continuing my theme of 'what is' articles, in this one I talk a little about what the WebCenter Portal product does, or can do.
Published on: 3/27/2025
I don't really care about the database to be honest, but it is an essential piece of infrastructure.
Published on: 3/11/2025
If you're a regular visitor, you may have noticed that the blog posts have somewhat slowed. Here is why.
Published on: 2/23/2025
Coding is more than remembering the commands.
Published on: 2/2/2025
A Timesheet System that has core timesheet functionality, that might be a good idea right about now.
Published on: 1/19/2025
We're still working on the Timesheet application, and we're still not ready for timesheets, this week we focus on building blocks like how to link Managers to Team Members and how to manage time codes etc.
Published on: 1/5/2025
Last week we created a Project Plan for our Timesheet application, this week, we're working on Sprint 1 - Initial Setup & Authentication.
Published on: 12/22/2024
This is a change to my recent blog posts, this is more about defining and describing a project that will ultimately build a Timesheet system.
Published on: 12/8/2024
Know the power and charm of Linux commands—from navigating files to festive terminal tricks. Whether you're new to the CLI or curious about its quirks, this guide blends practical tips, a little of my own computer history and a touch of fun.
Published on: 11/24/2024
I recently migrated from Gatsby to Astro, my Gatsby blog had inline YouTube videos which I didn't get working when I first dropped the Astro blog into production, so let's fix that today.
Published on: 11/17/2024
For this post we're goign to build a simple CRUD application. CRUD stands for Create, Read, Update, and Delete - the four fundamental operations performed on database records in software applications.
Published on: 11/11/2024
I love working with PHP and Laravel, in this post we're going to have a look at the directory structure for a Laravel project and build some simple things with Laravel 11.
Published on: 11/4/2024
I recently applied for and was interviewed for the role of Insight Analyst, it wasn't a role I had directly considered before, but a firend, at the company, suggested I should apply for it for a few reasons. I really like to work with data, so I gladly applied. But what exactly is an Insight Analyst?
Published on: 10/28/2024
I built several versions of a job application tracking system, to help me figure out how many jobs I have applied for and what the application status is From Spreadsheets, through Kanban boards, Laravel, React, NextJS and most recently, a Flutter app, This post discusses that journey.
Published on: 10/21/2024
Gatsby had been the home of this blog for the last 18 months or so, but it started giving me problems.
Published on: 10/13/2024
Gatsby sucks, kinda. And what I'm doing about it
Published on: 9/30/2024
Why PHP is Still Cool in 2024.
Published on: 9/23/2024
SharePoint can be more than boring squares next to other boring squares on a boring page.
Published on: 9/16/2024
Using Python for Exploratory Data Analysis - A Beginner's Guide
Published on: 9/9/2024
Lots of emulator testing is not enough!
Published on: 9/2/2024
I wanted a pomodoro app that doesn't spy on my, charge me, or throw adverts at me, so I built my own...
Published on: 8/26/2024
Search Engine Optimisation, built in!
Published on: 8/19/2024
Automating my QA
Published on: 8/12/2024
Crypto Enthusiast?
Published on: 8/5/2024
Is testing important?
Published on: 7/29/2024
There are many blockchains...
Published on: 7/22/2024
How I rebuilt my Chinese Hotpot project site into an Amazon Associates store front.
Published on: 7/15/2024
How to build in public, but protect those private API keys...
Published on: 7/4/2024
Understanding WallaceCoin - A Beginner's Guide to ERC-20 Tokens.
Published on: 7/1/2024
I recently built a simple web site to help my 6 year old master Number Bonds...
Published on: 6/27/2024
I want to build something cool for the Web3 world. I just don't know what.
Published on: 6/19/2024
The front-end development landscape is constantly evolving, and with it, the tools and frameworks we use. One of the most significant shifts recently has been the move from Create React App (CRA) to Vite.
Published on: 6/10/2024
In the rapidly evolving world of AI, the ability to generate high-quality outputs from Language Models (LLMs) hinges on one crucial skill; Prompt Engineering.
Published on: 6/3/2024
Artificial Intelligence (AI) is revolutionizing the way we approach problem-solving, task automation and education.
Published on: 5/7/2024
Using Prompt Engineering to build a simple game.
Published on: 4/13/2024
How do you track your job hunting activities?
Published on: 3/22/2024
Why does PHP get so much hate?
Published on: 2/6/2024
Using FlutterFlow to for 'rapid development' of a Proof of Concept mobile application.
Published on: 1/4/2024
I'm currently looking at the Dart Language.
Published on: 12/15/2023
What the heck is a Reducer and why do I need to know about it?
Published on: 12/14/2023
Why is Web3 always in the news and never for a good reason?
Published on: 11/30/2023
Can Data help us decide who is the Greatest F1 Driver of all time (aka The GOAT)?
Published on: 10/3/2023
Microsoft has ditched the Surface Duo, but why?
Published on: 9/5/2023
Today I'm building a simple website, it's for me, it's my own web resource, a landing page of sorts.
Published on: 8/1/2023
Migrating from hosted VPS services to a Public Cloud Provider.
Published on: 6/18/2023
I recently saw a YouTube video that described much of the Web3 space as nothing more than a scam briefly touching on the IPFS as something that some scam-artist just plucked from thin air. Let's dig in.
Published on: 5/19/2023
Looking at and understanding Data before making any assumption.
Published on: 4/16/2023
2018 saw the release of Kai-Fu Lee's book 'AI Superpowers China, Silicon Valley, and the New World Order'.
Published on: 3/18/2023
Web 2.0 is centralised, anyone can take control of the web2.0 resource and manipulate it, sometimes in undetectable ways. Web3.0 with a blockchain; this is immutable, the transactions are hashed and recorded onto the blockchain, it is almost impossible to manipulate this data.
