Greg BakerHow to make a maths nerd wince in painHere’s a quick tip if you have some fractions that you need to simplify. Just cancel any digits in common between the numerator and…Mar 24, 2021Mar 24, 2021
Greg BakerMaking good on promisesOn day in 1990 when I was home from school, I promised my mother that I would do something productive, and not waste the day. I promised…Feb 12, 2021Feb 12, 2021
Greg BakerComposing some organ music and some spooky Halloween music, but with a twist and a view of 2030My first job out of high school was as a pipe organ builder; I was one of the only apprentices to start that year. I’ve lost touch with…Nov 6, 2020Nov 6, 2020
Greg BakerSomething funny is about to happen to pricesLandfill is an interesting product. The price fluctuates far enough that it can fluctuate from positive to negative and back again. If…Sep 27, 2020Sep 27, 2020
Greg BakerWhat’s the etiquette for greetings on video calls?This has been bothering me for a while, but now that so many of our previously-face-to-face conversations have gone online, it’s really…May 30, 2020May 30, 2020
Greg BakerHow I teach classes remotelyI’ve been teaching classes remotely for over a decade now — mostly to adult learners — and so I thought I’d share what I’ve learned…Mar 24, 2020Mar 24, 2020
Greg BakerWhat’s happening to the rain in the city of the endless summer?I hear that my friends and colleagues in the USA are having a cold winter. Could we swap? We’ve got enough heat to spare this summer.Feb 11, 2019Feb 11, 2019
Greg BakerAdventures in “wow that was unusual”There are all sorts of situations where we want to get a simple summary of interesting events in data. It’s really useful to say “we had…Feb 1, 2019Feb 1, 2019
Greg BakerThe cities of endless summer — how is our weather changing (2018 version)?TL;DR — it’s getting hotter. No matter which city I look at, if someone has been taking temperature measurements for a few decades, I keep…Dec 31, 2018Dec 31, 2018
Greg BakerChris Saad on product managementThis is a write-up of the fireside chat that Chris Saad gave with the first Sydney Microsoft React cohort. I wrote it up very hastily as…Nov 17, 2018Nov 17, 2018
