Imagine a world where every IT project we work on is steered by the most capable hands. Where success is not just hoped for, but designed in through proven competence. In our world of business…
“Before the Internet, we thought the cause of stupidity was the lack of access to information. Well, it wasn’t that.” David Dunning, the social psychologist known for the Dunning-Kruger effect. Business Analysis today is a…
Have you noticed that software apps seem to be getting worse? Every day, my iPhone wants to update apps where the developer is seemingly proud to tell us they’re fixing bugs. Yet how did those…
Back in the early 2010s, I wrote an article on the blog of the company I co-founded at the time, Publisha, which was backed by the accelerator fund Seedcamp. I’d come round to thinking that…
WARNING: Don’t read this article if you’re just trying to pass an exam, because I extend the standard BOSCARD technique far beyond the textbook. I’m giving you the real-world view, from 23 years experience as…
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A friend of mine has written to me: I keep getting message ‘delete some files’ as there’s a memory [disk space] problem with my laptop. Which files would you delete? I would delete the biggest files first!…
As a pundit during a snooker match at the Masters 2017, six-times world champion Steve Davis, one of the game’s most successful ever players, said something interesting: “It’s absolute rubbish that Ronnie O’Sullivan says the…
I assembled the following list of Uber safety tips for an article that didn’t get used. The tips are still useful, so here they are: Remember that you’re getting into a car with a stranger.…
If you need to make sure your writing is clear, the website Readability Score can help. I’m not connected or affiliated to this website or its creator in any way, I just find it…