Gadget girl, Tech Lover, Baker & Running enthusiast
I’m a running “addict” ... I cannot imagine not being able to run! It really is so much more than simply ‘keeping fit’. It gives you the opportunity to completely switch off and relax (yes you read that right…. running is relaxing!) Those of you that know me well are aware that I’ve been running for ...
So those of you that know me are aware that last year I decided to start studying for a master’s degree in Cloud Computing (part-time alongside starting a new job!) and many of you have asked me how it’s going and whether I think it’s been worth it so I thought I’d write a short ...
Is “Cloud Native” just another buzzword or does it actually mean something? This is a question I asked myself, I wanted to understand what it meant from a technical prospective so thought i'd share my thoughts via a blog post... It seems that “cloud native” is difficult to describe succinctly and it means different things to ...
Those of you that know me well are aware that over the past couple of years i've tried out pretty much every fitness tracking device going! I've tried out the Nike fuelband, Jawbone, FitBit (both the Flex and the Charge models!), Apple Watch and now I have the Garmin Vivoactive ... and even now I still ...
DevOps, DevOps & more DevOps – are you sick of hearing it yet? I’ve heard a few different definitions of this but at a high level I’d describe it as bringing together development environments, physical environments and processes to enable apps to be delivered quickly! … it’s containers that is facilitating this! I won’t go into ...
Whenever I meet someone new or talk to my non-technical friends and family... when I tell them that I work in "IT" I always get "that look" where you know they are picturing a geek sat in front of a massive screen all day! ... and by the way I'm not even kidding as it's been ...
Yesterday, on International Women's Day I was lucky enough to be invited to be on the judging panel for the Stemettes Hackathon. There were around 70 girls between the ages of 5-20 that had just 1 or 2 days to design and develop an app based on the theme of 'Networking' and 'Connecting with others'. ...
I remember the days of dial-up internet, a basic mobile phone and film-based camera's ! Reflecting back I realise that today I take technology for granted, I never bother to look at a physical map (I just ask my iPhone to give me directions!), I'm impatient when my 50MB podcast takes longer than 10 seconds ...
Last week I was lucky enough to join a group of 14 women from across EMC UK&I at the Women of the future conference where there were over 300 attendees from a variety of global organizations - It was a really interesting day and I thought i'd share some of my key takeaways. The theme for ...
This year I was invited to speak the RDA (Riding for Disabled Association) South East conference after running the 2014 London Marathon to raise funds. Although a little daunting presenting to so many people, also a very useful day to meet other volunteers and learn more about the charity across the region. So for anyone that ...