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ADSD with SOAAOA and Udi – Day 3
Dear diary, today is day 12 of my 5-Day Training Course. I would complain about the energy drain if not for the appreciation that Udi is investing so much of his time. Every day starts at 8:30, and...
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ADSD with AOA and Udi – Day 4
It has been four days since I slept. I am hallucinating Authorities (aka Services), Bounded Contexts, or is that Business Components? Up is down, down is up. Everything is abstract. Everything is...
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#PAXAUS – Day 1
I bought our tickets many many months ago. I think almost as soon as they became available. They are just too much of a bargain to take risks with how long they will be available. If you want to ask me...
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How About a Digital Gaming Revolution, Mr. Turnbull?
PAX is a conference for gamers of all kinds, and geek culture more broadly. But you wouldn’t have guessed it from the length of the room-overflowing queue leading into the session “Boss Level: Meet the...
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#PAXAUS – Day 2
I tried to sleep in. I honestly did. But at 9:00am I was awake, despite the best curtains I have ever had in a hotel room. Even at noon, it feels like midnight in here; I had to sneak behind the...
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#PAXAUS – Day 3 – and scene
I’m not sure what it is about conferences. They make me… want to do things. Organise, lobby, create. Today I feel like I wish I could enhance PAX and level it up into it’s next evolution. I’m not sure...
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Feedback is Fun
Feedback was the most exciting part of the day for me today. It was in a meeting and everything, so what could be better?! If you detect sarcasm there, oddly… you’d be wrong. Our 12 person leadership...
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YOW Conference – #yow15
I had not been to YOW before myself. In my previous job I had sent my team there though; the timing works out perfectly for a business that tends to be quiet over Christmas and the new year. I had been...
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Modest XMAS List
Dear Santa, I know I am a little late with my list this year, so I hope these wishes do not give you too much trouble in the busy lead-up to the day. Firefly – Season 2 through 4, preferably on BluRay...
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Split Once More – Fully Sick
I’m going to give separating the more techy-businessy content from my blog another try. I hear good things about Medium and my employer is going to start a tech-blog on it as well, so this seems as...
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Long Time between Drinks
Presenting… It has been a long time since my last post. I have not much for an excuse other than being busy at work. I foolishly volunteered to do a 45 minute presentation slot at DevCamp which was...
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Dare to be Blue
This year I took part in the #worldsgreatestshave except minus the shaving. I promised to colour my hair blue for a month, and until April 11th I’ll be maintaining my current locks. I raised $1,189 at...
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Hobart
Day 0 – Friday, 22nd July One lesson from this trip to Tasmania; a good holiday starts one day before it starts. In the past I’ve taken taxis or trains to the airport on the day of my flight all the...
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Paul; A Final Draft
All things must come to an end, and yet it’s always still a bit of a surprise when they suddenly do.Yesterday, on the 13th, at just about noon local time in the Netherlands, my dad passed away.Or I...
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Origami King!
My last Mario game was Super Mario 64. I've been out of it for a while. And I had never played a Paper Mario before, because in my mind these were less "grown-up" Mario games.I'm glad that for the week...
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I don't really stress about COVID per-se that much anymore; early on in the pandemic it was scarier to be faced by a disease so different that it was hard to know what to expect in the face of a...
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