Sitting in the office today, was manually configuring a Windows 7 machine (no standard images yet) when a girl pipped up that most IT problems wouldn’t exist if we allowed the users to change the settings and install apps on their machines, because most problems could be solved by the users themselves. My knee-jerk reaction […]
There a management technique I’d like to share with you. Imagine you have a team of people that have one common goal with a tight deadline. Everyone must be effective, focused, and above all, competant. Typically, when it’s all-hands-on-deck time, you will undoubtedly have one person on your team who is a bit of a […]
I loved Deus Ex 1; it was a perfect balance between FPS shooter and RPG. Deus Ex 2 was awful, as if rushed to release. Deus Ex: Human Revolution, from announcement to release, promised to be based on the strengths of the first one, with some new ideas and mechanisms thrown in. Not so. I’ve […]
With the passing away of Steve Jobs, a lot of people are asking questions; one, will Apple survive, and two, what is Steve Jobs’ legacy, considering Apple’s domination of the technology markets. My interest in IT started just as the 386 was launched – when 10 Mhz made a difference, and co-processors/FPUs were an optional […]
I hate people who tentatively accept calendar invites. Think about it; there is a meeting that you want people to come to but you don’t know if they are available. You don’t know whether they are busy, but equally, you don’t know whether they are free. Therefore, before sending an invite, they might be free. […]
I once did an NLP course – I highly recommend NLP if you want to know what truly makes you tick. One of the exercises was to list out everything that I felt was important about work, then rate each attribute against the other to discover my top 4 motivators. Thus I found out that […]
I’ve made a good schedule now – I write 200+ words on this blog or on a hub, then get cracking with some fiction. It gets me focused on writing – like warming up before exercising. Anyway, drove out to a building site in Thatcham today. A bit of background; my company uses Checkpoint UTM […]
Long time since my last post. A quick recap: 1. I went to Newquay, had a fairly OK time. Stayed in the apparently-haunted Jamaica Inn on the first night, captured a girl’s voice talking to me as I rolled over in bed. When we got to Newquay, I lost a lot of money on the […]
Just a quick one – I am in my most favourite pub ever:
It’s a Saturday night. Se7en is on TV, my stomach is a little upset, and I’m ready to get tucked into a sofa-bed – or if I can be bothered, actual bed. It has been an odd week. I’ve accomplished a couple of large tasks, but still have lots to do. First – I’ve completed […]
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