Better to Say Sorry than to Ask Permission

I’ve read that phrase numerous times from the quips of two Bugzilla systems. Both systems did not cite the original person who coined the phrase, which make me believe that it was entered by the founder of companies to encourage employees to take bold decissions. Once I did consciously decided to do something extraordinarily bold [...]

Bill Gates’s 10 (or 11) rules of life!!!

I saw a post on Twitter about Bill Gates’s 10 rules of life, and I clicked it. I found the list quite good, but the post was a bit vague. It says that the 10 rules were given in a high school event, but it didn’t mention which high school, or when. So I Googled [...]

Human Chemistry

I just had an unusual enlightenment this afternoon, as witness some event took place. Human interaction dynamics are often called “chemistry” for all the right reasons. Persons are the elements, and they react with each other with such a chemistry-like reactions. Elements and persons have different degrees of reactivity. Elements and persons have different polarities, [...]

GTD: Concurrency reduces productivity

Years ago while I was doing my undergraduate degree, I was sitting in a classroom talking about “Computer Architecture.” I remember the day we were discussing about concurrent programming, and what actually happen at a CPU given concurrent codes. The take away was simple: unless if there are a lot of passive waiting, concurrent programming [...]