It’s a book about negotiation, written by a former hostage negotiator: Mr Chris Voss.

The company I work for, Tek1, undertook to do the steel work drawings for a sizable project: the West Coast Eagles Stadium. Huge variations were pending.

The following post assumes a basic understanding of server-side programming.

What is going on?

I’ll note down the key ideas of “The Design of Everyday things” by Don Norman, as I read them. And my own views of them. You can procure a copy at Amazon, or at other bookstores. (No commissions received btw).

The new supersedes the old at a frenetic pace: desktop PCs rendered typewriters obsolete, BlackBerries were routed by IPhones etc.

I caught sight of a Github action which publishes and tags Ruby gems. It (hopefully) makes upgrading a little easier/more efficient. It’s one less thing maintainers need to worry about when managing a ruby gem.

We had a talent acquisition and retention problem. Here’s how we solved it:

The following is a summary of “Secrets of Consulting” by Gerald Weinberg - here is the LeanPub link or you can purchase it on Amazon, interspersed with my own thoughts and experiences. This post details the genesis of that purchase.

I had a crack at consulting yesterday. As I was randomly cruising Air Tasker - admittedly not the best place - I saw a posting I had expertise in: AWS Costing. Perhaps it would be a fun little job for me. I wouldn’t mind the occassional consulting here and there. But the problem is that you have to deal with people.