The Italian cuckoo

The Italian cuckoo

I have just returned from a short vacation. We have been to Italy. We visited Padua, where my daughter is…

Photography rebooted

Photography rebooted

From time to time, a new technology comes along. Someone finds a different and better [cheaper or easier or faster…

PowerPoint hints and tips #2

PowerPoint hints and tips #2

I wrote before about my angle on presentation techniques. As I spend a lot of my time in front of…

How do you tell the time?

How do you tell the time?

A simple enough question, I would think. Most people would reply with: “I look at my watch.” Or, if they…

What are meetings for?

What are meetings for?

In 1986, I joined a start-up company called Microtec Research – an embedded software development tools company. 10 years later,…

Poison yogurt

Poison yogurt

I am not feeling so good. That is not too surprising. At the time of writing, it is less than…

Universal time

Universal time

Most people feel the need to know the date and have a fairly accurate idea of what time it is….

PowerPoint hints and tips #1

PowerPoint hints and tips #1

In a recent post, I had a bit of a rant about bad presentations. I primarily lay the blame at…

Signs of the times

Signs of the times

You go through life and there are things that are always there and you expect them to always remain. And…