Recently the cartoon Dilbert posted the following. This strip has consistently done a good job of pointing out the challenges and realities of the modern corporate world. What I liked about this strip was the tension that we see between engineering and marketing. This same tension can be seen between development and sales, management and […]
This morning I made it to the Gym and got a nice mile long swim in. All the lanes of the pool were full, which is not the usual case when I get my swim in, so I am thankful that not everyone gorged themselves yesterday to the point of not being able to do […]
While recording my podcast this week over at Games At Work dot Biz I realized that I have been doing podcasts for over 10 years now. It all started with my current Co-host Michael Martine and I putting together an audio recording to promote a project we had for work. We called it Project Wookie, […]
It didn’t take Apple long to release a new beta that supports Portrait mode for the iPhone 7 Plus. As someone who likes taking depth of field pictures with a DSLR, I couldn’t resist. The feature does show amazing promise: The above grid shows two sample shots, one in bright sunlight and the other in […]
I was waiting for this morning before I posted my review of the new Swim features of the Apple watch Series 2. I’ve been a bit under the weather the last few days, so there was a chance I would not go for my Sunday morning swim… but I felt up to it this morning. […]
One of the things I look forward to each summer is upgrading my iOS devices to each of the developer beta drops. It is always an exciting time, usually with lots of bugs and problems. For some reason this summer was different. The upgrades were simple, they didn’t cause a lofty of problems, and not […]
I’ve been loving my TIVO, we can watch / record upto 6 shows at one time. Very cool… However, recent changes in the system have really made me frustrated.. and I am betting it is TIVO cowtowing to the media industry. I used to be able to sit in my computer room and do some […]
OK, a quick update on yesterday’s blog post, on how individual people work hard at fixing the problems of corporate policy. Yesterday the service tech came by anyway, left his business card, found and fixed the problem for the hum..asked that I double check this morning, and if it was still a problem he’d come […]
In the last month, I’ve had the “opportunity” to have to use customer service from a couple of companies. Both companies have websites and call centers, with the goal of improving customer service. To say that they actually provide customer service is another thing. The first is a major appliance manufacturer. About 14 months ago […]
I don’t tend to post a bunch here, and I’ve been crazy busy lately, so I feel a bit guilty that I’ve not had much time to blog. So what’s up? I have been completely dumbfounded by Brexit, and the demographic split that has shown up in the UK during this debate. A while back […]
