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Always agreeing

July 31, 2023

When interviewing a potential candidate recently I asked them the difference, in their opinion, between the way a consultant/contractor engages with a company and a full time employee.

Advice, warnings and genetic algorithms

July 20, 2023

In the Knowledge Project podcast with Adam Robinson there is an interesting observation about warnings.

Avoiding regrets

July 14, 2023

When my daughter was at nursery I missed a show she was in. Unknown to me, she had the leading role and I missed it because of a work meeting.

I rely on RSS

July 10, 2023

I rely on RSS (Really Simple Syndication) to keep me up to speed on what is happening in the world.

Life changer

July 7, 2023

I was fortunate enough to meet someone who dramatically changed my life but didn’t know it. And when I met them I didn’t even get the chance to speak to them or say thank you.

Rites of passage

July 6, 2023

“A rite of passage is a ceremony or ritual of the passage which occurs when an individual leaves one group to enter another.”

I wonder if there are a group of people in companies that set the prices for their products that still like the concept of bartering? They seem to like the negotiations of trying to find the highest price an existing customer will stay with them.

Public/Private keys introduction

June 30, 2023

I recently had to try and explain to some non-technical colleagues how part of our system works. This involved giving them a very quick overview of public/private key cryptography. So I thought I would summarise it here.