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What we got up to….. Everyone at Dt-Squad got together and decided to do something to raise money for Movember. We had some Mo-growers and lots of Mo-supporters! We got matching Movember t-shirts made for everyone involved. Check them out in the photos below. At the beginning of the month of November 2023, all our…

When the Journey Begins I’ve heard it a million times: “I could never learn another language, my brain just isn’t wired up for it.” Hmm… allow me to state the obvious: Once upon a time, you actually didn’t know how to speak English. It took a long time to learn, but you got there in…

On a misty morning in early October, I left for work in the car. The blowers were on full blast as Greg James’ Radio 1 breakfast show had begun. As I left my estate, the music turned to noise as I began going over yesterday’s lesson with Peter (DT Squad Founder) in my head.  We…

I’m not sure exactly which moment I’d pick as the conception of an idea that I eventually called “dt-squad”…. But as I write this blog in September 2023, just 12 months after Luke Davey and I dragged  dt-squad Ltd out of the ground as a commercial entity, I thought it might be worth reflecting on our “origin…

In January 2021, I was talking to some of the people from jHub (a technology and innovation hub run by the MoD) at a webinar on innovation. One conversation led to another and they mentioned a problem that was on their radar. It sounded really interesting and I asked if I could brief some of…

If you look at any piece of the night sky through a 1mm diameter hole in a piece of paper held out at arms length, how many galaxies should be visible through that hole? Our five children all  know my answer to this “fun”! question that I’ve raised at many parties over the years (you…

In March 2018 a number of stars aligned in a way that would have a lasting impact.  Firstly, I was looking for a new personal project to help me learn more about artificial intelligence and in particular computer vision. Secondly, one of our global partners asked my business if we could help them solve a…

In November 2019 I saw a poster advertising the jhub coding scheme, a scheme which encourages service personnel to learn a variety of coding and tech skills. I decided to sign up and have a go at their web development module. Fast forward 4 months and I had completed the required open source course and…

After 12 fun filled years as an officer in the light infantry I was ready for a change. I had achieved what I set out to do, having travelled and conducted operations all over the world, including a 2-year stint in Pakistan which was the highlight of my military career. I also had the honour…

The above quote is one of the most attractive things about learning to code for me. After 6 years in the Parachute regiment being “beasted” and testing my mental and physical limits I’m hoping to take a step in a new direction and become one of these lazy people. The challenges you face in “the…

In 2017, I was educating myself about ai and in the course of that journey, I wanted to get a much better understanding of how neural nets work (If you’d like a basic introduction to neural nets, you might enjoy my blog: What is a Neural Net anyway? ) I decided to set myself a ridiculous challenge…

In June this year, a friend (Eleanor Matthews) posted on LinkedIn that her son, studying on his own during lockdown, had completed CS50 and was looking for a new opportunity. I’d never heard of CS50 before and a quick bit of Google Fu let me know it’s a Computer Science module from Harvard that they have released…