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…1 min read·Mar 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…2 min read·Feb 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…3 min read·Nov 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…4 min read·Sep 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…1 min read·May 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…4 min read·Mar 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.3 min read·Feb 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…7 min read·Feb 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…5 min read·Dec 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…8 min read·Nov 17, 2018----