Simon Whatley

Cartoon: Computer Worker's Free Time

Reasons why people working with computers tend to have lots of free time…

Computer Workers

A hundred people with a hundred computers: Wednesday, 14th May 2008
“Put me in a room with a pad and a pencil and set me up against a hundred people with a hundred computers – I’ll outcreate every goddamn sonofabitch in the room.” – Ray Bradbury (October 1998).
Playing Devils Advocate to Facebook: Friday, 28th September 2007
In a clear attempt to play devils-advocate, “Facebook is designed to suck up all your free time so that you become a slave to ‘the network’”. What we have yet to see is Facebook drip-feeding that free time back to you at a premium; it will happen!
How to Learn from Failure: Tuesday, 26th January 2010
Too often we assume that a failed experiment is a wasted effort. But not all anomalies are useless.