Hiding Behind the Process
If there’s one thing that gets on my nerves in the workplace or dealing with customer service, it’s hiding behind the process. While writing this article was triggered by a recent work event and...
Category: IT
On-Call and Out of Hours Work – A Problem We’ll Never Likely Solve
If you’ve never been on-call, it’s an experience. And it’s not just limited to the technology world where your weekends are shackled to a phone and your plans have to be ready to change...
Game Review – Apollo 18 – Mission to the Moon
Join my as I take Apollo 18 – Mission to the Moon for a spin. Does it get into orbit or blow up on the pad?
Doodling to a Conclusion
The other night, I found myself doodling away. Whatever popped into my mind was whipped up badly on paper. It’s not something I’ve done in a very long time but this was one of...
How NOT to Make a 2D Platformer in Unity
I take a look at making a 2D platformer in Unity and share some noob mistakes so you don’t have to make them.
Technology Scary Stories
As we approach Halloween, why not check out the scarier side of technology at home?
Open Source Broadcast Software Released
I’ll admit my first ever merge request really knocked the old self confidence. As a plucky young intern beavering away over the summer, I made some changes I thought made sense and hit push....
The Long Tail of IoT and How We Handle It
There’s the perennial joke that the “S” in IoT stands for “Security”. With cases like the recent spate of WD storage appliances being wiped on mass, which turned out to be an old, but...
Is going wrong a right of passage in technology?
It’s not often you want to air your mistakes or errors in public. An HBO intern recently sent a test e-mail to the production list and Fastly allowed a customer configuration change to disrupt...
Why your WiFi sucks – improve it with some simple tips
Let’s face it, sometimes your WiFi sucks. Ever wondered what simple changes you could make to your wireless network to improve some of the most annoying problems? Find out with this video where we...