I recently had the opportunity to be a judge for the European Software Testing Awards. I know what you’re thinking. It’s probably the same as Mahatma Gandhi: “Imperfect men have no right to judge other imperfect men”, and you’d be right (I’m also sure he meant “people”). But in this instance, I reckon we can…
I recently gave a talk at the Enterprise IT Strategy Forum about maximising software development productivity. As shown in the photo below, despite reading through my slides numerous times, I clearly forgot to proof read the opening one…oops! Typos aside, it was all good fun and led to many interesting conversations and connections afterwards. If…
Pickled vegetables are great. Arguably, the greatest pickled vegetable is the gherkin. It is said, that they were once cucumbers, but who knows the origin story…and truthfully, who cares, they’re tasty and add an essential twang to a barbeque treat. But what can these pickled delights teach us? Unsurprisingly, not a great deal typically, but…
You hear a lot about how modern smartphones are 1000s of times more powerful than the NASA computers that sent Apollo to the moon. To be honest, it’s surprising, but you do kind of expect it… But how do those old school beasts match up against something a bit more mundane…a toothbrush for example. Some…
Continuing to push analogies to breaking point…This time with fries! You might have seen a post recently with describing an application as front end, back end and API. Something along these lines: Nice. Elegant. Simple. It provides a convenient way to talk about technology that everyone can relate to….but is it too simplistic? There’s lots…