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Logging Mechanisms

(2012: This post has been edited to remove any content specific to the company I was in at the time)

01 Aug 2012

John Wooden on Success

Enjoyed a talk by John Wooden immensely. The mp3, video and transcript are available here.

01 Aug 2012

How I learnt to Swim

May not seem like much of an achievement but it is one to me. Thought I’d describe how I learnt so that others can too (and to gloat :)).

01 Aug 2012

Pyramids, Problems & Posts

(2012: This was a post I put on the intranet. Have modified the original to remove the name of the company.

01 Aug 2012

Configuration Management - Managerial Considerations

3 of the 12 steps in Joel Spolsky’s article “The Joel Test: 12 Steps to Better Code” (written in 2000) dealt with builds. Today, everyone agrees on the need for...

01 Aug 2012

Book Review: Vile Bodies

The book is by Evelyn Waugh, who I read about on the cover of some other book I was reading. The reviewer praised the author saying he was ‘almost as...

01 Aug 2012