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Audio re-organisation

Under the category of “Things to do as a Kept Man,” I undertook to organize our 5000+ song iTunes library. First, let me say that I was amazed at how difficult and time consuming the process is. One would think that in 2012 it would be a 5 minute process. For those interested, I found […]

Engineers isolated from customers

For the techie folks out there: Reading an article regarding Amazon’s success implementing a distributed micro-services architecture and I came across this success factor bullet. “Developers should spend some time with customer service every two years. Their they’ll actually listen to customer service calls, answer customer service e-mails, and really understand the impact of the […]

Put your phones DOWN!

2011 Toyota Corolla decided to try and give me an enema while I was stopped at a stop light. Lady was cell phone browsing, but no way to prove it. Testament to modern car safety that no one was injured. PITA now to deal with insurance and repair. (her car in the picture btw). I […]