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Making a mark in a modern democracy

How a simple voting booth pencil symbolises democracy

Oct 27

Making a mark in a modern democracy

Oct 27

Chris

What Product Owners do wrong with Scrum Sprint Goals and how to fix it.

Sprint goals are there for a purpose — don’t treat them as an afterthought!

Feb 22

A focused businesswoman in a smart suit sits at her desk. Her expression is one of urgency as she types rapidly on the keyboard, trying to meet a tight deadline.

Feb 22

Chris

Ukraine’s Dnipro bridgehead and what it might mean for the war…

For at least the last month, Ukrainian forces have been engaging in activity along the eastern bank of the Dnipro river. In the last few…

Nov 19, 2023

A foggy view of the Dnipro river with a navigation buoy in the foreground and a misty view of the far bank in the distance.

Nov 19, 2023

Chris

Google Bard is not reliable for returning share price information

This is the conversation I held with Google Bard to test out its ability to provide information from the internet. If they can get this…

Sep 5, 2023

Google Bard is not reliable for returning share price information

Sep 5, 2023

Chris

Who blew up the Nova Kakhovka dam?

TLDR: it was the Russians

Jun 9, 2023

Who blew up the Nova Kakhovka dam?

Jun 9, 2023

Chris

Przemyśl falls — the Austro-Hungarians lose their greatest city fortress of the Great War

The fall of Przemyśl, an Austro-Hungarian fortress town, was a huge loss for the Austro-Hungarian empire.

Apr 24, 2023

A very grainy panoramic picture of a city. A few churches and other significant buildings are prominent.

Apr 24, 2023

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Sea Raven

The canal looks cold, muddy, uninviting. It’s cold, with a chill easterly wind that tugs insistently at the post-industrial landscape. I’m…

Jan 24, 2023

Stock image of a cormorant’s head.

Jan 24, 2023

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7 Best Practices for Writing User Stories

Building software is hard

Sep 29, 2022

Black and white photo of the Capitol building in Washington DC under construction. There’s plenty of scaffolding around.

Sep 29, 2022

Chris

Porter’s “Five Forces” Business Strategy Model

The “forces” you need to understand to have a profitable business.

May 31, 2022

Porter’s five forces model showing a central circle of arrows with additional arrows pushing in from the top, bottom, left and right. Each arrow is labelled with one of the five competitive forces that affect companies in a market.

May 31, 2022

Chris

GDPR Regular Review Tasks; the bit everyone forgets!

Your organisation is GDPR compliant, but how do you stay that way?

May 15, 2022

A finger pointing at the word evaluation surrounded by arrows arranged in a circle.

May 15, 2022

Chris

Chris

I’m interested in lots of things and write about them. History, nature, environment, business topics, experimental stories and anything else I fancy.

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