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Years ago some people overheard a phone conversation where the person said "I am going to re-sign" and assumed he was leaving when in fact he was extending a contract...
July 21, 2016 at 6:20 am
I started one job with the understanding I would be part of a small team moving a product forwards. It turned out that that the product (including IP and source)...
July 19, 2016 at 11:15 am
Sadly I have encountered one to many people who believe knowledge is power and keep things to themselves. If they do not end up leaving they often morph into poor...
July 19, 2016 at 10:43 am
When I suffered this attitude (you were expected to struggle in even in artic conditions) I believe the person did not trust others because when he was working from home...
July 18, 2016 at 11:15 am
Rod at work (7/15/2016)
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July 15, 2016 at 10:53 am
In my first IT job I did occasional days in the home office when I was working on specifications, database design, etc. The work all got typed up when I...
July 15, 2016 at 6:55 am
SQLBill (7/13/2016)
Heck with floppies...my first computer used a cassette tape.-SQLBill
Cassettes here as well on a shared Nascom-1 (strangely Chris Shelton its developer is virtually forgotten unlike Clive Sinclair). My true...
July 14, 2016 at 6:05 am
I get badgered about NoSQL regularly as a) it is a buzzword and b) everyone is big data obsessed. Having looked at NoSQL there are clearly areas in which it...
July 13, 2016 at 10:59 am
djackson 22568 (7/7/2016)
July 8, 2016 at 6:14 am
Away from the workplace I think we have to not just declutter possessions but sometimes also friends. If someone takes and never gives, or just annoys you, then declutter them...
July 8, 2016 at 2:11 am
Iwas Bornready (7/7/2016)
July 7, 2016 at 8:30 am
It would need careful implementing to prevent self-deletion! Mind you it would have been useful where I worked nine years ago. Assuming I read everything right there would only have...
July 7, 2016 at 6:15 am
crmitchell (7/7/2016)
Peoples' names would be another, especially if it needs to handle misspellings, contractions and variants. There is also the issue as to whether middlenames are used.
I was using Soundex...
July 7, 2016 at 6:11 am
This reminded me of an e-mail that did the rounds 15 - 20 years ago. It was entitled "If Microsoft made cars". Included were descriptions of drivers having to get...
July 5, 2016 at 4:09 am
First of all I would like to wish everyone "All the Best on Independence Day"!
There are rumours that the UK will have its own Independence Day as a result of...
July 4, 2016 at 6:20 am
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