Don’t forget the maintenance
And while it is very easy to understand what maintenance means for objects, like cars or gadgets. The really important maintenance is on ourselves (e.g. health), the …
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Is there a future for MBAs during COVID?
You can get access to excellent online training so what does paying for an MBA gives you? The diploma is sure something important, but networking is even more so. People …
Data is the future, but few understands it
After seeing the mighty power that data brought to some (very few) tech companies, I hear a lot about how collecting ALL data is the best thing to do in IT today. There …
The myth of innovation being led by the private sector (or how to fail to attract investors)
There is a myth about innovation that goes like this: Innovation is driven by Entrepreneurs in the private sector with the public sector at best a spectator, at worst a …
RDS Postgresql S3 import of CSV and gzip files
Improvement of the AWS documentation about importing data from S3 to an RDS PostgreSQL server
Experiments to reduce distractions
Have you ever turned on your mobile with a specific goal in mind and ended up being distracted by emails, chat, work up to the point of forgetting the initial purpose? It …
A real story about life-critical IT (aka how 5 minutes of work kept me awake all night )
Two weeks after starting a new IT work in a hospital, we saved a life. The impact on my behaviour since then has been profound.
Do schools kill creativity?
My favourite TED talk is “Do schools kill creativity?” by Sir Ken Robinson. I’m not alone as it is the most viewed TED talk. The first time I watched it, I loved the …
Where do I start?
NB: I am taking some creative license in the first sentence, it is not as catastrophic as I make is sound :) The plan is to clean the house, and with two kids of 6 and 3, …
The error in most business book
and this blog