Hi I'm Ollie and
I made a website
This is a place for me to practice and document new skills
Hi I'm Ollie and
This is a place for me to practice and document new skills
What I do
I learn by doing
Tutorials help, but I remember things by making, breaking, testing, fixing and learning as I go. I'm not scared to change the direction as my knowledge increases.
Everything is a story
Everything you know comes from what you have done or what you've been told. If I can tell the right story to the right person, anything can be done
Curious across disciplines
Film, writing, AI, design, cooking and business ideas all feed the same brain and help make sense of how things work.
Selected Work
I’m trying to make more things, even when they’re rough. That usually means filming short videos, editing clips, taking photos, writing ideas down, playing with music choices, or trying to make something ordinary feel a bit more interesting.
I like travel, trying new food, cooking, staying active and finding small stories in new places. Since moving to Australia, that has meant getting outside more, seeing new places, eating well, swimming, walking, and saying yes to more things.
I like learning by doing, whether that’s trying a new camera, messing around with editing, painting badly, going tubing on a river, testing a recipe, or building something online. Most of it starts messy, which is usually the point.
Writing
I believe vibe coding could change product delivery by giving developers clearer direction before they start building. Currently, an idea comes in…
I’ve been reading Playboy. Depending which generation you were born in you may have a different reaction to that. But I have really enjoyed their…
I’m a bit cynical when someone who has been in work for three years gives job hunting advice. Not because their experience is invalid, but because of…
What does it mean to be masculine I consider myself a centrist on the political scale, the only reason I state this is nowadays people are quick to…
Storytelling Storytelling might be the most influential skill out there, everything you know comes from lived experience and stories. It’s a strange…