Nebulous Percentage Shenanigans

Posted on Sat 15 October 2022 in blog • Tagged with Work, Communications • 8 min read

I recently learned that I am a “detractor” of things I actually quite like. Here are a few related things I also learned about in the process.


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Uncertainty, industrious compliance, and the illusion of control

Posted on Thu 29 September 2022 in blog • Tagged with Work, Communications • 6 min read

Why are so many managers obsessed with faux certainty in situations when objectively, there can’t be any?


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Writing Professionally (DevOpsDays Berlin 2022)

Posted on Sun 18 September 2022 in presentations • Tagged with Conference • 18 min read

I couldn’t make it to DevOpsDays Berlin, because my Covid status kept me from travelling. Thus, here’s a write-up.


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Jammy, don’t snap at me!

Posted on Fri 19 August 2022 in hints-and-kinks • Tagged with Ubuntu, Firefox • 2 min read

The current Ubuntu LTS release, 22.04 “Jammy Jellyfish”, tries to force a snap-installed Mozilla Firefox on you. I’m not a fan of that approach.


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Something interesting happened at work the other week...

Posted on Sat 16 July 2022 in blog • Tagged with Work • 4 min read

My company’s CEO recently put out a well-written email update instead of calling an all-hands meeting. It was excellent.


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