Ian Waring
@ianwaring.bsky.social
Fabulous Data, Strategy and Business Manager. Gets things done. Tech Guru. Best Dad Jokes. Modest. Simplicity sells!
Gemini 3 looks like it has some pretty advanced reasoning on board. What one professor saw when he inadvertently got subjected to prerelease A/B test of Gemini 2.5 vs 3 when trying to decode ancient ledgers. Infographic below, full article at generativehistory.substack.com/p/has-google...
November 22, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Gemini 3 looks like it has some pretty advanced reasoning on board. What one professor saw when he inadvertently got subjected to prerelease A/B test of Gemini 2.5 vs 3 when trying to decode ancient ledgers. Infographic below, full article at generativehistory.substack.com/p/has-google...
The original first time kiddies haircut barbers chair in Clippers Cholsey, near Wallingford, Oxon. I asked Gemini to describe this photo and used the text in my prompt into Veo3.
August 25, 2025 at 9:24 PM
The original first time kiddies haircut barbers chair in Clippers Cholsey, near Wallingford, Oxon. I asked Gemini to describe this photo and used the text in my prompt into Veo3.
Used Google Veo3 to turn my local Unisex Hairdressers kiddie first haircut barbers chair (modelled on a Mini cabriolet) into the owners Bank Holiday escape wheels.
August 25, 2025 at 9:12 PM
Used Google Veo3 to turn my local Unisex Hairdressers kiddie first haircut barbers chair (modelled on a Mini cabriolet) into the owners Bank Holiday escape wheels.
ChatGPT 5 - oops already
August 8, 2025 at 10:23 AM
ChatGPT 5 - oops already
Life sometimes throws lemons, but I had the best teams working for me. Now for the next stage in lifes journey...
April 19, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Life sometimes throws lemons, but I had the best teams working for me. Now for the next stage in lifes journey...
Ruby, (Grandma) Jane, Joanie and Lola. All together for Jane’s birthday.
November 17, 2024 at 1:18 PM
Ruby, (Grandma) Jane, Joanie and Lola. All together for Jane’s birthday.
OCR on the left hand barrier of Car Park Red, Short Stay at Gatwick South is pretty crap. Then sentenced to recursive chatbot hell trying to get it mapped against my prepayment before exit. Eventually found a customer services email address to fix it #BadCX
November 8, 2024 at 8:13 PM
OCR on the left hand barrier of Car Park Red, Short Stay at Gatwick South is pretty crap. Then sentenced to recursive chatbot hell trying to get it mapped against my prepayment before exit. Eventually found a customer services email address to fix it #BadCX
One of the unintended consequences of Generative AI use is that outputs feed useful replies, which then acts as inputs to improve the quality of the information source. Using an LLM breaks the virtuous circle
October 31, 2024 at 7:41 AM
One of the unintended consequences of Generative AI use is that outputs feed useful replies, which then acts as inputs to improve the quality of the information source. Using an LLM breaks the virtuous circle
Celebrating the work of the neuro diverse. Needs must…
October 19, 2024 at 11:27 AM
Celebrating the work of the neuro diverse. Needs must…
Example. How much is that dryer? Couldn’t say until I was already past the exit
October 13, 2024 at 4:57 PM
Example. How much is that dryer? Couldn’t say until I was already past the exit
Reading about “the one legged man in an ass-kicking contest” and “if you tell me the incentives, I’ll tell you the result”
October 13, 2024 at 1:00 PM
Reading about “the one legged man in an ass-kicking contest” and “if you tell me the incentives, I’ll tell you the result”
Big head, broken glasses. Asked Glasses Direct if they can repair, but in the meantime ordered a new pair for staring at my computer screen (and iPad Pro)
September 28, 2024 at 9:47 AM
Big head, broken glasses. Asked Glasses Direct if they can repair, but in the meantime ordered a new pair for staring at my computer screen (and iPad Pro)
Got asked by one of my direct reports on a Teams call if I was grumpy today. Turns out there was a sign on the wall behind me. Jane says she put it there in May. Just hope none of the folks I interviewed since saw it.
September 27, 2024 at 8:18 AM
Got asked by one of my direct reports on a Teams call if I was grumpy today. Turns out there was a sign on the wall behind me. Jane says she put it there in May. Just hope none of the folks I interviewed since saw it.
Trying to explain Databricks to folks inside my company. So drew a one slide picture in Miro of what we're architecting our Enterprise Data Warehouse around. Credit to Advancing Analytics for the Medallion flow steps from one of their excellent YouTube tutorial videos
September 20, 2024 at 1:44 PM
Trying to explain Databricks to folks inside my company. So drew a one slide picture in Miro of what we're architecting our Enterprise Data Warehouse around. Credit to Advancing Analytics for the Medallion flow steps from one of their excellent YouTube tutorial videos
Current reading queue
September 18, 2024 at 5:57 AM
Current reading queue
So 3M put $3 million Canadian Dollars in this bulletproof glass box at a bus stop in Canada - and told everyone that if they could break it, they could keep the money. Many tried, none succeeded.
Must admit, my first thought was how to steal the whole bus stop…
Must admit, my first thought was how to steal the whole bus stop…
September 16, 2024 at 5:21 PM
So 3M put $3 million Canadian Dollars in this bulletproof glass box at a bus stop in Canada - and told everyone that if they could break it, they could keep the money. Many tried, none succeeded.
Must admit, my first thought was how to steal the whole bus stop…
Must admit, my first thought was how to steal the whole bus stop…
Actually learnt binary and logic functions on this thing my godmother bought me for Xmas in 1967. TTL, Core memory and Silicon followed. We’ve come a long way
September 16, 2024 at 4:19 PM
Actually learnt binary and logic functions on this thing my godmother bought me for Xmas in 1967. TTL, Core memory and Silicon followed. We’ve come a long way
Summarising last week’s day of a very impressive Databricks Data+AI Summit, London.
September 16, 2024 at 4:03 PM
Summarising last week’s day of a very impressive Databricks Data+AI Summit, London.
I was okay after I sussed the ASCII codes in octal. Old assembler programmers know 107, 145, 145, 153 spells “geek”.
September 13, 2024 at 7:00 PM
I was okay after I sussed the ASCII codes in octal. Old assembler programmers know 107, 145, 145, 153 spells “geek”.
A timely reminder. Data Quality needs to come way before AI is rushed in
September 12, 2024 at 9:33 PM
A timely reminder. Data Quality needs to come way before AI is rushed in
Suffering on a yacht outside the ICC
September 11, 2024 at 4:28 PM
Suffering on a yacht outside the ICC
And the day begins #DataAIWorldTour
September 11, 2024 at 8:35 AM
And the day begins #DataAIWorldTour
Spent 40 minutes of my lunchtime away from my desk and filling a large bag with garden cuttings. Felt great afterwards.
September 10, 2024 at 5:16 PM
Spent 40 minutes of my lunchtime away from my desk and filling a large bag with garden cuttings. Felt great afterwards.
First time in a while that better half Jane wants me to upgrade my Apple devices asap. Spontaneous sleep and all that, usually after double digit hour working days
September 10, 2024 at 6:22 AM
First time in a while that better half Jane wants me to upgrade my Apple devices asap. Spontaneous sleep and all that, usually after double digit hour working days