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Millennials are scared of phone calls

January 3, 2023 By Andrew

Millennials are scared of phone calls

I recently read an article about a lady who “charges $480 an hour to help Gen Z and millennial workers overcome their fear of talking on the phone”. That’s an eye-catching headline, but on reflection I’m not surprised that this is a problem. I’m slightly too old to be a millennial, so I grew up… Continue Reading

Chess Boxing – yes, this is real

December 16, 2022 By Andrew

Chess Boxing – yes, this is real

Would it surprise you to learn that I like playing chess? Probably not. I mean, I’m a nerdy English guy, and what’s more nerdy than chess? When I was growing up we had a grand total of 4 TV channels in England, and in 1993 one of those four channels presented live coverage of the… Continue Reading

A robot wrote this article

December 14, 2022 By Andrew

A robot wrote this article

I recently came across a research project called ChatGPT which is an artificial intelligence designed specifically to understand written language and to chat online in a very convincing way. So it tries to sound human – great. But it also knows… nearly everything. Because it’s an AI that seems to have consumed most of the… Continue Reading

Perimeta Tips: Specify alarms to avoid silent failure

December 6, 2022 By Andrew

Perimeta Tips: Specify alarms to avoid silent failure

We try to keep the content of these articles varied – a mix of product info, industry events, operational best practices and technical tips. Today we’re going to double-down on the technical tips side of things, and share a best practice related to the Perimeta Session Border Controller. If you don’t know what an SBC… Continue Reading

Moonikins and MOPs

November 22, 2022 By Andrew

Moonikins and MOPs

In September I had the privilege to attend a lecture at Duke University given by Dr Ehsan Samei, who last week had the unusual experience of watching his work get launched into space. One of my daughters is a space enthusiast, and so we pay close attention to anything that NASA is doing, and last… Continue Reading

Starbucks is focusing on faster Frappuccinos

November 14, 2022 By Andrew

Starbucks is focusing on faster Frappuccinos

Longstanding readers may have noticed that I’m a bit of a process nerd. I really enjoy figuring out how to do something, and then figuring out how to do it better and faster. I was therefore fascinated to read about Starbucks plan to overhaul the processes their baristas follow to make coffee. Take a look… Continue Reading

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