Author: jrogel
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Now Reading: Project Hail Mary
I’m currently a third of the way through Andy Weir’s “Project Hail Mary” and absolutely loving it! 🚀 The way he blends humour with fascinating physics is just brilliant. Plus, I just found out there’s a movie coming! My latest blog post dives into why this book is a must-read. Check it out! 👇 #SciFi…
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Railway 200 & Beyond – Joining the RSA Panel
I’m thrilled to share that I’ve been invited to join the Review Panel for the RSA Spark Programme, contributing to Brief Two: Railway 200 & Beyond. As someone who works at the intersection of innovation, systems thinking, and future-facing design, this opportunity feels like the perfect convergence of past inspiration and forward momentum. Honouring Two Centuries of…
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WWDC25 – A Summary
The air buzzed with that familiar blend of overcaffeinated anticipation, jet-lag, optimism over the top, and just enough competitive anxiety to keep the conversations sharp. Between the App Store veterans and AI start-up hopefuls, the vibe was unmistakable: Apple needed to bring something fresh — not just feature parity with Google, not just a clever…
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The Book Has Landed – 2nd Edition in Hand!
There are few moments as satisfying in a writer’s life as the thud of a package on the doorstep—especially when that package contains the culmination of years of work, revision, and relentless debugging. I’m thrilled to share that I’ve received the author copies of the second edition of Data Science and Analytics with Python, and…
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Just Read: Cyborg
“We can rebuild him”: Rediscovering Cyborg by Martin Caidin After a Lifetime with The Six Million Dollar Man “Gentlemen, we can rebuild him. We have the technology. We have the capability to build the world’s first bionic man.” If you were a kid growing up in the 70s or 80s, those words likely echo in…
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Advanced Data Science and Analytics – 2nd Edition in the making
Advanced Data Science and Analytics – 2nd Edition in the making. I have now been slowly but surely working on the revisions and, boy! there is a lot to do. I will keep you posted with the revisions.
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Building An AI Policy Advisor
Explore how prompt engineering, sentence embeddings, and a smart agent pipeline come together to automate the heavy lifting in legal and policy analysis.
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Just Read: Bob Mortimer’s Novels
Having recently delved into Bob Mortimer’s novels The Satsuma Complex and its sequel The Hotel Avocado, I found myself immersed in a world where the absurd meets the heartfelt, all narrated with Mortimer’s signature wit. 🍊 The Satsuma Complex In The Satsuma Complex, we meet Gary Thorn, a somewhat nondescript legal assistant whose life takes an unexpected turn after a…
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Normalisation: A True Workflow for Mathematical Physics
In computational physics, the devil is often in the scales. This post explores how normalisation—when grounded in sound physical principles—can transform unstable simulations into elegant, interpretable models. From wave equations to diffraction integrals, it’s a practical workflow I’ve relied on for years, now distilled into a new paper and shared for the wider community.
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“Advanced Data Science and Analytics with Python” – 2nd Ed. Announced
I’d like to let you know that I’ve officially started work on the 2nd edition of my book “Advanced Data Science and Analytics with Python”! This updated edition will dive deeper into some of the most exciting developments in our field—particularly Large Language Models (LLMs) and Generative AI, alongside some advanced principles of advanced analytics,…