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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.”

Valuing existing customers

• July 5, 2023

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.

The Online Safety "Bull"

• June 29, 2023

Imagine you wanted to send a message to a friend. The message has sensitive information so you want to send it securely.

The right question

• June 28, 2023

I’ve written a lot about questions, and answers.

In the book Questions are the answer there is a quote from Peter Drucker:

Pressure and stress

• June 27, 2023

We often equate pressure with stress and vice versa.

This article has a nice definition of the difference:

Ignoring the bad

• June 26, 2023

Nearly every technology can be used for good and bad. Quite a bold statement but something I believe is true.

Mind - not time - management

• June 25, 2023

Being productive is sometimes more about mind management than time management.

Photos on a map

• June 24, 2023

It is possible to see a (heat)map of all the photos you have taken in Google Photos.

Viable is important

• June 23, 2023

“Minimum Viable Product”, or MVP, is a phrase that has become common place. It gained fame through the Lean Startup book and the work of Eric Ries.