Lessons from Product Management

Introduction It occurred to me earlier this week that I’ve passed the six month anniversary of my transition from presales…

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Good Ideas and Angular Friction

Introduction If an idea doesn’t get off the ground, does that automatically mean it was a bad idea? Well, no.…

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Death in the Digital Age

“What happens when we die?” This is a question that has occupied countless philosophers, theologians, scientists, stoned first year university…

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IT Skills: To Degree or not to Degree

(This article was originally published at Musing About Tech, which I’m closing down.) Introduction When I was 16 or thereabouts…

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2021, a Lockdown Odyssey

It’s a wrap for posts from the Data Protection blog for 2021, but if you’ll indulge me for a moment,…

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Summer Holiday Adventures

My relaxing summer break is coming to a close, which means I’m days away from returning to work and the…

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Data Protection in 2020: Reflections

Or, the world is burning but data protection goes on. Did someone get the license plate of the year that…

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I’d like to speak to your CIPO, please

Chief Information Officers. Chief Information Security Officers. You see those roles, and variants of them advertised all the time. And…

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This is not a political post

Or rather, it shouldn’t be. There should be nothing political in saying we should have equality for all. As a…

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7 Contentious Thoughts about Data Protection

Years ago, back in the days when TV shows would take months, if not years, to appear in Australia after…

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