In praise of inconsistency: Ditching weekly posts
On moving away from weekly blog posts in favour of deeper inconsistent articles and LinkedIn engagement.
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Juggling delivery, admin, and leads: Monthly biz recap
Highlights and lessons from my solo expertise biz, including value pricing, fractional cash flow, and distractions from admin & politics.
Keep learning: Your career is never truly done
Podcast chat on my career journey from software engineering to data science and independent consulting.
First year lessons from a solo expertise biz in Data & AI
Reflections on building a solo expertise business in Data & AI, focusing on climate tech startups. Lessons learned from the first year of transition.
Mentorship and the art of actionable advice
Reflections on what it takes to package expertise and deliver timely, actionable advice outside the context of employee relationships.
My experience as a Data Tech Lead with Work on Climate
The story of how I joined Work on Climate as a volunteer and became its data tech lead, with lessons applied to consulting & fractional work.
Atomic Habits is full of actionable advice
I put the book to use after the first listen, and will definitely revisit it in the future to form better habits.
The three Cs of indie consulting: Confidence, Cash, and Connections
Jonathan Stark makes a compelling argument why you should have the three Cs before quitting your job to go solo consulting.
New decade, new tagline: Data & AI for Impact
Shifting focus to ‘Data & AI for Impact’, with more startup-related content, increased posting frequency, and deeper audience engagement.
Psychographic specialisations may work for discipline generalists
When focusing on a market segment defined by personal beliefs, it’s often fine to position yourself as a generalist in your craft.
The lines between solo consulting and product building are blurry
It turns out that problems like finding a niche and defining the ideal clients are key to any solo business.
My rediscovery of quiet writing on the open web
Reflections on publishing on this website: Writing publicly to share thoughts and documentation beats chasing views and likes.
The Minimalist Entrepreneur is too prescriptive for me
While I found the story of Gumroad interesting, The Minimalist Entrepreneur seems to over-generalise from the founder’s experience.
Revisiting Start Small, Stay Small in 2023 (Chapter 2)
A summary of the second chapter of Rob Walling’s Start Small, Stay Small, along with my thoughts & reflections.
Revisiting Start Small, Stay Small in 2023 (Chapter 1)
A summary of the first chapter of Rob Walling’s Start Small, Stay Small, along with my thoughts & reflections.
You can't save time
Time can be spent doing different activities, but it can’t be stored and saved for later.
The mission matters: Moving to climate tech as a data scientist
Discussing my recent career move into climate tech as a way of doing more to help mitigate dangerous climate change.
My 10-step path to becoming a remote data scientist with Automattic
I wanted a well-paid data science-y remote job with an established company that offers a good life balance and makes products I care about. I got it eventually.
Ask Why! Finding motives, causes, and purpose in data science
Video and summary of a talk I gave at the Data Science Sydney meetup, about going beyond the what & how of predictive modelling.
The joys of offline data collection
Insights on data collection and machine learning from spending a month sailing, diving, and counting fish with Reef Life Survey.
The long road to a lifestyle business
Progress since leaving my last full-time job and setting on an independent path that includes data science consulting and work on my own projects.