Hello.

I'm Simon. I tell stories on the internet, but only some of them are good. You'll have to be the judge.

This is where I experiment, attempt to show off, write down some things I might forget, and occasionally have a whinge.

Keep practising.

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    An oil painting that depicts a black clad man, whose shadow appears to be holding a scythe, gesturing to a large printed calendar in the centre of the scene. A woman with a masked but naked child on her lap sit on the left of the calenar.

    Developers are notoriously bad at handling dates and times. If it wasn't DNS, there's a good chance it was timezones. Much of the trouble comes from not understanding or playing close enough attention to the differences between absolute time and civil time.

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              Links for Light Reading


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              Projects & Experiments


              Sometimes I like to go on side quests. These are some of them.

              1. What do you suggest?

                An adventure through the vagaries of search engine suggestions.

              2. Wiki Edits

                A Mastodon bot posting anonymous edits to the English language Wikipedia originating from Australian government networks. Just for fun I also built an experiment to watch Wikipedia edits in real time.

              3. Hacks/Hackers Brisbane

                I help organise the Brisbane chapter of Hacks/Hackers, an event series where people get together to discuss the intersection of storytelling and technology.

              4. Transcobble

                Do you need a completely private transcription tool where the audio or video never leaves your computer? That's why I built this and it's completely free.

              Highlights


              1. There's something delightful about a standing arrangement. A time and a place you know by heart and a confidence in what will be waiting each time you arrive.

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              2. A project for ABC News looking at the amount and types of data my iPhone and MacBook share about me behind the scenes.

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              3. Telling the story of a political scandal using narrative charts inspired by XKCD.

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              4. Something from the archives.

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