From the about page: The ‘Mirabaud Yacht Racing Image’ is a yearly photographic contest and exhibition. It seeks to recognise the very best yacht racing image taken during the year, and that which best represents the essence and excitement of yacht racing as a sport. Regardless of whether or not you are into sailing, photography, … Continue reading Mirabaud Yacht Racing Image
In Head-Hunting, Big Data May Not Be Such a Big Deal Very interesting interview with Laszlo Block, senior vice president of people operations at Google. Â Here are some of my favorite bits. Years ago, we did a study to determine whether anyone at Google is particularly good at hiring. We looked at tens of thousands … Continue reading In Head-Hunting, Big Data May Not Be Such a Big Deal
I’ve been hearing the term “water testing” for one of the work projects that I am involved in. Â The term is used to describe the stage of the project when it’s available on the production servers with live data, but open only to a subset of the users. Â After searching around for a bit, I … Continue reading Water testing is not a term (for software testing)
I’ve spent the better part of Wednesday and Thursday of last week in Amsterdam, at Best Practical’s RT training sessions. I’ve been using Request Tracker (RT) for many years now. Â The first version I saw was 2.x, and it wasn’t my own install, but I did participate in configuration and customization. Â I also used … Continue reading Best Practical RT training
Cyprus Mail reports: POLICE YESTERDAY warned members of the public to be wary of scam artists posing as religious or charitable groups. According to police, a group of people are going around pretending to members of a church committee or charity selling pictures of negligible value for €50 or more. Their target market is elderly … Continue reading Beware of religious scammers