Microsoft NZ • fmr Google Cloud NZ, Chief Design & Technology Officer IBM NZ prior Head of AI • Tragic sneakerhead • #economics#ethicaldesign#AI • #madeinNZ ♥
I will be leaving @ibmnz @IBM and joining @GoogleCloud_ANZ@googledownunder@Google It has been a delight to call myself an IBMer over my years of service & now thrilled to bring the capabilities of Google Cloud in service to Kiwis to help solve our most important challenges.
Engineering like so many things in the sciences and technology is a collective endeavour Having diversity & inclusively of thought and experiences and life makes our fields richer
Here’s the thing folks. I’ve been coding 32 years. When something like this happens it’s an organizational failure. Yes, some human wrote a bad line. Someone can “git blame” and point to a human and it’s awful. But it’s the testing, the Cl/CD, the A/B testing, the metered rollouts, an oh shit button to roll it back, the code coverage, the static analysis tools, the code reviews, the organizational health, and on and on. It’s always one line of code but it’s NEVER one person. Implying inclusion policies caused a bug is simplistic, reductive, and racist. Engineering is a team sport. Inclusion makes for good teams. Good engineering practices makes for good software. Engineering practices failed to find a bug multiple times, regardless of the seniority of the human who checked that code in. Solving the larger system thinking SDLC matters more than the null pointer check. This isn’t a “git gud C++ is hard” issue and it damn well isn’t an DEI one.
Was such fun stepping away from my desk and getting in front of the cameras for a few minutes. It’s been a while since I’ve been under the lights to talk about the things that I’ve been working on. https://t.co/3eae6AOb5n
#ai#microsoft#openai#chatgpt
I’ve found this poem so stoic in its verses of resilience and fortitude but yet soft at the same time speaking to virtue, patience and humility https://t.co/SigUh8Ryog
Feels so good to be able to do in person events for developers https://t.co/KOdRVTQL9c The session will be evenly split for business folks too covering concepts and hands on MVP for devs So come along 19 Oct in Auckland
Hey #Auckland#NZ so if you are a #developer or involved in building Apps and wanting to know more about #Data and #AI Come along to our place https://t.co/KOdRVTQL9c 19 Oct
Some time to sink into music and poetry indulging in tunes and words filled with flavour 🫖 🎶 🪔 Quite an affair showing up as my authentic self exploring intersectionality ✨ 🦋 🌻 https://t.co/rtK3kcrfLl
Oh 🥺 “It is outstanding that Merrill is recognised for the incredibly positive outcomes of the philosophy of making business a matter of human service and his love for New Zealand.”
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Oh 🥺 “It is outstanding that Merrill is recognised for the incredibly positive outcomes of the philosophy of making business a matter of hum... https://t.co/5F5FygMqdP
Fonts are such a personal choice and over the years I have experimented with various typographic approaches to my written text. I’m really delighted at the mid 20th century Swiss simplicity of the #Aptos font https://t.co/pvtTF4ryv7 @microsoft#design#typography
Fonts are such a personal choice and over the years I have experimented with various typographic approaches to my written text. I’m really d... https://t.co/c0PURbPcJh
Fonts are such a personal choice and over the years I have experimented with various typographic approaches to my written text. I’m really d... https://t.co/c0PURbPcJh
Alrighty … spent most of Saturday afternoon & evening getting my inbox down to zero. Pretty chuffed. Did i actually get things done or just ... https://t.co/LYLwmmojDd