Tuesday, September 27, 2022

Delivering bad software faster


Outcome is more important than output.  Speed is neither true velocity, nor is it the same as agile. This fantastic medium post points out that our fixation on DORA metrics and delivering faster prevents us from delivering what our end-users want. A work colleague told me recently that shipping many features in our software that our customers don't want is wasteful and self-destructive.

Sunday, September 25, 2022

The Forever War by Joe Haldeman


It is odd that I never read Joe Haldeman during the science fiction golden years (when the reader is 12 - 16 years old).  This one deserves the accolades and awards. 4/5 Stars.

Weaponized by Neal Asher


This author has a bizarre obsession with vivisection and wet chemistry that runs about a hundred million times faster than what is possible in our universe.  And this bad science frequently gets in the way of good storytelling.  I enjoyed the story and characters.  3/5 Stars.

Friday, September 23, 2022

C-Suite Perspectives on Risk Management & Information Security


Phil Venables wrote a series of questions and answers from CEOs, Boards of Directors, CIOs, and a few others.  This Question / Answer approach to this series communicates the concepts clearly and deeply, as most of us need to know the answers. I recommend skimming them:


Tuesday, September 20, 2022

The Forever Free by Joe Haldeman


The story was interesting and fun.  However, the end was quite terrible. 3/5 Stars.

Death Match by Lincoln Child


Good characters & story; great prediction of the loss of personal privacy, but a little dated and bad science, 3/5 Stars.

A Separate War & Other Stories by Joe Haldeman


I enjoyed this collection. I am catching up on Joe Haldeman books. 4/5 Stars.

The Galaxy and the Ground Within by Becky Chambers

The 1960's Star Trek trope of stuffing human social struggle into space aliens wears thin and there is too much politically correct ethical drama, with much ado about nothing of consequence.  3/5 Stars.  I shall stop reading Becky Chambers books, even when she wins these awards.