Home | Paul Tagell

Nice to meet you.

I am passionate about the web, green energy, sustainability, being a great dad and making the world a better place. Drop me a line or give me a call (0411 148 721) if you think we could work together.

Professionally

I am the Head of Marketing at Up where I use my skills to help Australian's turn their money into a source of empowerment.

Privately

I live in Kyneton, Victoria where I am learning to be a good dad, track my energy usage, grow my own vegetables and do practical things like small building projects, gardening and tinkering with my raspberry pi.

Personal projects

Pottering I'm particularly proud of (and which show I'm one determined mofo).

Understanding Daily Solar Energy Consumption

Creating a daily report to help me understand my consumption of solar electricity behind the meter.

45 ° herringbone paving

A back-breaking project where I decided to learn how to pave using the 45° paving pattern. Seemed like a good idea at the time.

A cubby to call home

Planning and cobbling together a kids cubby house using left-overs from our recent home renovation.

Garden Watering Automation

Automating my garden watering with a Raspberry Pi, solenoids and 24 volts of pure electricty.

Building a step out of bricks

Constructing a step out of bricks is actually far harder than it looks. Took a few attempts, but the result was quite good.

Garden Soil Moisture Sensor

Gaining a better understanding of the effects of wicking beds and rainfall using a remote sensor I built using my rasberry pi.

Kyneton Temperature Logger

Learning to use my Raspberry pi to track temperature in near-real-time via API, rails and heroku.

Using a Trello Board to grow vegetables

Most people keep a diary or play it by feel. I built a trello board to manage my garden and its crops. Living the dream.

Adventures in backyard landscaping

Designing and then building a back garden for the family to grow, play and enjoy is has been a whole lot of fun.

Wicking beds to deal with the heat

Attempting to garden in the central Victorian heat using wicking beds.

Tracking solar panel output

Since purchasing and installing solar panels on my home I’ve been fascinated with my newfound ability to create free electricity from the sun and wanted to quantify it’s impact.

Hi I'm Paul.