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quirky

ideas and experiences with a selling angle that come from left-field

Is The Juice Worth The Squeeze

An old saying. Roughly asking, ‘does the reward justify the effort?’ Often delivered in the negative. Surmising that ‘the juice ain’t worth the squeeze’. Of seemingly unknown origin, the phrase feels borne of fruit-based wisdom. With all manner of pioneer farming, other’s spouse coveting and investment deployment down

Example Scenario Not A Prediction

> You’ll probably see this chart a lot today. It’s the one @uksciencechief [https://twitter.com/uksciencechief?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw] just showed at the @10DowningStreet [https://twitter.com/10DowningStreet?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw] briefing today. It’s v v scary & implies if the current growth rate of #COVID19

Project Tracking of My Octopus Teacher

In places mesmeric documentary, My Octopus Teacher is the first Netflix S African offering. Stunning underwater visuals from the kelp forest that hugs the Western Cape coast. With a remarkable tale of companionship told. The Simon’s Town natural history cameraman narrates his fascinating [https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/

The Rule Of Six

We going backwards. Will we end up in thrall to Sweden? The latest coronavirus enforced ‘new normal’ in England is called the rule of six. No gatherings of more than six people. At all. Anywhere. Unless your family household is seven-plus. Or you’re a protest marcher, no doubt. Just

When No Figure Is A Fact

> There are no facts, only opinions. The classic, withering brake of the prospect who either (seldom) wants to vigilantly check a detail, or (often) seeks ways to dismiss your plans. The phrase comes in different forms. Add that ‘everything is a perspective, not the truth’. Or swap out ‘opinions’ for

Know Your XYZs

> The great Russian author Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, no stranger to violence, once observed that violence and falsehood are inextricably linked. https://t.co/HExOor3zbj — FEE (@feeonline) September 5, 2020 [https://twitter.com/feeonline/status/1302045786037981186?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw] According to their website, the Foundation for Economic Education have, since 1946,

Code Creation Cycle

Here’s a quote from Turing Award–winning computer scientist, Leslie Lamport; > “few programmers write even a rough sketch of what their programs will do before they start coding”. Programming author Samer Buna believes a fundamental beginner’s mistake [https://medium.com/edge-coders/the-mistakes-i-made-as-a-beginner-programmer-ac8b3e54c312] is to start writing code without

Mutant Algorithm Alert

UK end-of-year school exams got cancelled. Great for schoolkids freed of revision. Awkward for those pair of years (aged 16 and 18) for whom marks determine future progress. To any range of moving on to more education or into the real world of work. The education system’s stated solution?

The Curse Of Perfectionism

I learned of this blight from ever-engaging Matthew Syed. Discussing [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=buuHV38da5Y] his second book (after 2018’s You Are Awesome) aimed at 8-14 year-old children, Dare To Be You. I was first reminded of the well-trodden delicious warning; don’t let perfect be the

Is UX Failure Innit

Got it? It’s everything. And don’t forget the hand swirls. I was reminded of this chap when using a big ticket system the other day. Uploading a doc. The simplest of tasks nowadays. Or not. When the status returned a flag of “uploaded”, it was not. Unbelievably, despite