John LeeNine-Tenths: Go Big or Go HomeDon’t know from where I heard this tale about surviving an encounter with a hungry bear in the wild but it is stuck in my head: “Don’t run…Jun 7, 2021Jun 7, 2021
John LeeAnalysis Paralysis: The Pretzel LogicOkay, let’s start with an answer to escape the doldrums of pretzel rationality. The answer is a combination of Audacity and Ignorance. I…May 18, 2021May 18, 2021
John LeeOdd Couple: Software and ThermodynamicsWhat does computing look like in the age of the modern Internet? Let’s start with the fundamental laws of thermodynamics. This law of…Feb 10, 2021Feb 10, 2021
John LeeCloud Evolution: Thunderhead to FogA quick survey for these of you who remember what Cloud Computing was back in the early 2000s: Did you envision the current public cloud…Feb 10, 2021Feb 10, 2021
John LeeAre we there yet? SDLC journeyThis phrase will evoke a different stress response from different people depending on the context of their memory. For me, it was the car…Feb 10, 2021Feb 10, 2021
John LeeGlass Half Full — The MRR storyYou are parched and were offered a choice of 50%-full or 10%-empty glasses of water, which would you choose?Feb 10, 2021Feb 10, 2021
John Lee7 yrs+21 grams meta-pseudoscienceRecently I had a conversion over a drink about the human-computer interface, and it got stuck in my head. This McCallan induced topic…Feb 10, 2021Feb 10, 2021
John LeeCherry Picker Story: Confirmation ParadoxThere isn’t too much dispute that the ‘Big Data’ is the most used/misused IT jargon of this decade. What is Big Data? Everyone evidently…Feb 9, 2021Feb 9, 2021