Tour of BT Dial House

Back in 2019 I toured a large BT telephone exchange in Manchester. I tweeted about it, but thought it'd be nice to preserve the photos and narrative here in a blog post. The following words are shamelessly copied from my Twitter thread, enjoy 🤓 So I’ve spent this evening touring…

Infrastructure at Center Parcs

Last week I took some time off and relaxed at Center Parcs Whinfell Forest in Cumbria. The forest itself is a sanctuary for endangered red squirrels and despite the picturesque location, I started thinking about the infrastructure needed to support a capacity of 4,668 guests across 861 lodges. Unlike…

Festive Bugs And Frozen Code

I was invited onto a podcast. Listen to me talk about Christmas related bugs, and my opinion on code freezes. At the end of 2018 I was invited onto a podcast called The Guilty Tester. It's the work of David Duke, a tester that I worked with when building TV…