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I am Digital Product Owner / Digital Business Analyst at Te Papa. Husband, father, homeowner.
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Pain: Moving from Equilibrium to Peace

June 22, 2019 RichardLeave a comment

A friend told me recently he was at peace with a decision he’d made, but I noticed that he continued to revisit that decision and justify why he made it given the slightest opportunity. Each time he gave different reasons why he was right, explored new options, and justified his past choice based on the… Continue reading Pain: Moving from Equilibrium to Peace

Business

When best practices are not best

June 8, 2019 RichardLeave a comment

“There is no instant pudding” – so said W. Edwards Deming. What he was referring to was the human penchant to want to copy things that worked elsewhere in the belief that they would have the same results in your business. People wanting a formula for, in his case, ‘quality’. These days we call them… Continue reading When best practices are not best

code

How to write better user stories

April 27, 2019 Richard1 Comment

To help you write better stories, here are some tips and tricks, using bad stories as examples. Example #1 As a userI want to click saveSo I can save my work. As a User What user? I consider the term ‘user’ in a user story to be a bit lazy. The term has also taken… Continue reading How to write better user stories

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Reflections on a daily commute

January 30, 2019 Richard1 Comment

8:42, 8 carriages. All stops. Always plenty of seats, but don’t tell the people who sandwich themselves onto the 8:37, which was two carriages short. Fred the guard, or ‘customer manager’. Hair in a high bun. Click. Thanks very much. Click. Have a happy day. Click. Lovely weather. Click. Have a nice day dear (to… Continue reading Reflections on a daily commute

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Using ProTools (Version 1.1) in 1992

December 26, 2018December 26, 2018 RichardLeave a comment

In the late 1980s it was pretty obvious to even the casual observer that digital editing was going to change the way audio was produced. In 1991 I edited an album – Jubilate, The Central Band of the Royal New Zealand Air Force – on the Sony DAE, a system based on u-matic video recorders.… Continue reading Using ProTools (Version 1.1) in 1992

Media

Podcasting – Hype or New Hope?

December 16, 2018December 16, 2018 RichardLeave a comment

I was behind the relaunch of the RNZ website in 2005, the release that finally brought RNZ audio and news to the public at one web location, and in early 2006 I turned on the podcast feeds for some of RNZ’s most popular shows. They were an instant success for those in the know; podcasting was… Continue reading Podcasting – Hype or New Hope?

Business

Restructuring: What is it good for?

November 10, 2018November 10, 2018 Richard3 Comments

In my nearly 40 years of employment I’ve been through about 10 restructurings. I have written many responses to restructuring proposals, and read many responses written by colleagues. Given the pain inflicted on an organisation, and the staff, is it worth it? It is my view that in most cases a complete organisational restructuring is… Continue reading Restructuring: What is it good for?

Audio

Recording Voice for Podcast

October 24, 2018October 24, 2018 RichardLeave a comment

I listen to a lot of podcasts. The content is mostly great, but there are a range of problems I hear in the recording of voice. I’ve recorded hundreds of voices over a 35-year career in broadcasting, so I thought I’d publish a post with some tips. In the early days (1980s) of my career we… Continue reading Recording Voice for Podcast

Business

Rethinking Agile

September 30, 2018September 30, 2018 Richard2 Comments

Whilst in search of excellence I discovered quality and in a zen-like process of discovery I reengineered my approach to projects and to work, eventually emerging out of the crisis, and discovering a new economics. Actually, the journey was longer than that and started with Business Process Reengineering (BPR). My employer at the time (RNZ) was in the… Continue reading Rethinking Agile

Broadcasting

My first day at RNZ

June 3, 2018June 6, 2018 RichardLeave a comment

This is part of an occasional series of broadcasting memories. I started work at Radio New Zealand in 1981, one day late. It’s a long story. I’d applied for a job as a radio studio operator, and been through two interviews. I got offered one of three positions by post and wrote back, yep, a… Continue reading My first day at RNZ

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