The term Minimum Viable Product (MVP) has been hijacked. It is often used by managers to refer to a product that contains the minimum acceptable feature set for first release to the customer. “It’s no use until it has all these features” is the usual argument. Eric Ries defines MVP in his book The Lean… Continue reading Understanding MVP
My mother made a gelatine Christmas pudding every year, starting in 1959 until 2017. Glen (below) featured it on his YouTube channel, but some commenters think it’s a hoax. Here is a picture of the original recipe.
The reason I rely on experts in their respective fields, and collaborations between those experts, is because of the the inability of the (general) population to: read, understand and integrate large amounts of information across multiple disciplines understand statistics, and the difference between an outlier and a trend, and how modelling works. make inferences based… Continue reading You’ve got to know who to listen to; and who not listen to
The bears are taking over. Each time I go out for a walk I see more houses with bears in the front window. Sometimes there are two or three. Some are big, some tiny. Sometimes it is not a bear, but Bugs Bunny, Pikachu, or Pink Panther. Occasionally they are in trees, in the windows… Continue reading Cave Dwelling – Day Two
I went out for a walk this morning before starting work. I saw two people out for a walk, a man and his dog, a couple of service vehicles, and a woman posting a letter. OK, old school, but I’m good with that. A solitary tui was sitting on a power line, listening intently to… Continue reading Cave Dwelling – Day One
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
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
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
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
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
Richard Hulse 