YOW! Nights Brisbane

I was one of +150(?) people who turned up at Microsoft’s Brisbane office (one of the shiny buildings on the river in the CBD) for YOW! Nights last night. Pam Fox (Google) and Erik Döernburg (ThoughtWorks) both gave talks about Google APIs and build systems.

Pam’s an entertaining speaker, although the content of the . . . → Read More: YOW! Nights Brisbane

The WOE continues

Once upon a time, way back in 2003 when I lived in London, I worked at whereonearth.com (aka. WOE, see also Wikipedia). WOE produced location-based software that (amongst other things) made “Where’s my nearest?” features work on Hutchison 3G mobile networks. WOE got bought by Yahoo! in late 2005 but it’s only recently I’ve . . . → Read More: The WOE continues

Almost blown up at work!

Well, “almost” and “blown up” may slightly over-exaggerate the actual risk of the situation, but a number of buildings were evacuated at RBWH due to a picric acid scare. Very exciting.