We use the analogy of firefighting when people handle unexpected problems at work. Instead of reacting in a chaotic manner like civilians, adopt the strategic approach of trained firefighters. This involves having a plan, clarifying roles, training people and practicing together. Doing so, we can create a better culture of preparedness in our companies.
When no matter how much you treat some problems as a “software” issue, there’s no escaping the “hardware” truth.
Pequenas histórias de 6 palavras são inspiradas num famoso desafio colocado ao escritor Hernest Hemingway. ...
After 15 days of confinement due to COVID-19, with 2 adults working and 3 children attending school remotely, “WFH” is standing more closely to “Working from Hell” than “Working from Home”. 😱
Pop quiz about PHP and something we’ve stumbled upon last week, while working on a client’s codebase. ...
A real story of how following good security practices is both easier to do than ad-hoc methods, and it spreads quickly to others.
Comparison between different ways of doing enumerates, with scala.Enumeration, case object and Java’s Enum.
Análise do impacto do incêndio no Andanças, seguradoras envolvidas e nacionalidade das matrículas.
Compare and contrast different design artefacts (sketch, wireframe, mockup, and prototype) in terms of their fidelity, speed, cost and use cases.
A while back, Widgetlabs (makers of Vodafone’s Update app for iPhone) was kind enough to ask about my complaints regarding the Vodafone Update app. Having setup version 2.0 of the app to connect to my Twitter, Facebook and LinkedIn accounts, here’s a quick list of my main impressions, in no particular order: Problems Poor timeline management, with several issues: Entries getting frequently out of chronological order, with the most recent ones appended after 1 month old entries, for example....