Tag: smartdata
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Reply to: Deleting Systems You Don't Understand
Ibrahim Diallo shared his experience of deleting all his family PC's .ini files when he was 10, not knowing they were important, and compares it to what some developers do when they refactor-out something that seems insignificant. I reply with a story from early in my career...
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My Salary History
Inspired by Jeremy Keith doing the same, I've made the salary history of my career transparent.
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Out as Poly at Work
I've been "out" about my polyamory in every job I've had for the last 20+ years. I recommend it.
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On This Day In 2005
On this day in 2005, Dan received an unusual parcel. No, you're not reading the same post twice... this is not a fault... just deja vu!
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On This Day In 1999
It's 12 years to the day since Dan first downloaded a copy of The Matrix, whose massive 1.4GB bulk ate up virtually all of his spare hard drive space. How quickly these things become obsolete.
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Idiocy Repeats Itself
Dan rushes down three flights of stairs to the meeting room where there's free food left over, slips on the stairs, and... hang on: haven't we seen this blog post before, back in 2009?
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The Final Hours
It's Dan's final day working for SmartData: on Monday, he starts his new job at the Bodleian Library. As I'm sure you might have guessed, he has a nice, relaxing weekend planned between the two...
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On This Day in 2002 (New Job!)
Dan looks back to 2002, when he began working for SmartData. Now, nine years on, he's planning to move on to his next job, with the Bodleian Libraries in Oxford!
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Hectic (so let's look at Paul, instead of writing a proper blog post)
Between SmartData work, Three Rings work, freelance work, strange new bits of voluntary work, and the rapidly-looming wedding between Ruth & JTA (along with handling all of the crises that come with that, like the two mentioned on the wedding blog and the threat of rail strike action on the weekend of the event, which …
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Right Feature, Wrong Project
Since I've been working from home, things with my "day job" at SmartData have ticked along pretty much the same as they ever did before. But once in a while, something goes wrong. Like this.
I checked my instant messenger, and saw a bit of text from my boss, Simon:
also, have you implemenmted a … -
Working From Home
The phone rings. It's clear to me by the sound it makes and by the image on it's display that this is a business call.
"Good morning, SmartData; Dan speaking," I say.
The caller identifies themselves, and asks to speak to Alex, another SmartData employee. I look to my right to see if Alex is available (presumably … -
SmartData Merry Christmas 2009
The singing and dancing elf talents of Simon, Dan, Alex and Gareth are back! Merry Christmas one and all!
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Kiwi Evolution
A discussion at SmartData this morning:
Dan: (eating a kiwi fruit) So why are kiwis hairy?
Gareth: To give insects something to cling onto?
Dan: Like "kiwi headlice"? But to what purpose? How does that benefit the plant?
Gareth: Well, then maybe it's to make them look even more like gonads.
Dan: Heh. But again, to what purpose?
Gareth: To … -
What Does This Bug Report Mean?
A bug report just came in from a client I'm responsible for at work. It reads:
...Main menu - home page - The 'g' of outstanding debts is permanently underlined.
Correct.
I'm not even sure what this message means. It looks like the client is telling me that the letter 'g' at the end of the … -
SmartData Merry Christmas 2008
SmartData want to wish you a merry Christmas and happy software!
Also available on YouTube.