Published on: 2/1/2023
What is the Ethereum Virtual Machine
Published on: 9/14/2022
A multidisciplinary field that combines statistics, mathematics, computer science and domain knowledge to extract insights and knowledge from data.
Published on: 3/31/2022
Short answer is obviously yes. The longer answer depends on lots of things, one of the main ones is Effort vs Benefit.
Published on: 3/17/2022
Scalability, Integrity, Consistency.
Published on: 2/14/2022
Bringing an Agile Way of Working (WoW) to a new team is a learning experience for everyone involved, including me!
Published on: 1/10/2022
How do we solve the big problems or trial new ideas?
Published on: 12/18/2021
Controlling a stage is how we ensure deliverables are met by keeping the focus on product delivery. This is a pretty hefty statement for a Project Manager as this is essentially where the Project Manager does most of their work.
Published on: 11/17/2021
Once you or your Product Owner has defined what products you need to deliver and what the definition of done would be, you need to break down those products into their component parts. Identifying the components is one way of building a backlog as you essentially list all of the building blocks needed to deliver the end product.
Published on: 10/7/2021
Good Data, Right Data, Just In Time Data!
Published on: 9/16/2021
If you’re building a team from scratch, this part is actually quite interesting and I’ll try not to talk too much about maturity of process at this stage as I think that subject is actually worthy of a post of its own.
Published on: 8/3/2021
Creating a Project Plan (part 3 of 3)
Published on: 7/15/2021
Before you can go away and build your Machine Learning Model you will often find that the source data needs varying levels of manipulation before presenting it to your model. This post will briefly touch on some of the technical processes of refining your data-sets to make them more workable.
Published on: 6/28/2021
Creating a Project Plan (part 2 of 3)
Published on: 5/6/2021
Creating a Project Plan (part 1 of 3)
Published on: 4/27/2021
Working with data is hard!
Published on: 3/9/2021
Building an Xbox – the Kanban way
Published on: 1/23/2021
Have you ever wanted to deliver your meeting a little differently? Perhaps bored with the same old PowerPoint slides and the usual structure of one person talking and clicking and everyone else watching?
Published on: 10/30/2020
Bringing an Agile Way of Working (WoW) to a new team is a learning experience for everyone involved, including me!
Published on: 9/6/2020
Sprints in Project Management
Published on: 8/29/2020
I wrote earlier this year about Ethereum and I mentioned that I thought NFTs were a bit of a side thing... I may have been wrong.
Published on: 5/25/2020
The MNSIT (Modified National Institute of Standards and Technology) database is a large collection of handwritten numbers used for training Image Processing systems. This is, in short, the hello world of machine learning.
Published on: 3/5/2020
Linear Regression is an approach to modelling the relationship between a dependent variable and one or many independent variables.
Published on: 2/14/2020
Our valentines day special - where is the Project Management Passion?
Published on: 1/12/2020
How is Ethereum different from BitCoin?
Published on: 11/4/2019
SVM‘s are a key part of the Machine Learning History, it is fair to say that early interest in SVM’s and the realisation that they couldn’t deliver on early promises actually set the field of Machine Learning back a little.
Published on: 9/14/2019
The Importance of Project Controls
Published on: 8/16/2019
Projects are the means by which we introduce change into an organisation, this change could be anything from a new process, an office move, a new division, a business merger or a new product, or anything else that substantially shifts focus away from normal business as usual activities.
Published on: 7/12/2019
A Risk Register is another fairly simple, but essential, tool. Make no mistake here; Risk Management is one of the main reasons that Project Managers get paid.
Published on: 6/18/2019
This was originally posted on my Blog back in 2019 and then swiftly archived due to the vast amount of spam it provoked via the wordpess comments system that I was using at the time. Re-posted in April 2023 (comments have since been disabled because I haven't figured out how to get a nice commenting system in Gatsby yet....).
Published on: 5/14/2019
Project Initiation is all about the ground work. Not the Planning, that’s something different, that has its own stage. This is about lining up your ducks, getting things ready so that you can start the Planning activities.
Published on: 4/14/2019
A visual comparison of PRINCE2 vs PMP (light-touch)
Published on: 3/16/2019
Tracking sales emails with no regard for the recipients privacy.
Published on: 2/14/2019
Our awesome experience with Cisco Meraki
Published on: 1/15/2019
Machine Learning systems learn how to review data inputs so that never before seen data can be predicted against results of known data.
Published on: 12/9/2018
Combining SPF, DKIM & DMARC to prevent Email Spoofing.
Published on: 11/11/2018
An Action Tracker is a fairly simple tool, so simple in fact, you may often feel quite comfortable in over-looking it completely. However, the more complex a project, the more these simple tools can really help keep things ‘on track’.
Published on: 10/10/2018
A visual comparison of PRINCE2 vs PMP (light-touch)
Published on: 9/19/2018
If AI is the tree, then Machine Learning and Deep Learning are some of the branches that make that tree.
Published on: 9/17/2018
I have a spare MacMini sitting around, what can I do with it?
Published on: 8/1/2018
I have a MacMini with MacOS Server (an application) installed and we are ready to go. But what does it actually do?
Published on: 7/14/2018
I have a little advice for the budding Project Managers out there to get you started right away!
Published on: 6/25/2018
Machine Learning systems learn how to review data inputs so that never before seen data can be predicted against results of known data.
Published on: 5/26/2018
Companies like Microsoft will not speak to you (as a business) unless you are spending vast sums of money with them.
Published on: 4/29/2018
Back in 2017 I saw a presentation by Michael Davis (MBA, MAPM) on a subject known as Cognitive Diversity.
