And more where will mine be in the near future? I was looking at Macbook Pros today and I am seriously considering switching over for quite a few reasons. The first reason is that I really want to get stuck into learning Python or a non-windows programming language, and it seems Mac OS X is [...]
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A big field where I played rugby and cricket with other kids. We had our own tournaments going, even though we only had two or three players in the side. Cricket was played with no wicket keeper, any nicks behind were given out. We also limited scoring shots to the leg side only, off side [...]
I have been at my current job for a year and a half now and in that time I have come to see and appreciate what I believe are not good manager skills. With that in mind I have been thinking about what I would like a manager to be, or how I would like [...]
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I havent blogged much lately but thought it good to change the theme a bit just so I can motivate myself again to blog more regularly. I’ll be focussing a lot more on my development skills and in particular C# within the next 6 months or so. I will also be tackling and completing a [...]
Bill Goldberg, the wrestler, had this way of saying “You’re Next” that made whoever realise they really where next in line to get smashed. There is no next person for me though rather next objectives, but what I can say is that I have come to realise and understand several things in the last 6 [...]
My manager asked me today to give him some insight into the things I would like to learn more about, with a particular focus on my own development, and I thought it a good idea to spend a few minutes posting a blog on the topic. My personal interests lie in a few areas at [...]
On Monday I started my new job, excitement and anxiousness abound. I came from a job I had for 4.5 years to one where I got a 3 month probationary contract, which makes for some nervous times, because you don’t know what will happen in 3 months from now. That being said I had reached [...]
I liked even numbers for some reason and always felt I achieved more in them, because I was born in 1980. But I do find that uneven numbers have been better recently, so with that in mind here is to an awesome 2009. Personally I cant wait, because I am starting a few new challenges. [...]
I resigned earlier this month, the 1st of December 2008, to be exact to go join a group of .NET developers. I have been going for interviews for the last six or seven months, and honestly it has not been an easy trip. Simply because I realised the amount of time I spent working at [...]
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I realised today that moving forward in life does not always involve immediate positive decisions. Moving forward in life often involves taking decisions that take you away from comfort zones and into less known areas. It happens. Its also important as a professional to continuously strive to get better at what you do, and often [...]
