Taylor Swift recently received a lot of media attention for pulling her music off Spotify. I am not going to comment specifically on Swift’s decision for pulling the music but I would like to take a look at the following quote from Swift in an interview with Yahoo: I felt like I was saying to… Continue reading Copying is not stealing, period
Category: Thoughts
Lucky decisions
Most people make lots of decisions every day. Some are tougher to make than others and some are more consequential than others. One of those small everyday decisions recently made me think about the cost and how much we depend on luck to affirm that we did something right. A story Here is a little… Continue reading Lucky decisions
Meta spam
The comment spam filter for this blog is not perfect so I usually skim through the spam comments to see if it caught something legitimate. Sometimes the comments can be quite amusing, like this one: On so many levels, I am more more offended by the “generic commenter” than I am by the more obvious… Continue reading Meta spam
This is not a rant
I’m still here, I just have not had anything interesting to say lately. I have had a few drafts for a few different rants but I usually decide not to post them. Rants can of course be interesting and enlightening but in my case, I just did not feel like posting them in the end.… Continue reading This is not a rant
Why I stopped drinking and started sleeping
In July this year, just as I was starting up metacircle, I made a decision to stop drinking alcohol. Since then, I have become increasingly happy with this decision. What does this have to do with software and the IT industry? As it turns out, quite a lot — at least for me. First, I’m… Continue reading Why I stopped drinking and started sleeping