http://money.cnn.com/2008/03/14/technology/kirkpatrick_thoughtworks.fortune/index.htm Nuff said (although journalists never quite get it.)
Browsing Posts in Philosophy
After a meeting of the office of the CTO, most of us stayed around in our San Francisco office for a few days to do some podcasts and to participate in a Code Jam for Inveneo, a not-for-profit who provide computers and connectivity to developing countries (especially their schools, hospitals, and poorer villages). They install [...]
If you’re complaining to someone about how wet it is, or cold, or hot, or how much interest rates have gone up, or your shares in Acme corp have gone down, or how your neighbour turns the music up too loud and you can’t sleep – just have a reality check for a few hours [...]
From Incite comes Insight is not only one of my favourite blogs for Enterprise Architecture, but one for good ideas about each doing our part to make the world a better place. The latest one helps pour some soothing balm on the inner cynical voice. Just for kicks, could all my ThoughtWorks colleagues do a [...]
What do troubadours, Joe Guttenburg, and Jimbo Wales have in common? They each have done their part in helping spread knowledge amongst their fellow humans. Wales’ Wikimedia Foundation is currently running a fund-raising appeal. When you see the link on the next Wikipedia page you use, why not throw a few dollars their way, and [...]
Recently, Les Hatton wrote a compelling article entitled The Chimera of Software Quality. (Les Hatton, “The Chimera of Software Quality,” Computer, vol. 40, no. 8, pp. 104, 102-103, Aug., 2007) A section of the article headed The cost of poor quality points out the economic impact of poor software quality, and the almost belligerently ignorant [...]
During a recent leadership programme day at work, my penchant for toying with language led me to this one-liner — not worthy of Jason Yip‘s growing compendium of kÅans, but I think there’s something in it for all of us. Be an influencer, not an influenza.
The blinding light of illumination has made me see what I’ve known was there all along. The darkness was comfort. It hid what I didn’t want to look at. Now I see it and I have resolved to deal with it for good, to have dominion over it, to remove it. It’s not going to [...]
From an email: True belief is a strange thing. It doesn’t matter what transpires, or what is being told to you, or what other thoughts (logical or irrational) that fly through your head, you still believe. Sometimes, it’s just Time that tells – or perhaps it’s really forgetfulness. It’s a burden and a comfort. I [...]
