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Don’t Write Long Books Until You’re Famous.

Posted on 12 April 2025 by admin

While that epic thick novel may look great on your bookshelf, showing what an dedicated and accomplished writer you are, it could be limiting your books exposure to a very small subset of readers. I kind of laughed at this … Continue reading →

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Please don’t read this if you are in the EU.

Posted on 11 April 2025 by admin

This site probably uses cookies and might store some information about you using them. I don’t really know and don’t really care, but if you are accessing it from Europe then it’s (and therefore I’m) likely not complying with EU … Continue reading →

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Continuous Floatation in Wineries

Posted on 10 April 2025 by admin

There are two common methods to clarify juice before it goes into fermentation. Firstly there is cold-settling, where you just leave the juice alone for several days and wait for the clear juice and lees (the juice particulates) to separate. … Continue reading →

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AI Can’t Take Over Soon Enough For Me.

Posted on 9 April 2025 by admin

Like many people I want to live a rich life, see the people around me happy, see humanities finest technical innovations, science, arts and sports thrive and mankind to somehow grow in this infinite universe we have. However, while I … Continue reading →

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Technology for Everyone.. Are You Sure?

Posted on 8 April 2025 by admin

Seriously! Does everyone at your company really need a computer or a mobile phone? Giving a computer or phone to any member of staff should always be thought through very carefully and is not the cut-and-dried decision you think it … Continue reading →

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Protecting your Work. Is it Even Worth The Effort?

Posted on 2 April 2025 by admin

Have you ever wondered if you own the Kindle eBook you bought? Well to cut a long story short, you don’t. With a normal eBook downloaded onto kindle or a book with DRM enabled from another eBook provider, you have … Continue reading →

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Flip, Flap, Flop! – Solari Fix.

Posted on 1 April 2025 by admin

About 13 years ago, before this web site, and back when I used to be called boznz.com, I put out a simple project to reverse engineer some soft-flap display units (brand-name Solari). My clients CEO had bought 20 of them … Continue reading →

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Poisoning the Brand!

Posted on 28 March 2025 by admin

Again, a short, and hopefully obvious post on why you should be very careful on what you blog about, and especially what you post on social media. Humans disagree on everything, sometimes fervently, and we have all seen or heard … Continue reading →

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On-Time and Under-Budget. Where some IT projects are Probably Going Wrong.

Posted on 25 March 2025 by admin

This will be a short post, and not technical like my usual ones, it is about many of the seemingly hundreds of failed IT projects out there, where companies have been let down by the big IT companies and consultants. … Continue reading →

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The Summer of Reasoning Book 1 – The Phoney War

Posted on 21 March 2025 by admin

When her genius grandfather dies, Alexa Martin’s simple life is changed immeasurably, taking her from a humble history scholar to owner of a cutting-edge technology and research company. Along with the smartest and brightest of her university friends they embark … Continue reading →

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Removing Some Very Un-Corporate Baggage

Posted on 11 March 2025 by admin

In preparation for the shut-down and hand-over of the outgoing Bulls-i Winemaking system at Indevin I thought I would go through and maybe remove some of the more inappropriate comments and messages so as not to offend the next guy … Continue reading →

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With AI You Need to Think Much Bigger!

Posted on 10 March 2025 by admin

I have noticed something in the past 12 months, something a little profound. I have noticed that I am no longer scared that a project will be too big or too complex for me, or that a project will use … Continue reading →

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I guess I’m not so good at this Marketing Thing!

Posted on 8 March 2025 by admin

Marketing. You know, selling your product to the people. Well the consensus is in, I suck at it. Yet another person has approached me and let me know that the covers for my books suck and really don’t reflect the … Continue reading →

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