I've been doing some domain-modelling with an arts organisation recently. The domain model that we're working on will help underpin a new version of their website. We gathered some domain experts across the business and ran some workshops to start capturing how they think about their domain, what they do, what the outputs are, etc. … Continue reading Getting that learning fix →

Earlier today I hit the publish buttons on the blog posts announcing the shutdown of Kasabi and the end of Talis's semantic web activities. Neither of those were easy to write. My time at Talis -- which will have been four years in September -- has been a fantastic experience. I've worked with some incredibly talented people on … Continue reading Leaving Talis →

Its been 9.5 years since I first started working for Ingenta. Over those years I've been presented with some fantastic opportunities and worked on some great projects with great people. From a technical perspective I've developed a deep appreciation for hypertext, web architecture, XML, and semantic web technologies. I've spent the last 18 months or … Continue reading Pastures New →

Time for my annual (late, as my birthday was over a week ago!) spot of navel-gazing... Home Kids grow up fast. We seem to have rapidly developed from having two toddlers through to having two little people (or is that geeks) living with us. Ethan adapted to school extremely well and is well and truly … Continue reading Birthday Snapshot #5 →

Recent conversation at the Dodds Family Residence: Martha (who is three): Mummy, I want to go to the hair dresser Debs: OK Martha: I want to have the straggly bits cut so I look more like a Jedi Debs (to me): What have you done to my kids?! I don't think its entirely my fault, … Continue reading Honey, I Geeked The Kids →

The "five things" meme is still doing the rounds and it turns out I've been tagged by Phil Wilson. So here's five things that you almost certainly don't know about me: My wife and I got together at University after a Rag 3-legged pub crawl. Yes, my charm is so bad that tieing myself to … Continue reading Five Things →

So, I've signed up to twitter. So now there's yet another place that I can occasionally update. At least there's a nag feature. Twitter seems like Finger and .plan files reinvented for the web. Cue dubious blog post title.

I've got several speaking gigs lined up over the next few months which I thought I'd jot down here. The one that's probably of most general interest to readers of this blog, and the one I'm currently most excited about, is a talk I'm giving at XTech WebDev. Titled "REST for the Wicked" I'm going … Continue reading Speaking Gigs →

It's been quiet here for a while now. I've always found it hard to get enthused about hacking over the summer months, but as autumn returns once again I find my interest returning to geekly matters once again. However the last few weeks have been particularly precious because, as of this week, my son has … Continue reading Starting School →