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Nathan Wilson

Nathan Wilson

I manage a team of software engineers by day and spend the rest of the time reading, learning, and writing this blog. All views expressed are my own and in no way reflect those of my employer.

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Getting Things Done (with Trello)
Essays

Getting Things Done (with Trello)

The Theory I've occasionally had people ask how I manage to get so much done - how I read so much while also working full time, doing uni part time and

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    Nathan Wilson
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Mario Kart 8 Guide - How to win
Essays

Mario Kart 8 Guide - How to win

I play a fair bit of Mario Kart, but in my time learning how to play the game I’ve had to figure out my ‘optimal’ way to play by trial and error,

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    Nathan Wilson
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Essays

What I'm listening to - 2016

Sometimes people ask me what sort of music I like or listen to. Here's a playlist as of January 2016.

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    Nathan Wilson
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Stockholm and Lyon
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Stockholm and Lyon

Originally posted 25/08/2013 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The final stop on our eurotrip was to Stockholm, Sweden. Sam and I had a chill few days there, visited some museums but didn't do

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    Nathan Wilson
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Auschwitz
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Auschwitz

Originally posted 15/08/2013 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The other full day in Krakow we spent out in the countryside. We saw Auschwitz in the morning - both Camp I and Berkenau, and then in

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    Nathan Wilson
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Krakow
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Krakow

Originally posted 13/08/2013 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Krakow - The city that sounds like a gunshot. In English, anyway; the Polish pronounce it more like 'Krah-kuv', with a roll on the r

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    Nathan Wilson
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München
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München

Originally posted 07/08/2013 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Headed to Munich after Amsterdam, stayed at Sam's place and did a bit of sightseeing. * First full day in Munich we went for a wander

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    Nathan Wilson
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Sex and Drugs in Amsterdam
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Sex and Drugs in Amsterdam

Originally posted 04/08/2013 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Amsterdam was pretty friggin interesting, the drug/sex culture was fascinating. Weed * So in Amsterdam, weed is legal. Well, not really. It's decriminalised, but otherwise

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    Nathan Wilson
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Amsterdam
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Amsterdam

Originally posted 01/08/13 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Finished up contiki and headed to Amsterdam the next day. * My grandfather is Dutch, but it never really factored into my childhood. I'm seeing it

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    Nathan Wilson
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Buda and Pest
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Buda and Pest

Originally posted 29/07/13 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Today was spent exploring Budapest, we had a tour in the morning, went and visited a ruin bar at lunch, and finished off the day (and the

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    Nathan Wilson
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Bratislava
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Bratislava

Originally posted 28/07/2013 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Travelled from Vienna, stopped over in Bratislava, Slovakia for lunch and arrived in Budapest that night. * Before I came here, these two videos were the extent of

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    Nathan Wilson
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Wien
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Wien

Originally posted 27/07/13 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The only full day in Vienna ('Wien') today so we had quite a busy one. We did a brief walking tour of the city, stopped

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    Nathan Wilson
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The Bone Church
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The Bone Church

Originally posted 26/07/13 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- We spent most of today travelling, stopped over at Kutna Hora for lunch and to see the bone church, which is every bit as cool (and creepy)

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    Nathan Wilson
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Bikes and Bunkers
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Bikes and Bunkers

Originally posted 25/07/13 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- We managed to fit in a bike tour of Prague for most of the morning, and tripped out to see a nuclear bunker in the afternoon. * First

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    Nathan Wilson
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The Moldau
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The Moldau

Originally posted 24/07/13 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- First full day in Prague - Walked around the city in the morning, took a boat cruise down the Moldau for lunch, a 'Traditional Czech Evening&

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    Nathan Wilson
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Dresden and Black Light Theatre
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Dresden and Black Light Theatre

Originally posted 23/07/13 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- We travelled from Berlin to Prague today, stopping by in Dresden for lunch, going to the Black Light Theatre after dinner and then hitting the clubs. * We

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    Nathan Wilson
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Historical Berlin
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Historical Berlin

Originally posted 22/07/2013 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Pretty busy day today - Walked around Berlin for 3-4 hours this morning on a tour, checked out the DDR Museum and then had a night in

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    Nathan Wilson
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Sachsenhausen
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Sachsenhausen

Originally posted 21/07/2013 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Hectic day and running on about 3-4 hrs sleep. We visited Sachsenhausen concentration camp in the morning, I met Sam in the afternoon, then had dinner at

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    Nathan Wilson
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23 Hours in the Air
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23 Hours in the Air

Originally posted 20/07/2013 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- So I've landed in Berlin, it's currently 3 am as I type this after getting home from a night out. I'm

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    Nathan Wilson
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First Post and Itinerary
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First Post and Itinerary

Originally posted 17/07/2013 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I've decided that now might be a good time in my life to start a blog. I'm heading off on exchange to Lyon,

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    Nathan Wilson
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projects

Mathematical Optimization Project

An optimization project I did for third year stats. Involves finding the minimum cost for a pizza (bounded by nutritional constraints) and allocating investments to a stock portfolio to minimize risk (i.e.

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    Nathan Wilson
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Video Games and Addiction
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Video Games and Addiction

Just reposting content from my old site. This is an essay I wrote in the second year of uni about addiction in video games. Ethics of Video Game Addiction [http://static.nathanjwilson.com/

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    Nathan Wilson
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Essays

Calculus Proofs Essay

A couple of proofs I had to do in second year of uni. Ignore the terrible formatting... 2nd yr calc proofs [http://static.nathanjwilson.com/math_severalvariablecalculus_proofs.pdf]

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projects

Game Playing AI

A simple rules AI that was developed in early 2012 for an AI course. A 'game' is defined and this AI is intended to solve any arbitrary solvable map generated for

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    Nathan Wilson
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Traffic Light Machine Learning Project

Traffic Light Machine Learning Project

The TLML Project was the major project for a machine learning course undertaken in early 2012. Along with other students Beth Crane and Gill Morris, a machine learning program was made which aimed

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    Nathan Wilson
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