Blog Archive

Reflections on code, the things I read and what I've been up to.

personal 1 min read

Moving to London

In April of 2011 I moved from Sydney to Chicago — to be closer to my girlfriend of the time, Suzi Edwards. In the last 17 months I’ve lived in...

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mobile 1 min read

The Problem with iOS 6 Maps

Apple’s iOS 6 was released last Friday, and unfortunately for Apple the biggest news is ‘Mapgate’. And there really are plenty of examples of pretty crazy mapping to be found....

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computing 1 min read

Setting the PATH on OS X Mountain Lion

Last weekend I upgraded my Mac to OS X Mountain Lion. Everything went pretty smoothly. I had to re-install Java, but that happened automatically when I first tried to run...

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mobile 1 min read

Y-Shaped Feature Teams

A repeated question I’ve had about my article on mobile strategy is what I meant in my off-hand comment about arranging ‘Y’ shaped feature teams. Clearly, it needs a little...

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work 1 min read

Selecting Your Mobile Implementation Strategy

After having worked on a number of mobile development projects for ThoughtWorks’ clients, I’ve seen a few common trends emerge. One of interest to me has been about implementing mobile...

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work 2 min read

ThoughtWorks: Two Years

Today was my two year anniversary at ThoughtWorks. I started in our Sydney office on 27 April 2010. In the two years since I’ve worked for ThoughtWorks in eleven cities...

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