I think it's important to note that it takes time and practice to get new techniques delivering speed and quality improvements.

You wont get it right first time.  Each...

The Electric Monk was a labour-saving device, like a dishwasher or a video recorder. Dishwashers washed tedious dishes for you, thus saving you the bother of washing them yourself,...

This prooves that tech debt will NEVER be fixed http://uk.mobile.reuters.com/article/technologyNews/idUSKBN17C0D8

The only viable strategy is prevention. Thorough automated testing plays a huge part in that.

To me work is like a marriage.  Beyond the norm the occasional pleasant surprise keeps things fresh.

I firmly believe that enthusiasm and engagement are the default settings and...

A big part of the problem is the way in which people become managers, the support they don't get when becoming managers and the ongoing training that they don't get...

I had a boss who said "Fetch the architecture coin"!
I'm not convinced he was wrong

I guess it's implicit in the online research but I would emphasise validating what I think I know.  Things move so quickly in the Big Data space that what was...

It was when I found myself rushing the relaxation exercises that I realised I had a problem.

I find switching off the TV and radio, avoiding social media and...

I've reached the conclusion that most people are self motivated and will go beyond the bare minimum for the satisfaction of delivering something that meets their personal ideas of quality.

The separation between development and operations was unintended, no-one planned it and in retrospect it looks like being a bit IT mistake.  It is obvious why it happened.
Specialisms grew...

Big Data isn't OLTP data unless you are doing high speed financial trading.

Buck Woody said that "Big Data is data that you struggle to process with the technology...

I'm going to say yes to this.

My reasoning is that it gets people thinking about data in new ways even if it does produce a circular story.  It...