Software vs. cars
Here’s a nice little metaphor related to some piece of really expensive software we’ve bought recently. Imagine splashing out on a fantastic car, which is then delivered to your front door because you need ot fast. Nice. The delivery people leave, but only after you’ve found out they forgot to hand you the keys.
Quick call to an apologetic customer support, who send a key after three days, because, after all there’s a week-end in between. Would have been nice to do loads of driving.
Then you find out they’ve delivered the wrong key.
Captain Nemo
Behold, what lies beneath the sea,
are our deepest Fears.
A skewed view of the world will not change my
determination.
As if nothing…
It took me a while this morning to realise what was wrong with what I could see out of the train window.
Commuting to work on a train, Economist billboards are fairly common in London, where I spent several years. But in Munich? This advertising boldly goes where no other has been, that’s for sure.
I do wonder, though, whether the creative process leading to this campaign was a 100k exercise or more of a “what the heck, let’s just go with what we have and save plenty of dosh”?
Happiness is…
…a boring job finished.
How many countries can you name in 10 Minutes?
I scored 101 on this one: name as many countries as you can in 10 minutes. Got stupidly caught up trying to spell Kyrgyztan right. It’s not Kirgistan.
[kottke]
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Welcome to Irakli West's personal pages on the Web. I am Danish, live close to Munich in Germany, and run FWnetz, an online magazine and training resource for firefighters. In real life, I am Regional Manager Northern Europe for Paratech, teach Heavy Rescue (it's fun, challenging and serves a good purpose) and try to learn more about USAR. I am a member of the Munich Volunteer Fire Department as well as @fire, a USAR and Wildfire NGO outfit.
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