What David is up to?
Updated as of Sept 2024 from London, UK.
🔬 Furthering AI/ML in Health
I am looking into quantitative epidemiological methods of assessing behaviors and their relationship with diseases at Imperial College London, within the School of Public Health.
I also help out with the Masters programmes that are run in the school (especially the MSc Health Data Analytics and Machine Learning).
I am formally working towards a teaching certification within higher education. Recently accepted as an associate fellow in the Higher Education Academy. Nice to have a little recognition.
See my professional page here.
🗞️ Newsletter
I am putting up a waitlist for a newsletter that is planned for 2024/25. This will cover my journey into healthtech, general and generative AI plus local AI events. 👉 Join here for the waitlist.
📖 Current reads and writes
- Currently: Storyworthy by Matthew Dicks and Feel Good productivity by Ali Abdaal
- Recommended recently: the Mom test
Coffee of the month
🆕! I am now partnered with Coffeeworks, an independent coffee roaster in UK. If you like freshly roasted beans, then check them out!
I was on a Sage coffee subscription for a couple of months. Every month, I get a different flavor from a surprise roaster for my espresso - this has now sadly expired and I can't justify the resubscription cost.
March 2024: A generic dark Italian roast from Tesco. Actually makes a smashing latte when dialed in.
January 2024: Kickback from Macclesfield, Cheshire, UK
(not sponsored) - Starting out with a popcorn machine, now a legit and independent specialist coffee roaster. Verdict: fresh!
November 2023: Redemption roasters' - "Roll Call" blend. (Not sponsored) They have a really cool mission to "reduce re-offending rates via coffee".
🕹️ Messing around with DaVinci resolve.
Frequently Asked Questions:
Q: What's a /now page?
This is inspired by a movement started by a guy called Derek Sivers. I love the idea of a focused page, that is easy to type and find.
Read about it here, and I also highlight that the origin story behind this idea is 🔥too!
Q: How does it differ from the "about" page?
The idea of this page is to address two main questions (that I get all the time):
- "What are you up to these days?"
- "I would like to align with your interests, can you help me with this?"
I use this page as a self-check on myself. Recently coming back to it has let me refresh what I was thinking just a month ago (boy, do I need a dose of FOCUS).
So if you do get referred to this page, don't take it personally. I do acknowledge your kind connection but just don't have the mental capacity to act on it now (perhaps in the future!).
The about page is a more historical viewpoint with an emphasis on timelines. I might be working on something tangential at any point, so this page is a nice section for things. (And saves you a a minute or two of scrolling past a story to get to present-day events).
I try to keep this page updated, and it personally helps me prioritize what's happening currently. Whenever I think of taking up another project, or am shifting/pivoting my direction of focus - I can come back here and review everything.