So Friday was my last day at Canonical, and yesterday I hopped on a plane from London to JFK, no rest for the wicked I say.  Clearly my inability to sleep isn’t set to one timezone, I’m currently running on diet coke and fumes! I saw sunrise this morning and it was very pretty! I decided to go for a walk this morning and grab breakfast on the way to the office. It turns out New York truly never sleeps, it was 7am and it was rather hectic out there, taxi drivers don’t believe in stopping, right ...

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The time has come to make some decisions and like all decisions you think about them, over think them, weigh up the pros and cons of the outcome and then you really just have to make a decision. A leap and take a bite of something new. I’ve just done that. Friday will be my last day at Canonical and it has been one of the most enjoyable working experiences for me ever. I have had the opportunity to work with some amazing people, learn how people worked on different projects with ease and experience but also show you ...

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Following on from the first event in March of this year where we had a great day of talks covering varying topic I am very happy to announce the next HacknTalk will take place on the 29th June at the Google Campus again in London. For those who missed it we had a great turn out and had talk on “Documenting tools for Tech Events“, “How to get kids more involved in open source in Education“,” Exceptional Money“, “Using MVC in Game Design” and we learned about STEMNET.  There were other talks, lots of demonstrations and hands on help from ...

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Ever heard of a CoderDojo neither had I till a few months ago, but they seem to have really taken off in Ireland and it’s brilliant to see happening.  For those unaware what they are : CoderDojo is a global collaboration providing free and open learning to young people, especially in programming technology There are more and more events happening each month not only in Ireland but all over the world so if you wanted to bring your child along there is an opportunity to do so. Not only that they are always looking for mentors, while that’s not ...

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