I often see these questions online:
"I have no work experience. How do I get my first software job?"
"I got laid off with only have 2 years of experience. How do I get a software job?"
"What certs can help me get a software job?"
I'm a team lead …
I've often liked year-end reviews like from quanta magazine. So here's another for ChessCraft like last year and the year before that.
It's been 7 years since I started working on ChessCraft on 2017-12-30. We're now at 920,000 installs with 260,000 this year. I thought I might …
Here's my experience attending the founding convention of the Canadian Future Party (CFP) in November 2024 in Ottawa. Members voted for the first time on policy, leadership, and a constitution. Here I write about procedural problems and I propose modern solutions.
The Canadian Future Party (CFP) officially …
Voici mon expérience au congrès fondateur du Parti avenir canadien (PAC) en novembre 2024 à Ottawa. Les membres ont voté pour la première fois sur les politiques, la direction et une constitution. Ici, j'écris sur les problèmes de procédure et je propose des solutions modernes.
Le Parti …
The human internet is dying.
AI has created some big problems with election integrity, spam …
Sometimes my friends, family, colleagues, or online communities ask me this question:
"If you could wave a magic wand to make one change in public service, what would it be?"
I'd create a new tool for managers in government called "displacement". Here's how it works.
The opinions here are …
After some big disappointments at Environment Canada, I decided to take three months off in May, June, and July of 2024. Now that my time off is coming to a close I thought it would be nice to jot down all the nice ways I got to spend my time …
Since 2018 I've heard thousands of feature request ideas. By far the most popular feature request is to share your own custom images for pieces. Well it's finally here! I've just released version 1.16 on Google Play and Steam. It should be available within a few days, starting with …
This page describes a point system where public servants and their managers can autonomously identify what their minimum work-from-home (WFH) day count should be.
Some politicans are more transparent than others about why return-to-office (RTO) is so important to them:
"Three days is a good start," Ford said …
Every so often someone asks me what I thought about the master's program in education technology (instructional design) at Concordia University in Montreal. If that's you, you've come to the right place.
Overall I'm happy I enrolled. However the master's was just an outlet for my own self-drive and did …
I'm the creator of ChessCraft and a senior computer scientist and educator for cloud and AI.
Any opinions written here are my own as a private citizen and not my employer.
I'm open to IT leadership job opportunities. I'm also available as a consultant or to provide training.
