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27Apr 202314 Jun 2023

Scaling for Small and Medium Technology Companies

I’ve noticed many articles, books, and blog posts for Technology Leadership / Management are written by people who now or…

16Sep 201815 Jun 2023

Software Engineering Leadership

Software Engineer leadership is where you lead/manage a number of software engineers, directly or via another manager(s). Your title could…

19Mar 20182 Dec 2018

Leadership by Example

This blog post is a continuation from a previous one called Leading Leaders “We must be the change we wish…

Housing – Why I am leaving Vancouver and going to the US

6 Nov 201516 Jan 2018

My decision to leave was made with the following understandings: that if I stayed here I would be very unlikely to afford a place of my own, and that if I wanted to take…

Why I will not vote Stephen Harper, and then debated Liberal and NDP

24 Sep 20155 Nov 2015

This is my first time voting at the Federal level in Canada. After being so heavily involved in Politics in the UK I needed time to recover. Most voters do…

Becoming an Elected Politician

25 May 201519 Oct 2018

Ten years ago (May 2005) I was elected as a public politician for the county council seat of Newquay North in Cornwall, UK. Whilst being the campaign manager for 17…

Railsconf 2015 – Being a human, Atlanta, Race and community

28 Apr 201516 Jan 2018

This is my third RailsConf, having attending them in Portland and Chicago. I have found the Rails community as mostly open, people generally easy to ask questions off, and a good range…

Change Management…

Leading software engineers

14 Apr 201515 Feb 2019

A friend (non technical) recently asked me how I lead my dev team, he had led product and marketing before, so I have attempted to focus on the differences, that…

I will vote yes for the Mayors Transit plan

15 Feb 201531 Mar 2015

I will vote yes for the Mayors Transit plan for Vancouver, BC As an elected councillor in my past I have seen how badly underfunded public transport hurts people both…

One rainy Whistler and #smashingconf

12 Dec 201415 Dec 2014

When I first saw that Smashing Mag was coming to Canada and close by i.e. Whistler, BC. I booked an Early Bird Ticket. I have found both their emails and…

My first vote in Canada

15 Nov 201416 Nov 2014

For my first vote in Canada (I became a Canadian Citizen this summer) I spent much time researching the political parties, their records and their personalities. Including watching a city…

Is ageism a lazy form of decision making?

15 Aug 201415 Aug 2014

Ageism is often used in reference to what some people think about older people. I have seen ageism used to undermine the opinions and thoughts of younger people.I think what…

Becoming Intermediate -Growing beyond a junior software developer

29 Jul 201410 Mar 2019

I think junior, intermediate titles belittle people and their capabilities/talents/skills. Where as sometimes the senior title can over in-flate your capabilities, whilst belittling others. We as humans love our labels as…