Professional cruncher of 'impossible' problems. Philosopher. Scientist. Adventurer. Programming Working Simulator Programs on Mainframe Computers at 9 yrs old | First tech start-up at 16 yrs old | Wrote first OS at 17 yrs old | Grad school at 20 yrs old | Still learning more accelerating rapidly!
Sunday, 24 July 2011
Luck
"There is no such thing as luck. There is only adequate or inadequate preparation to cope with a statistical universe." Robert Heinlein
Sunday, 17 July 2011
Automated stalking
Creepy - I've just confirmed that Facebook is stalking me by scraping my LinkedIn account to make friends suggestions.
Sunday, 10 July 2011
Just though that I should re-generate my QR codes so here they are
My QR code for LinkedIn
My QR code for Twitter
I hope that these work better than the QR codes that I saw demonstrated at IMRG at Microsoft in London last week.!
Contract Killer
Not so much talking of Edward Fox in Paris as thinking here of an analysis of what is likely to kill other people's projects.
I wouldn't say I am a manager anymore than Bill Gates is a typist. After all, My Gates had to press keys occasionally to cut code and I've have to make people do complex, challenging things for money to get creative things done. Never the less I noted after a recent discussion on contractor selection that I have actually recruited, assessed and employed contractors and external companies for over five hundred professional companies over the years. I've employed people while wearing the hats of Fortune 500 executive, Government Scientist, Research Scientist, Start-up entrepreneur and Ober-technologist. Strangely enough I can only count the bad experiences on the fingers of one hand - and almost every time it has been when I've not had complete control of the process or when I've overestimated someone who is key to the process.
I wouldn't say I am a manager anymore than Bill Gates is a typist. After all, My Gates had to press keys occasionally to cut code and I've have to make people do complex, challenging things for money to get creative things done. Never the less I noted after a recent discussion on contractor selection that I have actually recruited, assessed and employed contractors and external companies for over five hundred professional companies over the years. I've employed people while wearing the hats of Fortune 500 executive, Government Scientist, Research Scientist, Start-up entrepreneur and Ober-technologist. Strangely enough I can only count the bad experiences on the fingers of one hand - and almost every time it has been when I've not had complete control of the process or when I've overestimated someone who is key to the process.
Saturday, 9 July 2011
Organizational charts in major tech
Manu Cornet caricaturizes org charts of major tech companies, such as Amazon with its top-down structure and Google with its slightly less structured structure. Thanks to the every wise Tobe Freeman for tipping me off to this!
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