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…
Category: General thoughts
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….
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…
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…
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,…
Summer Holiday Adventures
My relaxing summer break is coming to a close, which means I’m days away from returning to work and the…
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…
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…
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…
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…