Sam Boswell

Personal

The culmination of a human and a high-spec personal computer; Solar powered and biodegradable, but for best results add coffee and chocolate.
Occasionally makes funny whimpering noises.
The human operator exerts a fair amount of cynical wit, facetiousness, and often radical bluntness in his conversational pieces.
Intermittently runs around Reading when everyone else is asleep, and clambers up walls when they're awake.
Prone to jigging along to good music. Daydreams in code and graphs. Rebellious but squishy on the inside.
Occasionally effervescent but mostly quiet.
To ensure lasting use, expose to long hugs by lovely people.
Sometimes mint condition. Free P&P
Warranty not included. May cause some leakage.
Over-uses the :p emoticon.
INTJ-A / RCOAI / CALM
Want to read more, I keep words at blog.bozzie.org

Working with me? Have a look at my userguide

Want to chat? Email me: [email protected] or book some time into my calendar.

Professional

Experienced in leading engineers, maintaining effective software teams
Technical experience in IoT, Info-Sec, SaaS, AI / ML, e-Commerce, Big Data
Industry exposure to clean energy, med-tech, automotive and industrial sectors
Architected and built scalable, maintainable and secure applications at scale
Excellent technical problem-solving and clear communication skills
Participated and consulted in due diligence and M&A processes
Built, grown and sustained productive engineering teams
Consulting experience in high-risk info-sec, infrastructure, technical architecture
Event organiser, speaker, moderator and technical workshop leader
Driven by endless improvement and positive impact on people's lives

Working with me? Have a look at my userguide

Want to chat? Email me: [email protected] or book some time into my calendar.

Deciphered

Deciphered is a bespoke software and development company offering clear and flexible solutions to your complicated technology problems.

As one of the founding directors, I lead a technical team in delivering:

Technology Consulting
Bespoke Software
Website Creation
High Risk Info-Sec
eCommerce
Web Applications

Learn more at https://www.deciphered.io

Dare

Dare is an energy tech company using the power of data science, analytics, and trading expertise to help the world reach a renewable future, faster.

We aggregate, manage, and optimise the market access for renewable power generators that lack the expertise to trade independently.

At Dare, I lead the software engineering functions. The work of these engineering teams enables customers to extract full value from their renewable power via optimised production management and balancing, hedging and market monitoring.

Learn more at https://www.dare.global

Talks and Workshops

The fifth domain: an introduction to cyber-warfare
Speed up your developers
Pillars of IoT Security
How to pass my interviews
AI and Deep Learning
Inside the arrow: the hidden infrastructure of IoT
OPSEC basics
Industrial Cyber Defence workshop
Agile workshops
Lego Serious Play workshops

Want to chat? Book me in for a talk or workshop? Email me: [email protected] or book some time into my calendar.

Odds and Ends

A collection of other stuff on this domain

Blog - Thoughts, words, micro-essays and photos. blog.bozzie.org

Notes - collected notes resources and my commonplace book. notes.bozzie.org

∞ - an experiment in minimal page content: ∞

Markov chain based Mittani quote bot: /quotegen

Mood sharing chart: /mood

Node toolbox: /nodes

Doctrine mapping tool: /doctrine

Toybox, a collection of computational playthings: /toybox

Uses

I sometimes get messages asking about the specifics of some piece of software or hardware I use. This page is a collection of notes and links to my usual tooling, software, hardware and clothing.

Editor

Visual Studio Code Able to handle remote coding, docker, terminal (bash, powershell, cmd) as well as nice markdown editing! I use the Solarized dark theme and Hack font with extra glyphs patched in using NerdFonts

VS Code Plugins

Bundled along with VS code, I extend it's usage with:
Beautify
Docker
GitLens
Markdown all in one
Material Icon Theme
Minify
Python
GoLang
Rest client
Settings sync
Draw.io tool

WebApps

Notion This is my go-to information hub: notebooks, databases, tracking, sharing, writing. Handling pretty much any content I can throw at it
x.ai An awesome scheduling and meeting planning app using natural language interface. I use this to help buffer and minimise email ping-pong for arranging time face-to-face and for phone calls
Chrome Remote Desktop works across Chromebook and Windows machines
Slack main professional messaging tool
Discord free community based messaging
Keep virtual, shareable sticky notes, with geolocation and time sensitive reminders
Spotify for music, playlists, podcasts
Feedly allows pulling in multiple RSS feeds into one interface
MyFitnessPal aggregator for fitness, diet and weight tracking
Jira project management
Hemingway App for sanity checking writing style
Diagrams.net sharable diagram and wireframe tool

Desktop Apps

Flux fade out blue light to help circadian rhythm
Stardock Fences desktop management tool
GIMP FOSS Graphic/image manipulation tool
Chrome being well embedded in the Google ecosystem, my browser of choice
Microsoft Powertoys addons for windows inclusing window management, colour pickers and a unified search/launcher

Chrome Extensions

Reddit Enhancement Suite A bunch of tweaks to make reddit a better site
Simplify Gmail Makes gmail look like Inbox(RIP)
uBlock Origin clear up ads and tracking
Dashlane password management
Notion Web Clipper clips content to my reading list in notion
Clockwise automating calendar management to maximise focus time for myself and teams

Tech Hardware

Main PC:
CPU: Intel Core i9 10850K
GPU: ASUS GeForce RTX 3070
RAM: 32GB (2x16GB) Corsair Vengeance
Storage: 1TB WD Blue SN550 M.2 PCIe SSD
Motherboard: ASUS ROG STRIX B560-F
Cooling: Corsair H150i AIO Cooler (3x120mm Fans)
Case: Carbide Series 175R (1x120mm Fan)

ThinkPad T14s - my main work laptop
Pixelbook i7 my main personal & portable laptop.
For data work: Google Collab Pro notebooks backed by p2.xlarge and p2.8xlarge EC2 instances

Quad HD 34" Samsung Monitor
Logitech MX Keys Backlit, easy typing keyboard that can migrate between devices.
Logitech G700s Mouse
SteelSeries Arctis 7 daily driver headset, very strong wireless and battery life.
Elgato Streamdeck hot keys for my pc, lighting, camera control and timers.
Xbox Elite Series 2 comfortable controller for chilled out game time.
Philips Hue Play light bars bias and ambient lighting behind the monitor.
More information on my desk layout: blog post.

Personal

Pixel 6 Pro
Sony WH-1000XM3 Headphones noise cancelling, comfy enough for all day wear
Fitbit Versa 3 alerting from phone, heart rate and activity tracking

More information on my EDC blog post.

Facebook: sboswell

Instagram: sbozzie

GitHub: sbozzie

Email

Personal: [email protected]

Deciphered: [email protected]

Dare: [email protected]

Location

Currently living in Reading, UK