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Speed Up Your Problems


When I first started my job there was no end of tasks that I could get my informancing hands on and improve. There was a lot of data sitting around in what I’ve called silos. That is, the data existed in a database but that database was not connected with other databases […]

Drive Thru


June
The day had been a long one. It was the sort of work day one stares at a clock in an attempt to will it to move faster. It was over now. Thankfully over. All Charles wanted to do was grab some dinner and poop out on the couch with […]

Making License Plates


This is a phrase I first saw in the book Cryptonomicon by Neal Stephenson. The phrase refers to work that is devoid of creative thinking.
For example, a company is starting a new product line. In the beginning of that process, they need engineers to design the product. Artists and graphic […]