Living by a set of Core Principles in the world of today. These posts, articles, share my own light-beam, with their own blind spots, their own shadows. I know that. But I believe that it is only by sharing all light beams that we can make the Shadow recede.
Once upon a time, eons ago, in the 90s, humanity finally had the support it deserved to store its records. For ever. Or so suggested the advertisements. Away with self-erasing VHS tapes, begone mpeg-1 pixelated VCDs, to the museum, the 30 cm-wide laser discs. Don’t forget to recycle these K7....
I was born Here. That’s what I was repeatedly being told. Also, I lived Here because Here was best for everything. Primarily because the schools were really good. Of course, Elsewhere, it was warmer, nicer, cheaper, more colourful, and definitely more exciting, more interesting. Elsewhere was, in one word, better. That is...
This was supposed to be a light, funny chronicle about how boring football has become. Or so it seems to me after the last 3 international competitions. What use to be called catenaccio, is now called parking the bus. The day took a different turn though when a rat was...
Who to trust these days? Even when it looks, sounds or reads like factual evidence, it just may not be. Which means that so much could be anyone’s opinion, whether a self-styled commentator or a vetted authority. We can only truly make up our mind if we gather, test and...
Not a day without its litany of advice: don’t eat this, don’t eat that, drive like this, not like that, don’t go there, go there … And when the advice stops, then the incentives, the nudging, or even the orders start. You will take the bus. You will insulate your windows. You will agree. You will eat your broccoli. ...
Notifications, updates, lights and sounds, everyone and everything competing for our attention. So little time to think by ourselves that we just wish to be left alone. Sometimes. To then feel lonely. The WHO declared loneliness an epidemic. This resonates so much with so many that it seems to have...
War is coming. Every commander-in-chief, active or retired, from every country, even China, has confirmed it was their current scenario. The invasion of Ukraine tipped over 10 years of wobbly international relations. It made the impossible possible again. Mutually Assured Destruction is an actual potential scenario, as demonstrated since 2 years. ...
We all use(d) third party software, privately or business-wise. Whether for taxes, HR, private banking or accountancy, nothing escapes digitalisation. Our smartphones and cars are loaded with software to which we entrust nothing less than our lives. Tomorrow, AI will connect the missing dots for our governments, our businesses and...
4000 UK sub postmasters had to repay funds that never went missing in the first place, 900 were convicted of theft, jail time for many and at least 4 suicides. The prosecution of these UK Post Office sub postmasters may have been a direct result of corporate greed, personal incompetence,...
Legacy software are these awkward pieces of software you inherit, cannot get rid of and eventually slowly rot at the heart of your system. The ones that are essential, and yet date from the years when punch cards, optical readers and switch-boards were the cutting edge of IT. Yes, and...
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