Posts by Tama Easton for UpDate

How to have Friends (Virtually) Over for Dinner

In these strange days of lockdowns & social distancing it’s important we continue to socially connect with each other in quality ways.

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Going Remote

Instead of writing about work we’ve done or technology I’m interested in I thought I’d write about Covid-19 & our business.

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The Perils of Monkey's Paw Development

In the classic short story by W. W. Jacobs a magical monkey’s paw grants three wishes at great cost.

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DiabetesWise: Prototype to Medical Trial

Since 2017 UpShift has been part of a Stanford Medical School project called “DiabetesWise”.

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Building Two Bees - Court Costs Calculator

Two Bees is a great example of taking something complicated & turning it into an accessible online tool.

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Do Something you Love (at least) Once a Day!

Here’s a case study on how I’ve improved my work/life balance by doing something I love (at least) once a day.

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Working for Overseas Clients from New Zealand

Over half of UpShift’s business is with overseas clients.

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Telling the Story of Where Your Food Comes From

UpShift recently worked on “Better Fishing” a web app which gives visitors an intimate view of fisherman Karl Warr as he catches fish off the coast of New Zealand.

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Observations on Kicking my Facebook & Instagram Habits

In July 2019 I kicked my Facebook & Instagram habits. I thought people might be interested in my experiences so far.

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How to Price a Railway Line

Have you ever wondered the most cost effective way to build & maintain a railway line? Probably not, but if you’re in the business of managing railway lines this sort of…

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Plastic Beach: Visualising Ocean Plastics

We’ve been working on a super interesting project with the Cawthron Institute to help people visualise how plastic waste is moved around the oceans.

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Too Many Keywords on the Dance Floor

A long long time ago, web creators used “keywords” as invisible metadata to tell search engines what their websites were about.

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Data Model in a Bottle

Today I’m going to answer the question that’s been on your mind all month “What are data models & can they be used to describe pop songs?“ For this example I’m…

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Futureproofing Digital Architecture

I often find myself using house building analogies when it comes to explaining software development.

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AI: Around the Corner or Down the Road?

Last week I spent two interesting & insightful days at the ITx Rutherford conference.

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Developing Digital Desire Paths

“Desire paths” is the name given to those short-cuts our feet follow, which aren’t part of the planned pathways around us.

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Social Media as Junk Food

I originally wrote this post in October 2013 and thought it was worth a repost as I'm talking about similar issues in 2021.

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