Previously we looked at Getting Started using Databricks Community Edition and discovered to use the Assistant features this isn’t supported in Community Edition. Prerequisites Setup a paid or free trail. See how we setup the free trial using Microsoft Azure. … Continued
This post serves as a quick set of instructions to import a CSV into a table in the Microsoft Azure Databricks environment. Prerequisites Setup a paid or free trail. See how we setup the free trial using Microsoft Azure. CSV … Continued
If you’re wanting to try any of the newer features like Databricks Assistant – you’re not going to be able to use Community Edition. We found that out in the previous post here. Your next cheapest option is to sign … Continued
Prerequisite: Signup for Community Edition – see how here Now that you have your free account we can now get started using Databricks. For community edition make sure you bookmark the url for later. When you sign-in, if you’re after … Continued
If you’re curious about Databricks – they offer a Free Trial and a Community Edition. In this post I’ll cover the signup for Community Edition. This one is free and doesn’t incur any AWS Costs but does have limitations. You … Continued
Doing the research and preparation for my talk on Surviving the AI Revolution: Strategies and Tools for Thriving in the Future of Tech one of the items I was using as an analogy for joining multiple tools together to get … Continued
Following on from my previous post on training recommendations: earlier in the year I posted a few free ones specifically in Australia time zones that were free and aimed at getting you certified. I thought it only fair that I … Continued
Following on from my previous post on training recommendations: earlier in the year I posted a few free ones specifically in Australia time zones that were free and aimed at getting you certified. I thought it only fair that I … Continued
In my previous post on Synology I got it all setup. Over the years we’ve done a bit of travel, taken a bunch of photos and have generally done poorly at keeping the originals in a place they’re easy to … Continued
I often get asked for training recommendations after mentoring, hackathons, usergroups etc. Earlier in the year I posted a few free ones specifically in Australia timezones that were free and aimed at getting you certified. I thought it only fair … Continued
If you’re anything like me, it’s really easy to get behind on your backups etc. I really had put this task off for too long. Lucky for me, Synology sent me one of their DiskStation 920+ NAS devices to review. … Continued
photo credit: https://twitter.com/MicrosoftAUDev/status/1374964480615014400 Today I took part in Episode 6 of New Breakpoint along with an impressive list of local ladies: Sammy HerbertKate Kirwin Akanksha Malik Katrin Schmidt Melissa Houghton You can check out the episode on YouTube here Part … Continued
Today I was part of a Thought Leadership series run by the Microsoft Sydney Reactor along side Mandy Michael and Norman Sanoso. You can watch the full episode here One of the themes here was “What was your biggest mistake … Continued
I am excited to announce my appointment as a Microsoft Regional Director. If you travel in Microsoft community circles many of the names here will be familiar to you. This is a 2-year non-remunerated position and I’m really looking forward … Continued
The one positive to come from COVID is that many of the events that I would have been unable to attend (unless i wanted to spend my life travelling) are being held virtually this year. One I was excited to … Continued
Today I gave my first university guest lecture hosting in AltspaceVR. Since my first experience at the Microsoft MVP Mixed Reality Mixer back in March, I’ve been to a lot more events finding them the closest thing to interacting with … Continued
This week I’m at the Microsoft MVP Summit. Due to COVID-19 this year’s event is online only. The absolute highlight of me week (and probably one of the few things I can talk about without breaking NDA) was the Mixed … Continued
Image by Alan Levine [CC BY 2.0] You’ve spent a good 40+ hours building and preparing for your conference talk, you’ve practiced, you’ve got past a lot of fears and you get up in front of a room full of … Continued
On Saturday I was one of the organisers and mentors for Brisbane’s Global Diversity CFP Day. This is a global event held on the same day worldwide. This year there were 82 workshops run across 35 countries. This was my … Continued
Final VR Days – and I found the session block on AI & Virtual Beings fascinating. If you’ve heard my recent round of talks you’ll know I wasn’t a massive fan of how Google Duplex seemed to purposely add human … Continued
It’s the 2nd day of the VR Days conference and we’ve changed venue to this funky warehouse location. I spent the morning listening to sessions on VR training but it’s the set of afternoon sessions on “Use Your Brain 4.0” … Continued
Continuing on Day 1 of the Vision and Impact Conference of VR Days Europe and I’m listening to Brandon Harper talk about ambient experience. In his session he mentions a game the team plays called Judgment Call to look at … Continued
It’s Day 1 – Vision and Impact Conference of VR Days Europe and I really loved the session by Dominic Eskofier addressing the problems with enterprise VR (or really all the devices). The part that resonated was getting people to … Continued
I happened upon SheEO earlier in the year and signed up as a first year Activator in Australia. It sounded novel and much of the message resonated with me and what I’d seen in a lot of our local community. … Continued
Photo Credit Muses JS Muses run JavaScript and Node.js workshops for women, non-binary and trans folk around Australia. I’d mentored a bunch of different events, but I hadn’t made it to this one yet. Today that changed – and I … Continued
Back in March last year, my friend James challenged me to the AI Ethics challenge. While I intended to write a blog post and had lots of ideas I decided I’d fulfil the challenge with a talk instead. 50 Shades … Continued
Let’s talk about rubbish! We’ve been running DDD Brisbane for a few years now (this is our 8th!) and did a few things here and there to be friendly to the environment. At the end of the 2017 event we … Continued
Over my career, I’ve tried to engage, share and help the community. Originally, it was more in the technical community or the upcoming technical community. More recently I’ve tried to broaden that as I’ve been involved with wildlife care and … Continued
Last year I tried something a bit different and was the “Agile Coach” for the 3rd year university students for their industry project. Throughout the year, I coached (I prefer mentored as coach makes me think of PE at school … Continued
Saturday 1st December we kicked off our 8th DDD Brisbane. We arrived bright and early for the 3rd year at the beautiful University Campus in the Advanced Engineering Building. The coffee team arrived early to caffeinate our volunteers and early … Continued