James McGillivray

@jamesmcg.bsky.social

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Father. Microsoft Data Consultant and Director at Cobalt Analytics | Speaker - PowerBI World Tour / PASS Summit / SQLBits | MCSE Data Analytics & Management | Cricket | Arsenal | Musical Theatre 🚻 He/Him

South African Braai with Boerewors, Spare Ribs, Chicken Kebabs cooking on a Weber grill.
Afternoon mixer with Clippy!
List of sessions at the Community Theatre at FabCon 2026
A lilac-breasted roller, beautiful South African bushveld bird, sits on a small branch. The bird is a variety of blues, purples and pinks.
Photo of me at 5:15AM in Johannesburg, South Africa, celebrating the Seahawks win, wearing all my Seahawks Apparel and drinking tea from my Seahawks mug!
Photo of me at 5:15am in Johannesburg, South Africa, celebrating the Seahawks win with a cup of tea in my Seahawks mug
My Lego display shelf. Includes 5 Star Wars Dioramas, both Friends sets, one Harry Potter set and the Disney castle. Currently unorganised
Daily temperatures in South Africa for the next few days.
A cheetah lying on a dirt road, focussing on something behind the camera. The cheetah is licking its lips.
A selfie of me, late afternoon, with a family of 3 rhino (2 adults and a baby) eating in the background, no more that 30m from me.
Banner from the Excel World Championships event where I am currently lying 13th, with 1470 points.
The view from the toilet in question. In the foreground you can see 3 urinals, with a large window facing out onto an open plain. 4 rhino are drinking from a trough, an ostrich is standing, and antelope are grazing.
A picture of a toddler holding a cricket ball, wearing sunglasses and a beanie.
An elephant charging down a road directly at the camera
A leopard climbs down over an anthill in Mpumalanga, South Africa.
A selfie from the stage of an Andrea Bocelli concert facing out towards the audience.
A picture from the concert mentioned in this post. The conductor is wearing a top in the style of the South African flag, the orchestra members are in various hats, glasses and other paraphernalia, and are covered in streamers, and the choir have all manner of weird and wonderful accessories, including a huge number of South African flags.
The email I received from the MVP Program notifying me that I’d been accepted
African Barred Owlet with head turned back almost through 180°
A fish eagle on a branch in Mpumalanga, South Africa
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A virtual certificate with text "Celebrating 10M users on Bluesky, #485,837, James McGillivray ‪@jamesmcg.bsky.social‬, joined on Aug 5, 2023"
Lying holding my son as he takes his afternoon nap
A professional photograph of me holding my son, with both of us wearing flat caps.
A photograph of myself and my wife, from our maternity photo shoot.
An image from the app, “Daddy Up”, detailing the progress of pregnancy. Today is 34 weeks.