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...

Although my group euphemistically call it "Shirking from home" I'd echo the sentiments that a day or two with no distractions allows you to get a whole lot done.

There are several things I like about physical maps