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  • Reply To: Who's Responsible?

    I would not get my personal credit and finances involved in company dealings.  If my company wanted me to spend THEIR money, that's OK, but I'm not going to take...

  • Reply To: Trust!

    Rod at work wrote:

    Perhaps some of this is because I am melancholy by nature. Also, I grew up in the country where our society expects everyone to be friendly, however the kids...

  • Reply To: Trust!

    And here's another area of trust that worries me.  I regularly reconcile all my financial accounts monthly.  Why?  Because they are all on computer systems that can cause errors.  Just...

    • This reply was modified 2 years, 5 months ago by skeleton567.
  • Reply To: Trust!

    When I was growing up, our house, when it was even locked at all, was locked with a 'skeleton key' (look that one up if you are not old enough...

  • Reply To: The Best Graph

    Rod, at my age I like to use both good graphics and good summarized data.   Suffering from my OCD (self-diagnosed) I almost daily have to check in on my retirement...

  • Reply To: The Best Graph

    Steve, this posting brings back a funny memory of my last DBA position with a company that was purchased by Bridgestone Firestone a few years before I retired.  It makes...

    • This reply was modified 2 years, 5 months ago by skeleton567.
  • Reply To: Empathetic Design

    m60freeman wrote:

    I have a 36" wide stairway to my basement. The builder installed a 32" door at the top of the stairs. It saved money, but I can't get most...

    • This reply was modified 2 years, 5 months ago by skeleton567.
  • Reply To: Empathetic Design

    Rod, I will respond to your original post that I still have in an email notice.  Your description of your work situation regarding the boss and software design is intriguing,...

  • Reply To: A New World of Data

    Just looking back at this old article and responses, I will throw out that my home network has now grown to 34TB of storage on two 4-drive NAS devices and...

    • This reply was modified 2 years, 5 months ago by skeleton567.
  • Reply To: Empathetic Design

    I have commented for many years that software developers, and even for most product developers, it should be required that they actually use what they design.  It just doesn't make...

    • This reply was modified 2 years, 5 months ago by skeleton567.
    • This reply was modified 2 years, 5 months ago by skeleton567.
  • Reply To: Design Lessons for Software

    Some days I look out at the world and ask myself "What have we done?"

  • Reply To: Design Lessons for Software

    wrote:

    Keep it simple: Simple designs are often the best designs. By keeping things simple, you can reduce complexity and make your software easier to use.

    Protolabze:

    I agree on the keeping...

  • Reply To: The Survivors

    below86 wrote:

    Yeah, I need to find my resume.  I think I backed it up to the cloud, I hope so , my other PC died about a year ago.

    That's OK,...

    • This reply was modified 2 years, 6 months ago by skeleton567.
  • Reply To: The Survivors

    ArthurFED wrote:

    This post could really benefit by addressing those dedicated workers doing IT for government agencies.  My work group is only down 50% from the staff level in place when...

  • Reply To: The Survivors

    Over my 42 years in IT I suffered layoff three times.  Fortunately, every time it worked out that I was in better shape afterward.  Of course it is traumatic when...

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