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brainsteam/content/pages/about.md

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  - [What I do for work](#what-i-do-for-work)
  - [What I do for fun](#what-i-do-for-fun)
 
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+## What I'm up to right now
+
+I keep my [now](/now) page up to date with exactly where I'm at.
+
 ## What I do for work
 
  - I've been freelancing and [building websites](https://web.archive.org/web/20051102052726/http://www.simssource.net/) since the mid 00s
  - I started my full time career at IBM in 2011 in their [CICS transaction processing product](https://www.ibm.com/it-infrastructure/z/cics) before moving over to Watson where I was a customer-facing solutions architect which entailed helping other techies to use Watson APIs and services. 
- - In 2016 I left IBM to co-found [Filament](https://filament.ai), an AI & ML consultancy where I am currently CTO and Chief Data Scientist. 
+ - In 2016 I left IBM to co-found [Filament AI](https://filament.ai), an AI & ML consultancy where I am currently CTO and Chief Data Scientist. I oversee and manage our technical roadmap and strategy, but I also keep my hands dirty and regularly deliver code for customers and for our products. 
- - I work for Filament 4 days a week, I oversee and manage our technical roadmap and strategy but I also keep my hands dirty and regularly deliver code for customers and for our products. 
+ - I am also wrapping up my part-time PhD which I've been working on under the dual supervision of [Prof. Maria Liakata](https://www.turing.ac.uk/people/researchers/maria-liakata) at the [Alan Turing Institute](https://www.turing.ac.uk/) [Dr Amanda Clare](https://users.aber.ac.uk/afc/) at Aberystwth University (where I finished my BSc in 2013). 
- - I am also wrapping up my part time PhD which I've been working on under the dual supervision of [Prof. Maria Liakata](https://www.turing.ac.uk/people/researchers/maria-liakata) at the [Alan Turing Institute](https://www.turing.ac.uk/) [Dr Amanda Clare](https://users.aber.ac.uk/afc/) at Aberystwth University (where I finished my BSc in 2013). 
+ - My main academic affiliation is with [University of Warwick](https://warwick.ac.uk/fac/sci/dcs/) but, I often crash Turing events and, I've been known to visit Aberystwyth to give talks at careers events and departmental seminars.
- - My main affiliation is with [University of Warwick](https://warwick.ac.uk/fac/sci/dcs/) but I often crash Turing events and I've been known to visit Aberystwyth to give talks at careers events and departmental seminars.
 
 
 ## What I do for fun
 
  - I'm a big fan of food - both cooking and eating it.
  - I like to tinker with software and hardware (like [this talking moose head](/2016/06/05/blackgangpi-a-raspberry-pi-hack-at-blackgang-chine/)) in my spare time. I'm a big fan of open source culture including efforts to decentralise the web like [indieweb](https://indieweb.org/) and [the fediverse](https://fediverse.party/en/fediverse).
- - I like to read, frequently science fiction and fantasy but the occasional pop-sci title or general fiction. I have historically tracked some of my reading over at [Goodreads](https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/4547536-james-ravenscroft) but I plan to start tracking this stuff here via [indiebookclub](https://indiebookclub.biz/) and micropub.
+ - I like to read, frequently science fiction and fantasy but the occasional pop-sci title or general fiction. I have historically tracked some of my reading over at [Goodreads](https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/4547536-james-ravenscroft) but I now keep track with [Bookwyrm](https://bookwyrm.social/user/jamesravey) and eventually I plan to start tracking this stuff here via [bookwyrm](https://indiebookclub.biz/) and micropub.
  - I like to watch box sets and movies - my wife and I are [Cineworld Unlimited card](cineworld.co.uk/) holders.
  - I've been playing saxophone (Alto and Tenor mainly) off-and-on since the early 2000s. I can also play a few chords on a guitar and I'll happily tinker with a piano/keyboard, harmonica and clarinet although don't ask me to play you a full track!
  - Although I've not had time recently I did really enjoy [Lindyhop](/2015/06/28/bedford-place-vintage-festival/) - a 1920s style swing dance.

brainsteam/content/pages/now.md

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+type: page
+url: /now
+title: Now
+---
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+What I'm up to at the moment as inspired by Derek Sivers' [NowNowNow](https://nownownow.com/about) project:
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+
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+#### October 2022
+
+After 7 years I have [finished my PhD thesis](https://brainsteam.co.uk/2022/09/25/phinished/) and [submitted it](https://brainsteam.co.uk/notes/2022/09/09/1662742877/). My PHD has been a huge part of my life and identity and it's been weird adapting to not working on it during every free moment any more.
+
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+I'm still living in the South of England with my wife and our cats. We're spending a lot of time on house maintenance type activities now that my PHD is done.
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+I am still CTO at [Filament AI](https://www.filament.ai/) - exciting things are afoot in our product development areas - hopefully I can share more publicly in the near future.
+

brainsteam/content/posts/2022/10/16/weeknote/index.md

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+---
+title: "Weeknote - Week 41 2022"
+date: 2022-09-25T14:46:58+01:00
+description: 
+url: /2022/09/25/phinished
+type: post
+mp-syndicate-to:
+- https://brid.gy/publish/mastodon
+- https://brid.gy/publish/twitter
+resources:
+ - name: feature
+   src: images/finish-line.jpg
+tags:
+  - personal
+  - phd
+---
+
+I've been pretty rubbish at keeping my site up to date as of late. Since [completing my PhD thesis](/2022/09/25/phinished/) a few weeks back I've been taking the opportunity to switch off and enjoy a bit of downtime.
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+{{<figure src="images/guildhall.jpg" caption="The event was held in the stunning Liverpool guild hall ">}}
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+{{<figure src="images/hotel.jpg" caption="The restaurant/breakfast bar in my hotel had a lovely view of Lime Street station">}}