Tone and Body Language in Communication
I did some training recently that covered the importance of tone and body language in communication and I was reminded of this video of a patient suffering from an extreme form of fluent Aphasia. This...
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Checking Logback based Logging in Unit Tests
I wrote a simple post a few years ago on unit testing your logging. Checking my logs I’ve seen that it’s always been a popular post as it appears to be something that lots of people want to do. My...
View ArticleAre Exchanges Just Glorified Chat Applications?
I came across an interesting post here on why Betfair should fear whatsapp. Strange bedfellows for an article but the general thrust of the piece is that a chat application is similar to a financial...
View ArticleDuckDuckGo
Just as an experiment I thought I would try using DuckDuckGo for searching. In an increasingly big brother world I like that they don’t track you and I like that they only serve requests securely...
View ArticleBad Java, no cake for you! – Java 8 default methods versus Scala traits
Java 8 was released recently and one of the much heralded features is Default methods. Simply put, these allow you to inject functionality to classes via interfaces. This is a new feature in that prior...
View ArticleAll Science Requires Janitor Work
I read an interesting article in the New York Times that said For Big-Data Scientists, ‘Janitor Work’ Is Key Hurdle to Insights. For anyone that has done any sort of science this should not be a...
View ArticleWelcome to 2015
As always, the last year seemed to go passed faster and faster. Happy New Year to you and I hope you have a good one. Tweet#call_to_action h4{padding:0px 5px;}
View ArticleMindfulness for Senior Executives – a commentary
The management magazine strategy+business have just published a short video on this topic with Havard Psychology Professor Ellen Langer Having watched it, I think that some of what she says is correct...
View ArticleHappy New Year!
Gosh, last year went by at a lick. So much happened in such a short space of time that I’m afraid I’ve neglected this blog. I’m going to be making a concerted effort to publish more content in 2016 and...
View ArticleThe Wonders of Wardley Maps
Last month I spoke at the CIO Edge Conference in Sydney. The topic was on innovation in the digital finance space and how we can stay on top of the relentlessly increasing pace of innovation. One of...
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