hēg denu
The old english words from which my name is derived, hēg 'hay' + denu 'valley'.-
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Doctors in Berlin
Andrea and I have now been in Berlin for a 9 whole months! I don’t know where the time has gone. In the time we’ve been here, we’ve had a few times when we’ve had need to see a doctor. Don’t … Continue reading
Jaguar InControl Route Planner
Last Thursday, the app that I’ve been working on since I started at HERE went live in the app store. This app is by far the biggest project I’ve worked on. Different to the previous apps I’ve made (predominantly for … Continue reading
Andrea at Uberall
A couple of months ago, Andrea started her new job at Berlin based startup Uberall. She’s working as a backend developer, as you can see on their company page (and the screen grab to the right). Funnily enough, Uberall is also a … Continue reading
I’m in HERE
Firstly, I’m very sorry about the pun in the title, I just couldn’t help myself. I’ve just finished my second week in my new job. I’m working at HERE, a part of Nokia as a Mobile Application Developer working on an … Continue reading
MaxMin article preprint
A preprint of my latest article is now available on arXiv: Triangular bases of integral closures The article is based on the contents of my PhD thesis (perhaps confusingly, of the same name). I’ve submitted the same article to a … Continue reading
Spring Cat
It’s all well and good saying I’ve been busy for the last few months, but what have I been doing? Well, one of the main projects I’ve been working on has just become available today. Spring Cat is a mobile … Continue reading
Berlin
Things have been a bit quiet here for the last few months. As usual, this has coincided with an especially busy time elsewhere. So, as the first post on voo-du since February, I’ll stick to the big stuff. Andrea and … Continue reading
Second-class language
One of my current projects is a mobile game that I’m developing for Pete Schooling of BravoTangoBravo in collaboration with his son Josh. I won’t get into the details at the moment, but I’m using the Cocos2D-x game engine to … Continue reading
Doktorvater
In Germany they have the concept of a Doktorvater (or Doktormutter obviously). It translates to “doctor-father” or “doctor-mother” and refers to your Ph.D. thesis advisor. It is quite common for someone to mention that so-and-so was their Doktorvater. In my … Continue reading