This is an entry about the last fortnight's holiday. I did three moto trips, one to Prasat Preah Vihear (covered last episode), one to the Cardomoms and then finally one to Thailand. I also throw in some more commentary about Range Rovers. RANGE ROVERS, CONTINUEDIn Episode 10 I registered some complaints about the high number of Range Rovers in Phnom Penh. During the recent ASEAN conference, a Bangkok Post columnist showed that I am not alone in my observatio...

Ok, lots has been going on again. Finally did a multi day moto trip, had the most successful Phnom Penh Mapping Meetup yet, started using the server at work (at last!) and got the ball rolling on the relational database. WORKSo, first up I have begun to introduce the staff to the process of using the server for mapping and spreadsheet work. This was met with some resistance since they were thinking of only using it as an archive for final data. This is the result...

Halfway mark! Thought I'd make a quick update given tomorrow is the start of the second half of my placement. I am pretty happy with how things are going so far, particularly with the Phnom Penh Mapping Meetup. We'll be having two presenters at the fourth meetup this Thursday, and I hope we can get some more Khmer people to come along. Many seem interested on Facebook, so hopefully that translates into attendees :-) I am also hoping to do a 4 or 5 day mot...

Another fortnight has rolled by I'm definitely in the thick of it. Well, more accurately I'm reminded of struggling in the towering whitewash and rips at Goolwa Beach, South Australia as an easily submerged 10 year old. This entry covers the ongoing effort to organise the various datasets at the NGO so that we don't duplicate things, and spend minimal time retrieving information that we have stored. I also cover a well earned holiday in Sihanoukville....

It's been a long time! This episode is part of my first quarterly report, detailing my first impressions of the community and project. This will be more of a summary, since I have written about these things at length already in this blog. CommunityMy work does not involve regular contact with the communities of interest to my NGO. My job description requires me to spend my time improving data presentation and management and statistical analysis skills of staf...