Network Ops

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

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

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

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

I’ve been thinking a lot about mindset recently. In particular, trying to figure out what character attributes are helpful for someone in a technical role. So let me start by asking you, personally – which of the following attributes would you use to describe yourself? What about your team mates? Cynical Curious Hopeful Skeptical I’m… Continue Reading

This evening (Monday, September 26, 2022) at 7:14pm EDT, the NASA DART spacecraft will intentionally crash into an asteroid named Dimorphos – hoping to change it’s course, thus saving the Earth from destruction! Ok, maybe that’s a slight exaggeration. You see, Dimorphos is not actually on course to hit the Earth, and even if it… Continue Reading