As part of my to-do list, I’ve been cleaning up all the internet links I’ve saved this year and thought I’d share a few choice picks of them here. These are mostly useful articles I’ve referred to multiple times since finding them and hope they are useful. There are also a couple of links to […]
In August 2020, I was interviewed for the How AI built this podcast. Liam and I discussed my overall career trajectory, experience in large corporates and in the consulting world solving problems using data and AI Listen to the podcast from your favourite podcast app or here on spotify: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/33-tom-castle/id1486760206?i=1000492221479
Developing solutions using artificial intelligence techniques should be treated much more like an iterative experimental process than a traditional software development project. In many cases the certainty of the outcome can’t be confirmed until a model has been built, trained and evaluated. Because of this many organisations do not have existing methodology suitable for this […]
To realise value from AI it needs to be integrated in some way into a customer experience and or associated business process. Achieving this in an organisation which isn’t experienced with using AI can be a significant operational challenge needing a range of new skills, technology changes and cultural acceptance A critical first step in […]
Just recently I’ve been doing some work which involves incorporating AI into design. As part of this work, and because of a broader interest I’ve been doing quite a lot of research and thinking around how we can approach the use of AI type technologies within design work. Before we get started I want to clarify […]
I’m currently working on a set of design principles when incorporating AI technologies into your design work. Over time I will add a lot more detail to this, but for now here are the high level points: 1) Design for People, not AI 2) Design for Delight (probably to be renamed ‘transparent value’) 3) Design […]
I recently got round to watching Indie Game: The Movie. First and foremost, this is a great documentary about Indie Game development, it gives an insight into the intense world of game development and shows what small passionate teams can achieve. It covers three games, with in-depth interviews with the teams creating them and showing […]
One issue I often see in Agile is user stories that aren’t sized appropriately. This can cause issues in completing within a sprint and can create large fluctuations in velocity. It often results in items that are poorly defined and estimated. All of this causes problems for delivery quality. Remember, user stories should always take […]
It’s amazing how many different disciplines have applications in the world of software development and product delivery. I’ve just finished a book about a philosopher called Kierkegaard, he lived in Denmark in the early part of the 1800’s and is regarded as the first existentialist. I’ve used some of his ideas to create an existential […]
Over the years there have been many trends revolving around the Six Sigma and Lean methodologies. These methodologies can be hugely successfully in achieving improvements in processes, however too often I have seen them fail because they tend to focus on iteratively improving the existing process towards a better outcome. *I should caveat that I’m […]