Product quality: belief or proof?

Product quality: belief or proof?

There are two aspects of any product that give me great pleasure: good design and quality of manufacture. This applies…

Stand-by or boot-up

Stand-by or boot-up

Like most people nowadays, I have a selection of electronic devices that have become part of the fabric of my…

Blocking and non-blocking APIs

Blocking and non-blocking APIs

I recently received an email from a regular reader of this blog. I am always very happy to receive feedback,…

8 bits anyone?

8 bits anyone?

It was well over 10 years ago and I was working a trade show booth with a techie colleague. It…

Where does Ford make its paint?

Where does Ford make its paint?

There is a good, albeit rather general, rule that applies to the management of a successful business: focus on what…

Introducing the iBrush

Introducing the iBrush

Today, for a change, instead of discussing some embedded software technology, I would like to put forward a concept for…

Creeping elegance

Creeping elegance

Today I am going to tell you a tale. It is a true story of events that happened long, long…

Seeing is believing

Seeing is believing

I am a difficult customer. When I am buying something, I want see exactly what I am getting for my…

volatile

volatile

I have often talked and written about my thoughts on programming languages. In particular the fact that there really is…