Observations, insights, images and code from ajfisher exploring the intersection of AI, web, media and digital innovation.

Recent posts

When does travel planning get seriously upended by AI?
Wednesday, February 26th 2025
AI is everywhere in the travel industry - just not where most travellers see it. Chatbots can churn out a basic itinerary, but true AI-native trip planning has a much higher bar to clear. Personalised recommendations and seamless bookings may still feel out of reach, but we might be closer to change than it seems.
After the drought: first shoots emerge for Australian retail
Monday, February 3rd 2025
After a tough few years, Australian retail is showing the first signs of stability. Challenges remain, but recent data suggests consumers are more confident, spending is increasing, and the drought may finally be coming to an end.
ChatGPT and Generative AI in the enterprise
Sunday, February 12th 2023
There is a lot of opportunity for Generative AI from a business technology perspective. Talking with other technology leaders, we discuss what risks and rewards may exist.
Building embodied bots with JavaScript
Saturday, August 12th 2017
Explorations of how to build bots with JavaScript that blend virtual and physical worlds, using chat interfaces like Slack to create embodied agents.
Making the move to metalsmith
Saturday, February 13th 2016
I moved this site from WP to metalsmith.io in order to get a more pure authoring experience. The result is good, though there were a few gotchas along the way.
Datatium - data as material for contextually responsive design
Wednesday, September 9th 2015
Responsive design is still very screen size focussed where as we should be considering context much more than we do. This talk explains how Datatium helps resolve this.
JavaScript: not just the language of the web
Monday, September 7th 2015
JS is moving out of the browser and into all manner of places. My notes and slides from my talk on this topic at JSFoo 15.
Applying the lessons of mobile dev to IoT
Wednesday, September 2nd 2015
IoT product development has the opportunity to draw on some of the lessons hard won over the years of developing for mobile.
DDD JavaScript IoT workshop
Saturday, August 8th 2015
A summary of the various projects completed as part of the JS IoT workshop given at DDD Melbourne 2015.
Building a portable minecraft server
Monday, June 1st 2015
Using a raspberry pi and some batteries to create a portable minecraft server that can be put in a lunch box and taken to the park.