Tom Barber

Why Data Modelling Still Matters in the Era of Data Lakes Data Lakes still need a Data Model.

articles.concepttocloud.com/p/why-data-m...

Saving money with cloud services... I have a new vlog out... finally!

I find it super annoying on Android there’s no way to just disable play store apps rather than uninstalling them. All the older disablers seem broken, I guess cause of API changes.

View from the deck of my boat looking out over titchmarsh marina on a cold blue day.

Blue sky and a sandy beach taken from my yacht cockpit navigating a very narrow channel.

Most people seem to be spending this week getting their boats hauled out. Such a waste. I'm burning some holiday over Thanksgiving here in the UK getting out and catching up on life outside of work from an alternative location. ⛵

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Another day, another million new people have joined Bluesky!

18M users? 🙂‍↔️ 18M friends 🙂‍↕️

Anyone catching up on the NFL highlights whilst doing some knitting on a Saturday night?

No? Weird....

Can someone tell Youtube to stop offering me up knocked of family guy videos as suggestions when I’ve never watched an episode in my life…. 😒

A photo taken from a yacht deck, its dark with a few clouds in the sky. In the distance over the bow are the lights of Ipswich through the Orwell bridge.

Sometimes you just need to get out and about...

I've run a lot of dev teams over the years, but never manager by name.

Now that I am.... Who else ends up concerned they aren't doing my enough even when things are running to schedule and milestones are hit? 😬🙄

My old line manager at JPL who has laid off hundreds of people is talking about adding to the morale bank account 😂

Fun times!

With the look of distain, I assume the bug was trivial and it couldn’t believe you didn’t just spot it?

Morning all.

Let's get this party started 🛌🥱🤸‍♂️🕺

The 21 other nations in North America are now sad that they won’t also get to host KubeCon.

Indeed. Lurked for a while in its dormant state but its picked up recently. Nice bunch of folks so far!

I'm not a prolific reader but occasionally on weeks like this one. Very apt books cross my desk...

Leakey's Bookshop, Inverness Scotland's largest secondhand bookshop, family-owned and run since 1979 selling used and antiquarian books, maps and prints.

A couple of months ago I was up in Inverness and paid a visit to Leakey's bookshop which Scotland's largest second hand bookshop and something very special!

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www.linkedin.com##.feed-shared-update-v2:has(.feed-shared-update-v2__description-wrapper:has-text("Musk”))

seems to do a decent job removing full posts with either mentioned.

If anyone on Linkedin is bored of the giant tangerine and rocket man, then I have a pretty decent hack if you have ublock installed….

I did 1 during the previous election cycle as I knew what it was doing to my brain. I did delete all the tweets, then just set the twitter account to some random password so that for as long as they keep dormant accounts it’ll stay empty.

As I’m not American and don’t want to spend the day doom scrolling polarising news outlets or dealing with tweets. I literally dug out an old PI and slapped PI Hole on it and immediately updated the block list…..

Like between words? I mean its weird, but you be you Joe!

Cool?

Idea Ignition: Fueling Startups from Concept to Cloud | Tom Barber | Substack Transforming startup visions into cloud realities - from concept inception to market-ready MVP. Click to read Idea Ignition: Fueling Startups from Concept to Cloud, a Substack publication. Launched 10...

If you want something to do thats not doom scrolling or watching rolling news…. I have a substack with some work thoughts. Including some musings from monday about Ethics when it comes to open access data and model training: articles.concepttocloud.com

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Ethics in IT: Data and Model Training In this video, we explore the critical role of ethics in data and model training for AI.

Recorded some thoughts over on Substack about Ethics, Data and AI privacy. open.substack.com/pub/spicule/...

Back to work after a few days away with the kids to end half term 😢😎

My keto diet is very sad right now!

Random but cool.

Post box from 1865.

🤓

Drone shot of a yacht off of Harwich

Side on shot of a yacht taken from a drone in the River Stour

Felixstowe docks from the distance late in the evening under moody skies.

Whilst most of my drone flying is for environmental and business based research sometimes you just need to get out and go flying. Obviously, moody nightscapes and boats help! 😎

Screenshot of The Suicide Machines - High Anxiety

I wonder sometimes how much Spotify stalks... I mean... just knows me.... 😬

(The Track Name, not the Band Name before ya'll start freaking out!)