-
How to become lucky
This is a good article on how to become lucky in life, http://ninjasandrobots.com/why-are-some-people-so-much-luckier-than-others
-
A good comparison of open source RDBMS
Here is a good comparison of open source RDBMS. This site also has a comparison of NoSQL databases.
-
How to review your own performance after 1 year
I have a friend and colleague who has just completed one year in a new role. He is a middle manager in a dynamic international firm. I think that the first year in job is very important, most businesses have an annual cycle and it is only after a whole year that you can begin to understand…
-
What is the right p/e ratio for a tech business?
People who are interested in this sort of thing will be interested in this article. http://abovethecrowd.com/2011/05/24/all-revenue-is-not-created-equal-the-keys-to-the-10x-revenue-club/ I wish this article had been available when I ran a start-up during the first dot-com bubble.
-
Humour: Excel and big data
As consultants our job is to help the user and unlike the poor second line support person we usually have the time and infrastructure to do it. Here is an amusing rant from one such Sys Admin in The Register. The scenario will be familar to anyone who has ever done a data warehouse project…
-
How to connect to a Galaxy S3 with adb
I recently had to reinstall my Android development environment because my Samsung Galaxy S3 did an over the air update and is now on Android 4.3. Follow these instructions to enable developer options on your phone. Install and run Samsung Kies to enable a USB connection to your phone (I could not get the driver only install…
-
On national destinies
I am reading Peter Hopkirk’s “The Great Game” a brilliant book about the Russia’s conquest of the Near East and attempts to reach British India. The present conflicts in the region remind us of the importance of understanding history and national characters. This quote came to mind, Americans are born to liberty, Russians to oppression…
-
What Microsoft does not want you to know about OneDrive
If you are DropBox user you will love it. It simply works and you can share files with co-workers and they stay in sync on your laptop. Here is screenshot of the folder structure in Windows Explorer on my laptop. You can see a folder that I have shared with a client. They can update…
Dr James Bayley
Creating successful projects
Dr James Bayley 