Herding Sheep

Why Software is Always “Late”

I’ve read dozens of articles attempting to explain why software projects are always delivered “late” and “over-budget”, but I’ve yet to see one that actually addresses the misunderstanding that leads to such gross simplifications of reality. So let’s try to do this with an…

Consolidated Tapes are Good in Theory, Completely Wrong in Implementation

The never ending debate over consolidated tape feeds should not be a debate on theory of usefulness, but rather a debate over physical realization. The solution is really quite simple, but for whatever…

If You Truly Want to Help Displaced Syrians

Then stop regurgitating political nonsense and support a real solution.

Economic implications aside, there is an undeniable fact that if you import ethnic groups en masse you will end up importing the bad with the good. The idea…