AI and machine learning training for government statisticians in Cambodia
AI / ML March 2026

Delivering AI and Machine Learning Training to Government Statisticians in Cambodia

How FAO-supported training is building machine learning and advanced analytics capacity within Cambodia's National Institute of Statistics and Ministry of Agriculture.

Hollywood sign
Innovation March 2026

Movie Selector: Built to End the Date Night Debate

Why I built a swipe-based movie discovery app to solve the eternal problem of choosing what to watch on date night.

CrossFit Open pacing model
Adventures February 2026

Pacing Models for the CrossFit Open (and Hyrox)

Interactive mathematical models to plan your rep strategy, adjust fatigue parameters, and predict your score for the 2026 CrossFit Open and Hyrox.

Food security indicators
Statistics February 2026

Understanding Food Security Indicators

How food security indicators like the FIES, Food Consumption Score, and Prevalence of Undernourishment are calculated, and what Cambodia is doing to strengthen national capacity.

IT infrastructure for national surveys
Digital Transformation January 2026

Planning IT Infrastructure for National Surveys: A Practical Checklist

Lessons from the Bangkok workshop on infrastructure planning for CAPI operations — server capacity, cloud vs. on-premise, security, and the decisions that can make or break a large-scale data collection exercise.

Data dictionaries and metadata
Statistics December 2025

Data Dictionaries and Metadata: The Boring Infrastructure That Makes Everything Work

Why most agricultural data systems fail not because of bad data, but because of bad documentation. DDI and SDMX standards, automating metadata extraction, and building documentation that survives staff turnover.

Results-based financing verification
Statistics November 2025

Results-Based Financing: A Statistician's Perspective on Verification Design

How statistical sampling and analysis underpin accountability in development finance. Reflections from designing verification methodologies for the Modern Cooking Facility for Africa programme across 26 service providers.

Farmers working in rice paddy
Digital Transformation October 2025

Cambodia's Agriculture Data Just Got a Major Upgrade

CAS 2025 is now fully government-funded — a milestone for national ownership and the 50x2030 Initiative.

Todd Hunkin racing at Ultra Trail Angkor
Adventures February 2025

100km Through the Cambodian Temples

Walking the Ultra Trail Angkor 100km with an ankle injury — a military march, two loops, 18 hours, and blisters on blisters.

Colorful auto-rickshaws in India
Adventures October 2024

5,000km Across India in a Rickshaw

Driving a 7-horsepower auto-rickshaw across India with no set route, constant breakdowns, and maximum chaos. The Rickshaw Run.

Data analytics on laptop screen
Development March 2024

From Retail Audits to Rice Yields: My Unconventional Path in Data

How running a market research company in Cambodia prepared me for UN statistical operations — and what both sectors can learn from each other.

Phnom Penh skyline
Market Research January 2023

How We Ran Cambodia's First Random Digit Dialling Study

The methodology behind Cambodia's first RDD phone survey — sampling across 3 mobile networks, a 7% completion rate, and why it worked.

Phnom Penh, Cambodia
Market Research January 2023

What Cambodians Actually Think — Survey Findings That Challenge the Narrative

What a nationally representative survey revealed about Cambodian attitudes toward governance — nuanced, pragmatic, and more complex than the prevailing narrative.

Mekong River — home of the endangered Irrawaddy dolphin
Innovation June 2022

Why I Built a Conservation Crowdfunding Platform on the Blockchain

From kayaking on the Mekong to winning ADB funding — Pokémon-inspired conservation NFTs, an honest look at what went wrong, and why I still believe in the potential.