Computers IRL #6
As a user of Microsoft Windows - whether software developer, business user, or generic web browser - it's inevitable that you'll see this dialog, usually at a most inopportune time.…
Devoxx Greece 2025
I submitted multiple talks for this year's Devoxx Greece, and, happily, the reviewers selected Demonolithing The Monolith? Forget It! to be presented. I've given this talk previously (including other Devoxx-branded…
Computers IRL #5
An information kiosk at the Acropolis Museum in Athens, Greece obviously woke up on the wrong side of bed on the day I visited. And no one to press <F1>…
Meandering Thoughts #41
Do tech-saavy children hear Rudolph, The Red-Nosed Reindeer and wonder why Santa just doesn't use GPS? Image Credits "Hermey & Rudolph" by In Memoriam: K!T is licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 2.0.
Paternoster Failure II
Twice I've attempted to ride a paternoster lift (elevator); twice I've failed. My first attempt was Stuttgart, Germany City Hall which has a working paternoster. Unfortunately, our arrival corresponded to…
Windows IRL #4
Everyone know I am not a fan of the Windows operating system - or more truthfully anything Microsoft - so it's always exciting to find their mistakes out in the…
Compound Interest on Software
"Compound Interest Street Sign On Wall Street" by investmentzen is licensed under CC BY 2.0. Many articles and posts online show how regular, small, incremental change result in much larger…
Software Engineering Grief
Human beings resist change. This is not personal opinion, it's our defense mechanism against uncertainty. If you narrow your target to software engineers and technologists - whom, in almost all…
Luddite Technologist
Saw this sticker on someone's computer at my local coffee shop and laughed. My life as a confirmed technology nerd is countered by my love of physical books. Unlike my…
Windows IRL #3
from Craig Hettich/The New York Times video Today, the largest IT outage in history hit the Windows operating system when a Crowdstrike patch caused reboots to fail. Catastrophic. While this…