This is the basic premise of the short story "Unauthorized Bread" by Cory Doctorow.  Although written to be an analogy for Printer cartridges, it stands up well as an example...

I agree that talented people tend to be more self-motivated...

Do companies have a lack of talent?  Or do they have a lack of training, a lack of motivational ability to encourage personal growth, and a lack of belief in...

I regularly ask the same question at project meetings.  I'm not wishing anyone ill but, especially with the current public health issues, I want to check what will happen if...

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Both Snowcrash and Dimond Age by Neal Stephenson contain some very nice ideas about technology, and his essay In The Begining Was The Command-Line is truly excellent (if possibly a...

I have come across mixed responses to the usefulness of industry awarded certificates.

Academics, or those with an academic background, point out that they have no oversight and don't come from...

Firstly, welcome to the UK I hope you have a good native guide/translator to help you through some of the more confusing aspects of British culture.

Secondly, I have really enjoyed...

Had that one.  The expression when you tell the...

A good point, very well made.  The correct tool for the job is a maxim that holds true in many fields.

One of the most successful projects I was on...

I seem to be in the minority here as when I was a jobbing developer I insisted that all of the necessary SQL code was encapsulated in Stored Procs.  Admittedly...

I subscribe to a lot of blogs and mailing lists, but I don't necessarily read them all in-depth every day. I skim the contents, read the editorial, open and skim...

This editorial reminds me of an article I read recently, I believe that it was on the BBC site but I can't find it to give a reference this morning. ...

I think that Jeff has covered most of the salient points involved with using synonyms.  I have used them for everything allowable, including stored procedures.  We had a routine where...

There are three important things to think about when considering moving to the cloud.

1. In the UK, and I assume in other countries, you can write the depreciating cost of...

I know that this is a repost of an older article from 2011 and that there have been some new functionality introduced in recent version. I have used the...