Thought Tree | 2005-05-01
Gates Speech on American EducationI’ve long been a fan of Thomas Friedman‘s work. He’s a columnist for the NY Times, and recently published a book called The World Is Flat, in which he argues, […]
Thought Tree | 2005-04-26
Sign From the Gods?You know, some things happen so rarely that when they do occur, you feel kind of special if you’re privileged enough to be a spectator while they do. The weather […]
Thought Tree | 2005-04-26
Experience Writing a Technical BookI thought I’d put down in words a number of thoughts which have hit me since Mike and I endeavoured to finish our MySQL book. Perhaps other authors might comment […]
Thought Tree | 2005-04-26
Long Overdue EntryIt’s been over a month since I got around to writing an entry — way too long! I’ve made a pact with myself not to do such a horrible thing […]
DB Rambles | 2005-03-15
Forrester Report on SQL Server 2005 ScalabilityAn article on E-Week about a Forrester report on high performance computing sparked some thoughts. The report claims that Microsoft’s planned 2005 release of SQL Server will have few, if […]
Thought Tree | 2005-03-15
Ebbers Guilty — Surpised?Though it probably doesn’t come as any surprise, Bernard Ebbers was found guilty today of securities fraud (amongst other things). This case, highly publicized in recent months highlights most of […]
DB Rambles | 2005-03-14
MySQL Missing in IDC StudyI found it strange that MySQL was notably missing from an InformationWeek DatabasePipeline article today about growth in market share of both Oracle and Microsoft. At first, I though perhaps […]
Thought Tree | 2005-03-13
The Gap Between Design and RealityA recent client meeting got me thinking about the sometimes severe disconnect between designers — meaning those who create visually stimulating artwork, web or otherwise — and the rest of […]
Thought Tree | 2005-03-09
Follow Up on Comment SpamFound Spam Karma plugin, which looks like it’s using some filtering mechanisms with a centralized database. Very interesting. Will check it out more fully tonight.
Thought Tree | 2005-03-09
Clobbered With Comment and Trackback SpamGetting real sick of comment and trackback spam; these people are just insidious. I won’t be surprised to see a headline one of these days in the newspaper about some […]