Thinking and inspiration past and present:
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Book Review: Convenience Store Woman by Sayaka Murata
Convenience Store Woman by Sayaka Murata My rating: 5 of 5 stars Early in this story, two schoolboys are fighting and everyone wants them to stop. Miss. Keiko Furukura, a schoolgirl, sees the situation clearly, takes a shovel, and hits one of the boys in the head. Problem solved; the fighting stops, right? But everyone…
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Chinese Belligerence Toward the United States
Why is China so hostile to the United States? China often interprets American actions as having anti-Chinese intentions. Most of China’s military innovation is aimed at the United States and its interests in the eastern hemisphere. China makes cyberattacks on American government agencies and companies. China conducts provocative military encounters with the U.S. military. China’s…
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Is America’s World Leadership Temporary?
Will the World Revert to the Four Millennia of Chinese Preeminence? The United States is currently the world’s top civilization. American military power extends globally through presence on every continent, American companies dominate international markets, including technology and entertainment, and American culture permeates societies worldwide. The dollar is the world’s reserve currency, American universities attract…
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Swallows and sparrows
Swallows are happier than sparrows. How do I know this? Well just look at them. Swallows spread their wings, fly high and fast, make a quick turn, pull their wings in and dive, then turn in the other direction. They ride the wind and glide, then pull up and flutter against all takers. A Sparrow takes off from the tree…
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Scrum is Micromanagement
Scrum has been hailed as the latest and greatest in iterative software development. It’s claim to fame is the breaking down of software development tasks in small easily manageable time frames. It introduces or reintroduces a number of dynamic work processes such as the ability to rapidly adapt to change, rapid cycles to keep work…
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Will You Still Employ Me, When I’m Sixty-Four
Let’s face it. Many of us old farts will be working for the rest of our life. Looking for work gets more difficult when you get that grand title “Senior”. Discussions about the problem usually start with age discrimination. I say, bring it on. I want to work in a role where I can provide…