Monthly Archives: March 2019
Thar Brexit deal is cr*p
We set off early for the Put it to the People march. For once the trains were not sabotaged by Failing Grayling, and we found R successfully at the meeting point. Unfortunately my path failed to coincide with a couple … Continue reading
A Silver Bullet?
Book Review: Accelerate – Building and Scaling High-Performing Technology Organizations, by Nicole Forsgren, Jez Humble and Gene Kim This was the book all the speakers were talking about at QCon. Of course they were, by and large, following the practices … Continue reading
Cross Rail
Book Review: The Tunnel Through Time – A New Route for an Old London Journey, by Gillian Tindall This book themed around the Elizabeth Line, which of course should have been open for several months by now, but currently isn’t … Continue reading
QCon
Previously, when asked at work if I want to go to any conferences, I’ve been indifferent; this year, somehow, I agreed to go to QCon London and so I spent three days away from work, if not away from London, … Continue reading
Postcards from the edge
Book Review: Alone in Berlin, by Hans Fallada (translated by Michael Hoffmann) Perhaps it all started with the financial crash, but certainly since the Brexit referendum, I’ve felt a slow slide into the normalisation of xenophobia and intolerance (which is … Continue reading
First and Second Law (of Thermodynamics) 