I recently submitted the DataTides.SixSigma package to Dax Lib. And then discovered I had managed to forget several of the conventions I’d already used in other packages. TABLEREF, not TABLE. The exact annotation format. Fully qualified function names. I got…
What if you could audit the accessibility of a Power BI report without even opening Power BI Desktop? The latest episode of PBIX A11Y Bytes is now live, and it walks through PBIR A11Y, a free, open-source command-line tool that…
I’ve watched the Perseids from some pretty different places over the years. Offshore Angola, when I was working as a navigator. North Wales in 2024, when the Perseids happened to share the sky with the northern lights. This year, though,…
Most conversations about accessibility begin with disability. That is understandable. Accessibility standards such as the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) were developed to remove barriers for people with disabilities, and that remains their primary purpose. However, accessibility is not only…
As a STEM Ambassador, data professional, and Trustee of Technology Books for Children, I am passionate about helping young people discover the opportunities that technology can create. Having built a career in data and technology, I have seen first-hand how…
Many people ask if creating too much content can lead to burnout… even people from my work seem concerned. And that’s kind of understandable. From the outside, it can look like a lot, the posts, the sessions, the constant stream…
Many of you may not know yet, but I started my career in Physical Oceanography, specialising in ocean data analysis and circulation numerical model validation using MATLAB. Then I moved to be a Navigator, and funnily enough, physical oceanography and…
This article started somewhere I wasn’t expecting. And yes… it’s a long one! But bear with me, it’s worth the journey. I started with a simple question about a few unusual spikes in some data, and somehow ended up building…
I’ve just pushed two updates to PBIR A11y CLI: a license change, and a new release that fixes a real detection bug and adds two features people had been asking for. Starting with the license. PBIR A11y CLI was originally…
A few weeks ago, I quit my job. In reality, I did something much bigger than that: I walked away from an industry where I had spent years building my career, my reputation and a significant part of my professional…
