Isolating 'work' and relaxation is a mistake.

Human minds are not specialized program generators, but are generalized problem solvers. At deep levels, our mind encounters programming problems just the same as...

Wayne West (7/22/2008)

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I'm sorry, but I'm not really seeing anything new here. "Degrees and certifications are no indicator of quality." "We want team players." "We want flexible...

my wife became quite ill with breathing problems a few years ago, and her employer (a prestigious university) provided partially paid leave for many months till the problems were eventually...

Can you imagine Toyota, for example, advertising a car with specfic new features, but when you buy it you find out that they don't work? And if you complain...

There's a couple of dangers here.

For many businesses there is a practical limit to how much real use additional can provide. It's all cool and geeky to extract various patterns...

I forgot to include this link with my post

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/06/20/mackay_on_carbon_free_uk/

One of the most annoying problems with CF is their spectrum.

I have that lighting in my closet area, and I cannot tell dark blue from black pants in that room.

I...

I don't have the full details, it was with our AS400 people (not my area, and I don't know for a fact the the SOX guy was right) but it...

We've actually had certain cross training nixed by SOX compliance people.

While the numbers always seem large, the value of the money is decreasing almost as fast as standard bank interest is accruing, so by the time you need it, it's...

Innovation is very important, but also is application of innovation. Some companies have come up with terrific innovations, but never applied them constructively in a product. Personally it's immaterial whether...

Databases are the last things we update, because we have so many applications relying on them, we need to get the apps updated before touching the db.

I really like the e-ink, and hope this develops to replace the backlit LCD in many portable devices. The shift some years ago to fully backlit (as opposed to reflected...

At some point, you're probably going to have to provide some info and not be excessively secretive, but I wouldn't think it's a good idea to put that in the...

This should come as no surprise that informal networks are so critical.

We (and other primates) have evolved mental structures and models for social networks, these are so deeply wired that...