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I am Digital Product Owner / Digital Business Analyst at Te Papa. Husband, father, homeowner.
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The Castle

March 7, 2020January 25, 2021 RichardLeave a comment

When I was growing up, one of the weekend activities we did as a family was visiting the home of Mirek Smíšek in Te Horo. Mirek’s property was, for a young boy, a cornucopia of delights. There were the massive beehive-shaped kilns. Mature trees to climb. One of the outbuildings had a pedal organ. And… Continue reading The Castle

Broadcasting

RNZ Music Restructuring Timeline

February 12, 2020March 18, 2020 Richard3 Comments

This post is a list of links to published articles about this topic in chronological order. I will update it as people send me new links. 16 Jan 2020 RNZ moves ahead with plans to create new music station for a younger audienceStuff 5 Feb 2020 RNZ says new ‘youth oriented’ music brand will lift… Continue reading RNZ Music Restructuring Timeline

Broadcasting

Saving Public Broadcasting

February 9, 2020March 3, 2020 Richard1 Comment

RNZ is under-funded and under-appreciated and has been for years. I worked there for 35 years, and I have many friends who still work there. While the following is a fairly bleak read, I will say that RNZ was a fantastic and fun place to work, and was and is full of passionate and wonderful… Continue reading Saving Public Broadcasting

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A Simple Draggable Carousel that supports React Router

October 6, 2019 RichardLeave a comment

I am currently working on a project to create a React-based kiosk application framework for use in the GLAM sector. It’s intended to help bootstrap the creation of digital interactive displays. As part of this project I need a carousel component. There are dozens of these out there, but none quite fitted what I needed:… Continue reading A Simple Draggable Carousel that supports React Router

Techology

Website Accessibility is a Human Right

August 8, 2019August 10, 2019 RichardLeave a comment

The lawsuit in the United States against Dominos should be of interest to everyone. They’ve asked the Supreme Court to rule that their website should not be required to be accessible to blind visitors due to cost, and a lack of clarity around the actual accessibility requirements. Imagine if they were asking the Supreme Court… Continue reading Website Accessibility is a Human Right

Business

Context Switching and Management

July 6, 2019 RichardLeave a comment

Do a Google search for the myth of multitasking and you’ll learn that it’s bad for productivity, bad for mental health, bad for concentration; it’s just bad all round. (If you are not convinced, read the top 5 results from the above search.) It’s bad because we aren’t really multi-tasking at all, we are switching… Continue reading Context Switching and Management

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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

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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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