All this philosophy, let’s get rid of it. It’s even worse than the novels. Thinkers, philosophers, all thinking exactly the same thing - only I am right, the others are all idiots. Ah, this one must be very profound: the Ethics of Aristotle. Now, anybody that read that must believe he’s a cut above anybody that hasn’t.
In the last year or so, I’ve started getting into running, and while I definitely wouldn’t call myself a proper runner, I’m improving. One…
I’m sure most developers have had the experience of buying a book on a new programming language, working through the first couple of…
It’s good to take the opportunity to clean up your code as you go along, especially on big projects that will be maintained for a while…
Ahead of the recent tube strike, a colleague asked for advice on getting from Vauxhall to Euston. Never mind that there’s a bus that goes…
I’ve never understood why so many people default to taking the lift. I’ve worked with dozens of people who pay good money to go to the gym…
I must confess to being mildly obsessed with my Strava statistics. I love knowing how steep the hills are that I’ve ridden up, and how many…
I don’t want to perpetuate the stereotype of engineers as introverted geeks, but a lot of inventions lately seem to be ways to avoid talking…
Clients aren’t stupid. OK, well some of them are. But, much as designers and developers love to think they are cleverer than everyone else…
I’ve always been suspicious of people who can afford to be bohemian. In light of the recent spat between Chris Bryant and James Blunt about…
Imagine you’re going away on holiday. You decide where to go. You book a hotel. You book flights. You decide what you’re going to take. So…
