There is a rather serious article on Slashdot about unprepared minds being traumatized when working as a content moderator. There are a lot of sick people around, when they fancy their fancies, any sane person should be as far as possible. But that understanding is always easy coming. As it is often said: “Some things … Continue reading On psychological trauma via a content filtering job
While reading through Matt Damon Wikipedia entry on the subject of Jimmy Kimmel, I scrolled further down to his Matt’s personal life, where I found the following sentence: From 2001 to 2003, he dated Odessa Whitmire, a former personal assistant of Billy Bob Thornton and Ben Affleck. I know, I know all those jokes about … Continue reading One or three?
Working in the office on Omonia Avenue in Limassol, I couldn’t have not noticed the wind turbines. They were transported in pieces by huge trucks from the new port to somewhere. Some people went adventurous and actually located the wind farm near Pafos. But until today I haven’t heard any news coverage of the wind … Continue reading Cyprus on the way to renewable energy
This video would have been so much funnier if it wasn’t so true. This is one of the main reasons I don’t want to work for a large company – neither be employed by one, nor have one as a client. The simpler the thing that needs to be done, the more people participate and … Continue reading Corporate design process
Every once in a while I read a bed-time story my son Maxim. For those of you who don’t know him, is five and a half years old now. Today he, as usual, got ready for bed, picked the book to read, and was waiting for me. When I walked into the room, I got … Continue reading My first bible – the most confusing book ever