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  • Time to get chipped?

    There is a choice at the moment to wear or not to wear tech, but in the future will there be? An interesting article on the BBC tells of an office puts chips into staff. Whist this is not new – how long before you cant get your next job without getting chipped. As there are…

  • #YourActionBob! – Hashtags in Emails

    Hashtags, either love them or hate them, but they are here for the long term and they are spreading. Recently I have started to receive a number of emails (from different people) using the Hashtags for things such as #Max to indicate the bit that I need to read in the email when its gone to…

  • Sagacious Advice from Plautus

    Life today is busy and none stop. People work hard and strive to be the best at what they do, but how often do they stop and think: “Am I doing the right thing?” A quote I often remind myself of is “Every man, however wise, needs the advice of some sagacious friend in the affairs…

  • IoT Cloak of Invisibility

    With the upsurge in the IoT (Internet of Things), wearable tech and the desire to be constantly connected within the world, there is also now an emerging market of other things to protect yourself as security devices. Once such item is an RFID Blocking Wallet that protects your debit and credit cards from giving off data…

  • Testing your base R skills

    Fancy testing your R skills? There is an Base R Assessment written by Francis Smart now available. Presents a good challenge on testing your skills based on 5 different skill levels. The tests are slightly slow at the moment but worth a go to challenge yourself. Source: http://www.econometricsbysimulation.com/2015/02/base-r-assessment.html

  • Walking and Thinking

    Having read two interesting articles recently-“Thought experiment walking conference calls sitting is killing me” and “Hiking makes you happier“, I have been thinking about how much as slave to the keyboard I have become recently and need to break away from it. Unfortunately there is the need to still sit at my desk and type lots…

  • Architecture in Practice

    Having worked as an Architect for many years its always good to look at different methodologies and practices as they come up and to refresh your thinking on today’s Architecture practices. One of the recent additions to the Microsoft Virtual Academy is the  “Architecture in Practice” course which brings Microsoft’s latest views on Architecture using…

  • CPD is a two way street

    Another comment from the CPD and Learning Survey: CPD is a two way street. It requires commitment from both the employer and the employee. In the main CPD should be a two way street, however there are some cases where this may not apply, such as a contractor who gains their skills through experience, or someone…

  • Statistical Inference Resources

    Here are some useful links and resources to learning Statistical Inference Statistical Inference -Coursera Data Science series. An Introduction to Statistical Learning with Applications in R DSO 530: Applied Modern Statistical Learning Techniques The Elements of Statistical Learning Wikibook of Statistics Introduction to Statistical Thought Advanced Data Analysis from an Elementary Point of View simpleR – Using…

  • Rocking your skills in February

    Microsoft have set out a challenge for February through the Microsoft Virtual Academy to Rock your skills over the month through a series of Challenges based on 8 different tracks: Cloud Development Game Development Mobile Development Web Development Hybrid Cloud Identity & Access Management Office 365 Sharepoint I have decided to opt for the Identity…